Abraham 2: 9

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THE BOOK OF ABRAHAM
TRANSLATED FROM THE PAPYRUS, BY JOSEPH SMITH

CHAPTER 2

9 And I will make of thee a great ^anation, and I will ^bbless thee above measure, and make thy name great among all nations, and thou shalt be a blessing unto thy seed after thee, that in their hands they shall bear this ministry and ^cPriesthood unto all nations;

Footnotes

9a	2 Sam. 7: 23. 23 And what one ^anation in the earth is like thy people, even like Israel, whom God went to redeem for a people to himself, and to make him a name, and to do for you great things and terrible, for thy land, before thy people, which thou redeemedst to thee from Egypt, from the nations and their gods? Neh. 9: 23. 23 Their children also ^amultipliedst thou as the stars of heaven, and broughtest them into the land, concerning which thou hadst promised to their fathers, that they should go in to possess it. Isa. 9: 3. 3 Thou hast ^amultiplied the ^bnation, ^cand not increased the joy: they joy before thee according to the joy in harvest, and as men ^drejoice when they divide the spoil. Isa. 26: 15. 15 Thou hast ^aincreased the nation, O Lord, thou hast increased the nation: thou art glorified: thou hadst ^bremoved it far unto all the ends of the earth. Acts 13: 26. 26 Men and brethren, children of the stock of ^aAbraham, and whosoever among you feareth God, to you is the word of this salvation sent. Abr. 3: 14. 14 And it was in the night time when the Lord spake these words unto me: I will ^amultiply thee, and thy ^bseed after thee, like unto these; and if thou canst count the ^cnumber of sands, so shall be the number of thy seeds.
b	Gen. 12: 2 (1-3) 2 And I will make of thee a ^agreat ^bnation, and I will ^cbless thee, and make thy ^dname great; and thou shalt be a blessing: Gen. 49: 26. 26 The ^ablessings of thy father have prevailed above the blessings of my progenitors unto the ^butmost bound of the everlasting ^chills: they shall be on the head of ^dJoseph, and on the crown of the head of him that was separate from his brethren. Ps. 105: 10 (8-10) 10 And confirmed the same unto Jacob for a law, and to Israel for an ^aeverlasting covenant: 1 Ne. 17: 40. 40 And he loveth those who will have him to be their God. Behold, he loved our ^afathers, and he ^bcovenanted with them, yea, even Abraham, ^cIsaac, and ^dJacob; and he remembered the covenants which he had made; wherefore, he did bring them out of the land of ^eEgypt. 2 Ne. 29: 14. 14 And it shall come to pass that my people, which are of the ^ahouse of Israel, shall be gathered home unto the ^blands of their possessions; and my word also shall be gathered in ^cone. And I will show unto them that fight against my word and against my ^dpeople, who are of the ^ehouse of Israel, that I am God, and that I ^fcovenanted with ^gAbraham that I would remember his ^hseed ⁱforever. 3 Ne. 20: 27. 27 And after that ye were blessed then fulfilleth the Father the covenant which he made with Abraham, saying: ^aIn thy seed shall all the kindreds of the earth be blessed—unto the pouring out of the Holy Ghost through me upon the Gentiles, which ^bblessing upon the ^cGentiles shall make them mighty above all, unto the ^dscattering of my people, O house of Israel. Morm. 5: 20. 20 But behold, it shall come to pass that they shall be driven and scattered by the Gentiles; and after they have been driven and scattered by the Gentiles, behold, then will the Lord ^aremember the ^bcovenant which he made unto Abraham and unto all the house of Israel. TG Seed of Abraham.
c	D&C 84: 17 (17-19) 17 Which ^apriesthood ^bcontinueth in the church of God in all generations, and is without ^cbeginning of days or end of years. Moses 6: 7. 7 Now this same ^aPriesthood, which was in the beginning, shall be in the end of the world also.