Genesis 28:14 - Exposition

And thy seed shall be as the dust of the earth, —promised to Abraham, Genesis 13:16 ; to Isaac, under a different emblem, Genesis 26:4 — and thou shalt spread abroad (literally, break forth) to the west, and to the east, to the north, and to the south :—(cf. Genesis 13:14 ; Deuteronomy 12:20 ). In its ultimate significance this points to the world-wide universality of the kingdom of Christ (Murphy)— and in thee and in thy seed shall all the families of the earth be blessed ( vide Genesis 12:3 ; Genesis 18:18 ; Genesis 22:18 (Abraham); Genesis 26:4 (Isaac).