Бытие 22:17

'I will surely bless you, and I will surely multiply your offspring as the stars of heaven and as the sand that is on the seashore. And your offspring shall possess the gate of his enemies' — the Aqedah's divine reaffirmation of covenant promises escalates all three elements from earlier appearances: the similes are doubled (stars and sand), the blessing intensified, and the dominion ('possess the gate') made more concrete. The verse marks the culmination of the Abraham narrative's covenant theology, providing the basis for the phrase 'sworn by himself' (verse 16) — a divine oath that the author of Hebrews identifies as the supreme guarantee of eschatological hope (Hebrews 6:13–18). Galatians 3:16 focuses on the singular 'offspring' (sperma) to identify the ultimate bearer of these promises as Christ, embedding messianic fulfillment in this specific covenant oath. The verse stands as the high-water mark of promise in the patriarchal narratives.