And God said to him, “I am God Almighty: be fruitful and multiply. A nation and a company of nations shall come from you, and kings shall come from your own body. The land that I gave to Abraham and Isaac I will give to you, and I will give the land to your offspring after you.” (Genesis 35:11-12 ESV)
On several occasions God repeated His promise of blessing on the Patriarchal family - that they would be a great nation, with great kings, in a great land, with a great future. And especially that they would be blessed to be a blessing to others - that their "seed" would be the one of blessing. We cannot hear that too much. And we need to be reminded that we are not blessed because we are so wonderful, but because He is God Almighty and has chosen to bless us. The privilege of being included in His plan.
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