When God told Abraham from your loins all nations will come did He mean all races show me scriptural proof?

Answer 1

The covenant between Abram (as he was called then) and God can be found in Genesis 17: 1-8.

Here God makes it clear that as well as Abraham (as he became) being the father of the Jewish nation he would also be the father of many nations (v4), although the original Hebrew for 'many' may also be translated as 'all' by some. However, in most official translations Abraham is the father or many nations and not all nations. Reading in context, however, Abraham is prophesises to be the father of all the nations of which the Jews were aware, whether or not others existed.

Answer:

Generally speaking in terms of bloodline descendants... following the flood... "ALL" the succeeding races and nations of the world descended from Noah's three sons: Shem, Ham and Japheth. Abraham descended from the Shem line and therefore could not have fathered "all the nations" that were to come.

Spiritually speaking, however...

"Know ye therefore that THEY WHICH ARE OF FAITH, the same are the children of Abraham. And the scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the heathen through faith, preached unto Abraham, saying, IN THEE SHALL ALL NATIONS BE BLESSED. [the 'blessing' promise God made to Abraham for ALL THE FAMILIES ON EARTH is a 'spiritual' one. The promise of 'salvation'... Eternal Life] So then they which be of faith are blessed with faithful Abraham." (Gal.3:7-9)

"Now to Abraham and his Seed were the promises made. He saith not, And to seeds, as of many; but as of one, WHICH IS CHRIST." (verse 16)

"There is neither Jew nor Greek [Gentile], there is neither bond nor free, there is neither male nor female: for YE ARE ALL ONE IN CHRIST JESUS. And IF YE BE CHRIST'S, then ARE YE ABRAHAM'S SEED, and heirs according to the promise." (verses 28-29)

It's through faith in Christ [the same faith Abraham had] by which all the nations of the world shall be saved and inherit the Kingdom of God.

"For the promise, THAT HE SHOULD BE THE HEIR OF THE WORLD, was not to Abraham, or to his seed, through the law, but through the righteousness of faith." (Rom.4:13)

Answer

Gal 3:8 And the scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the GentileS by faith, proclaimed the gospel to Abraham ahead of time, saying, "All the nationS will be blessed in you."

Anyone who was not a Jew was a Gentile, and it is plural so it refers to everyone else wherever they may be.

Notice that it refers to more than one nation: it is also plural.

The "NET" Bible says in its Footnotes that:-

17tn The same plural Greek word, τὰ ἔθνη (ta eqnh), can be translated as "nations" or "Gentiles."

The part in BOLD print ["All the nationSwill be blessed in you."] is a quote from the Old Testament:-

Gen 12 (v.3) And I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee: and in thee shall ALL FAMILIES of the earth be blessed.

Gen 18 (v.18) Seeing that Abraham shall surely become a great and mighty nation, and all the nations of the earth shall be blessed in him?

Genesis 18:18 ["ALLTHE NATIONS OF THE EARTH shall be blessed"] plainly says ALL nations, so this refers to every single person on the face of the entire earth.