18Abraham will surely become a great and powerful nation, and all nations on earth will be blessed through him.


In Context

15 Sarah was afraid, so she lied and said, "I did not laugh." But he said, "Yes, you did laugh."

16 When the men got up to leave, they looked down toward Sodom, and Abraham walked along with them to see them on their way.

17 Then the Lord said, "Shall I hide from Abraham what I am about to do?

18 Abraham will surely become a great and powerful nation, and all nations on earth will be blessed through him.

19 For I have chosen him, so that he will direct his children and his household after him to keep the way of the Lord by doing what is right and just, so that the Lord will bring about for Abraham what he has promised him."

20 Then the Lord said, "The outcry against Sodom and Gomorrah is so great and their sin so grievous

Genesis 18:18 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

18:18Seeing that Abraham shall surely become a great and mighty nation, and all the nations of the earth shall be blessed in him?

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

18:18Seeing he shall become a great and mighty nation, and in him all the nations of the earth shall be blessed?

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

18:18seeing that Abraham had surely become a great and mighty nation, and all the nations of the earth shall be blessed in him?

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

18:18Since Abraham shall indeed become a great and mighty nation; and all the nations of the earth shall be blessed in him.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

18:18seeing that Abraham shall surely become a great and mighty nation, and all the nations of the earth shall be blessed in him?

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

18:18Seeing that Abraham shall surely become a great and mighty nation, and all the nations of the earth shall be blessed in him?

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

18:18since Abraham has surely become a great and mighty nation, and all the nations of the earth will be blessed in him?

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

18:18and Abraham certainly becometh a nation great and mighty, and blessed in him have been all nations of the earth?

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

18:18Seeing that Abraham shall surely become a great and mighty nation, and all the nations of the earth shall be blessed in him?