Kejadian 12:3
Konteks12:3 I will bless those who bless you, 1
but the one who treats you lightly 2 I must curse,
and all the families of the earth will bless one another 3 by your name.”
Kisah Para Rasul 3:25
Konteks3:25 You are the sons of the prophets and of the covenant that God made with your ancestors, 4 saying to Abraham, ‘And in your descendants 5 all the nations 6 of the earth will be blessed.’ 7
Galatia 3:8
Konteks3:8 And the scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the Gentiles by faith, proclaimed the gospel to Abraham ahead of time, 8 saying, “All the nations 9 will be blessed in you.” 10
[12:3] 1 tn The Piel cohortative has as its object a Piel participle, masculine plural. Since the
[12:3] 2 tn In this part of God’s statement there are two significant changes that often go unnoticed. First, the parallel and contrasting participle מְקַלֶּלְךָ (mÿqallelkha) is now singular and not plural. All the versions and a few Masoretic
[12:3] 3 tn Theoretically the Niphal can be translated either as passive or reflexive/reciprocal. (The Niphal of “bless” is only used in formulations of the Abrahamic covenant. See Gen 12:2; 18:18; 28:14.) Traditionally the verb is taken as passive here, as if Abram were going to be a channel or source of blessing. But in later formulations of the Abrahamic covenant (see Gen 22:18; 26:4) the Hitpael replaces this Niphal form, suggesting a translation “will bless [i.e., “pronounce blessings on”] themselves [or “one another”].” The Hitpael of “bless” is used with a reflexive/reciprocal sense in Deut 29:18; Ps 72:17; Isa 65:16; Jer 4:2. Gen 12:2 predicts that Abram will be held up as a paradigm of divine blessing and that people will use his name in their blessing formulae. For examples of blessing formulae utilizing an individual as an example of blessing see Gen 48:20 and Ruth 4:11.
[3:25] 4 tn Or “forefathers”; Grk “fathers.”
[3:25] 5 tn Or “in your offspring”; Grk “in your seed.”
[3:25] sn In your descendants (Grk “in your seed”). Seed has an important ambiguity in this verse. The blessing comes from the servant (v. 26), who in turn blesses the responsive children of the covenant as the scripture promised. Jesus is the seed who blesses the seed.
[3:25] 6 tn Or “families.” The Greek word πατριά (patria) can indicate persons of succeeding generations who are related by birth (“lineage,” “family”) but it can also indicate a relatively large unit of people who make up a sociopolitical group and who share a presumed biological descent. In many contexts πατριά is very similar to ἔθνος (eqnos) and λαός (laos). In light of the context of the OT quotation, it is better to translate πατριά as “nations” here.
[3:25] 7 sn A quotation from Gen 22:18.
[3:8] 8 tn For the Greek verb προευαγγελίζομαι (proeuangelizomai) translated as “proclaim the gospel ahead of time,” compare L&N 33.216.
[3:8] 9 tn The same plural Greek word, τὰ ἔθνη (ta eqnh), can be translated as “nations” or “Gentiles.”
[3:8] 10 sn A quotation from Gen 12:3; 18:18.