כֹּל גּוֹיֵי הָאָרֶץ (Kol goyei ha-arets)

MEANING'All the nations of the earth.' The scope statement of the Abrahamic blessing (Genesis 22:18). Kol (all) + goyim (nations, peoples) + ha-arets (the earth). The universal scope of the Thread 7 invitation embedded in the very first covenant.

GRAMMARKol (all/every) + goyei (construct plural of goy --- nation, people group, Gentile nation) + ha-arets (the earth/land --- with definite article). The scope is explicitly universal: every nation-group of the entire earth. No qualifier narrows the scope. Paul's interpretation in Galatians 3:8 ('all nations shall be blessed') confirms the universal reading.

SIGNIFICANCEKol goyei ha-arets is Thread 7 in the first covenant. The election of Abraham is for the sake of all nations --- not at their expense. This establishes that the universal invitation was embedded in the very beginning of the redemptive plan. Thread 7 is not a NT addition but the original purpose of the original election.

KEY VERSE / SCRIPTURESGenesis 12:3; 22:18; 26:4; 28:14 --- the Abrahamic promise in multiple formulations.

CROSS-REFERENCESGenesis 22:18 · Galatians 3:8 (Paul's universal interpretation) · כָּל-צָמֵא kol-tsame (Isaiah 55:1 --- same universal scope)