advent reading 2.

Genesis 22:15-18
God promises to faithful Abraham that in his seed all nations of the earth shall be blessed.

And the angel of the LORD called to Abraham a second time from heaven 16 and said,  “By myself I have sworn, declares the LORD, because you have done this and have not withheld your son, your only son,  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,  18 and  in your offspring shall all the nations of the earth be blessed,  because you have obeyed my voice.”