...Jacob (Gn 28:13, 35:12). The descendants of Abraham will fill the Land and bring blessing. They will "spread abroad to the west and to the east and to the north and to the south and all the families of the earth will be blessed" (Gn 28:14). The narrative of the Patriarchs in Genesis...

...and to your descendants; 14and your descendants shall be like the dust of the earth , and you shall spread abroad to the west and to the east and to the north and to the south; and by you and your descendants shall all the families of the earth bless themselves. "Behold, I am...

...father, and the God of Isaac: the land whereon thou liest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed; 14 And thy seed shall be as the dust of the earth, and thou shah spread abroad to the west, and to the east, and to the north, and to the south: and in thee and...

...these countries; and in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed; (KJV) Genesis 2$: 14 And thy seed shall be as the dust of the earth, and thou shall spread abroad to the west, and to the east, and to the north, and to the south: and in thee and...

...'for unto thee and unto thy seed I will give all these lands,' but as Jacob, about whom it is written, 'and thou shalt spread abroad to the west, and to the east, and to the north, and to the south'" (Shabbat, 118). It is difficult to understand this Gemarah as it is. Should every one of Israel be...

...to you and your descendents; and your descendents shall be like the dust of the earth, and you shall spread abroad to the west and to the east and to the north and to the south; and by you shall all the families of the earth bless themselves. Behold, I am with you and will keep...