Genesis 18:17-19

Isaac's Birth Promised

¹⁷ The Lord said, _c "Shall I hide from Abraham what I am about to do, ¹⁸ seeing that Abraham shall surely become a great and mighty nation, and all the nations of the earth shall be _d blessed in him? ¹⁹ For I have _e chosen ₁ him, that he may command his children and his household after him to keep the way of the Lord by doing righteousness and justice, so that the Lord may bring to Abraham what he has promised him."

1. Cross References
   Psalms 25:14
   The friendship of the Lord is for those who fear him, and he makes known to them his covenant.
   Amos 3:7
   For the Lord God does nothing without revealing his secret to his servants the prophets.
   John 15:15
   No longer do I call you servants, for the servant does not know what his master is doing; but I have called you friends, for all that I have heard from my Father I have made known to you.
   
2. Cross References
   Genesis 12:3
   I will bless those who bless you, and him who dishonors you I will curse, and in you all the families of the earth shall be blessed.
   Genesis 22:18
   And in your offspring shall all the nations of the earth be blessed, because you have obeyed my voice.
   Genesis 26:4
   I will multiply your offspring as the stars of heaven and will give to your offspring all these lands. And in your offspring all the nations of the earth shall be blessed.
   Acts 3:25
   You are the sons of the prophets and of the covenant that God made with your fathers, saying to Abraham, 'And in your offspring shall all the families of the earth be blessed.
   Galatians 3:8
   And the Scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the Gentiles by faith, preached the gospel beforehand to Abraham, saying, "In you shall all the nations be blessed.
   
3. Cross References
   Amos 3:2
   You only have I known of all the families of the earth; therefore I will punish you for all your iniquities.