Genesis 22:17-18
“That in blessing I will bless thee... and thy seed shall possess the gate of his enemies; And in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed.”
King James Version
The climactic Abrahamic promise — in Abraham's Seed all nations blessed — which Paul reads as singular, fulfilled in the one Seed, Christ.
Fulfillment References
Galatians 3:16 Acts 3:25-26 Genesis 12:3 Matthew 1:1
How Traditions Read This Prophecy
Apostolic (Oneness) PentecostalThe one 'Seed' in whom all nations are blessed is Jesus (Gal. 3:16); the one God's promise to Abraham fulfilled in the one Lord.
JewishThe covenant promise that through Abraham's offspring the nations would be blessed — read of the collective seed of Israel.
CatholicFulfilled in Christ, the Seed through whom all nations are blessed (Acts 3:25-26).
ProtestantPaul famously reads 'seed' as singular — 'not seeds... but seed, which is Christ' (Gal. 3:16) — the blessing of the nations fulfilled in Him.
OrthodoxChrist the promised Seed, the blessing of the nations.
DispensationalThe Abrahamic seed-promise, fulfilled in Christ and extended to all nations.
AcademicPaul's singular reading of the collective noun 'seed' (zera) is a celebrated and debated interpretive move in Galatians 3:16.
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