Isaiah 51:2

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

God chose Abraham and Sarah to be your ancestors. The LORD blessed Abraham, and from that one man came many descendants.

Cross References

Genesis 22:17

“I will bless you and give you such a large family, that some day your descendants will be more numerous than the stars in the sky or the grains of sand along the beach. They will defeat their enemies and take over the cities where their enemies live.

Genesis 24:1

Abraham was now a very old man. The LORD had made him rich, and he was successful in everything he did.

Genesis 24:35

The LORD has been good to my master and has made him very rich. He has given him many sheep, goats, cattle, camels, and donkeys, as well as a lot of silver and gold, and many slaves.

Isaiah 29:22

The LORD who rescued Abraham has this to say about Jacob's descendants: “They will no longer be ashamed and disgraced.

Isaiah 41:8

Israel, you are my servant. I chose you, the family of my friend Abraham.

Isaiah 43:27

Your earliest ancestor and all your leaders rebelled against me.

Isaiah 48:1

People of Israel, you come from Jacob's family and the tribe of Judah. You claim to worship me, the LORD God of Israel, but you are lying.

Isaiah 60:22

Even the smallest family will be a powerful nation. I am the LORD, and when the time comes, I will quickly do all this.

Isaiah 63:16

Our ancestors Abraham and Jacob have both rejected us. But you are still our Father; you have been our protector since ancient times.

Ezekiel 33:24

Ezekiel, son of man, the people living in the ruined cities of Israel are saying, “Abraham was just one man, and the LORD gave him this whole land of Israel. There are many of us, and so this land must be ours.”

Deuteronomy 1:10

The LORD our God has blessed us, and so now there are as many of us as there are stars in the sky.

Deuteronomy 26:5

Then, standing there in front of the place of worship, you must pray: My ancestor was homeless, an Aramean who went to live in Egypt. There were only a few in his family then, but they became great and powerful, a nation of many people.

Joshua 24:3

But I brought Abraham across the River Euphrates and led him through the land of Canaan. I blessed him by giving him Isaac, the first in a line of many descendants.