Genesis 28:14
And thy seed shall be as the dust of the earth, and thou shalt spread abroad to the west, and to the east, and to the north, and to the south: and in thee and in thy seed shall all the families of the earth be blessed.
Cross-references
Genesis 12:3 is the original promise that all families blessed, which Jacob inherits here.
Genesis 13:14 repeats this same land and descendant promise to Abraham.
In Genesis 13:16, God gave Abraham nearly this same promise — descendants like dust. Jacob now receives his father's blessing restated.
Genesis 18:18 repeats this covenant of blessing all nations through Abraham's line.
Genesis 22:18's seed promise to Abraham finds continuation in Jacob's blessing here.
Genesis 26:4 repeats this same descendant and blessing promise to Isaac, Jacob's father.
In Genesis 32:12, Jacob prays back this exact promise — 'seed as the sand' — reminding God of His word before meeting Esau.
In Genesis 35:12, God adds the land promise to this blessing — the same land first pledged in 28:13-14 is now confirmed with Abraham's wording.
In Genesis 35:11, God reaffirms this blessing: nations and kings will come from Jacob — expanding what was first promised at Bethel.
Genesis 34:30 shows Jacob fearing destruction despite God's promise to protect and multiply him — a stark contrast revealing Jacob's fragile faith.
Genesis 12:2 is the original Abrahamic promise Jacob now inherits — 'all peoples blessed through you' and 'I will make your name great' directly echoed here.
Genesis 47:27 records Israel 'fruitful and multiplying greatly' in Goshen — the 'dust of the earth' offspring promise beginning to materialize.
In Genesis 46:3, God reaffirms the offspring promise to Jacob as he descends to Egypt — 'I will make you into a great nation' echoes 'your offspring shall be like the dust.'
Genesis 22:17 is the same offspring blessing using stars and sand imagery — Jacob's 'dust' here echoes this earlier multiplication promise to Abraham.
Genesis 15:5 contains the same innumerability promise — Abraham's descendants like the stars — paralleling 'like the dust' with different imagery for the same blessing.
Genesis 15:18 adds the territorial dimension of the covenant — promised land — complementing Jacob's promise of spreading in all directions.
Revelation 7:9's multitude from all nations fulfills the blessing to all families promised here.
Galatians 3:16 interprets 'your offspring' as singular — Christ — clarifying that the blessing comes through one descendant, not many.
Galatians 3:8 directly quotes the 'all nations blessed' promise, declaring it as the gospel preached in advance to Abraham — Paul's foundation for justification by faith.
Acts 3:25 cites this covenant promise, showing its fulfillment in Jesus.
Matthew 8:11's feast with patriarchs shows Gentile inclusion, fulfilling the blessing to all families.
Psalm 72:17 echoes this promise of universal blessing — 'all nations blessed through him' — applying it to a future king, extending the Abrahamic-Jacob blessing forward.
Matthew 1:1 traces Jesus' lineage through Jacob — the 'offspring' through whom all families on earth will be blessed finds its fulfillment.
Exodus 1:7 shows Israel 'exceedingly strong' and filling the land — the spreading and multiplication promised at Bethel now visibly realized.
In Hebrews 11:9, Jacob is named as co-heir of the same promise Abraham received, living as a stranger awaiting its fulfillment.
In Exodus 32:13, Moses appeals to the Abrahamic promise of multiplied offspring and land inheritance — the very covenant God renewed at Bethel.
In Luke 13:29, Jesus describes people coming 'from east and west, north and south' to the kingdom feast, echoing this four-directional spread of blessing.
Deuteronomy 1:8 recounts God's command to possess the land sworn to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob — the territorial expansion promised at Bethel.
Micah 7:20 declares God will show faithfulness to Jacob and love to Abraham as pledged long ago — naming the oath God swore here at Bethel.
Ezekiel 28:25 references 'the land I gave to my servant Jacob' — recalling the very land promise God makes to Jacob at Bethel.
Jeremiah 33:22 promises descendants as countless as the sand — echoing the 'dust of the earth' imagery God uses to describe Jacob's future offspring.
Deuteronomy 1:10 declares Israel 'as numerous as the stars' — Moses presents the census as direct fulfillment of the multiplication promise.
1 Chronicles 16:18 quotes God saying 'To you I will give the land of Canaan' — a direct echo of the land-as-inheritance portion of this promise to Jacob.
Joshua 21:43 declares the land promise fulfilled — God gave Israel all He had sworn to their ancestors, confirming the territorial oath spoken to Jacob.
Zechariah 14:17 envisions nations coming to worship in Jerusalem — reflecting the 'all peoples blessed through your offspring' aspect of God's promise to Jacob.
In Luke 1:55, Mary recalls God's promise to Abraham and his descendants forever — the same covenant extended to Jacob here at Bethel.
Numbers 1:46 lists 603,550 fighting men — a concrete tally showing the 'dust of the earth' offspring promise had become a vast nation.
Deuteronomy 19:8 envisions God expanding Israel's territory as He swore to their ancestors — directly echoing the spreading-out promise given to Jacob at Bethel.
Deuteronomy 6:3 ties continued multiplication to covenant obedience in the promised land — the offspring blessing now conditional on faithfulness.
Leviticus 26:9 promises covenant multiplication as reward for obedience — extending the offspring blessing into Israel's ongoing covenant life.