Genesis 12:2

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I will make you the ancestor of a great nation and I will bless you. I will make sure you have a great reputation and that you are a blessing to others.

Cross References

Genesis 13:16

You will have so many descendants that they'll be like the dust of the earth. If anyone could count dust then they could count the number of your descendants!

Genesis 15:5

The Lord took Abram outside and said to him, “Look up at the sky. See if you can count the stars! That's how many descendants you will have!”

Genesis 17:20

Now about Ishmael. I heard what you said, and I will also bless him. I will make sure he has a great many descendants. He will be the father of twelve princes, and I will make him into a great nation.

Genesis 18:18

Abraham will definitely become a great and powerful nation, and all the nations on earth will be blessed through him.

Genesis 18:19

I've chosen him so that he will teach his sons and their families to follow the way of the Lord by doing what is right and good, so that I, the Lord, can do for Abraham what I promised.”

Genesis 19:29

When God destroyed the towns of the valley he didn't forget the promise he made Abraham, and he saved Lot from the destruction of the towns where Lot was living.

Genesis 24:1

Abraham by now was old, really old, and the Lord had blessed him in every possible way.

Genesis 24:35

“The Lord has blessed my master so much, and now he is a wealthy and powerful man. The Lord has given him sheep and cattle, silver and gold, male and female servants, and camels and donkeys.

Genesis 25:11

After Abraham's death, God blessed his son Isaac, who was living near Beer-lahai-roi.

Genesis 26:3

Stay here in this country. I will be with you and I will bless you, because I'm going to give you and your descendants all these lands. I will keep the solemn promise that I swore to Abraham your father.

Genesis 26:4

I will make your descendants as numerous as the stars of heaven and I will give them all these lands. All the nations of the earth will be blessed by your descendants,

Genesis 27:29

May the people of different nations serve you and bow down to you. May you rule over your relatives, and may they bow down to you. May everyone who curses you be cursed, and may everyone who blesses you be blessed.”

Genesis 28:14

Your descendants will be as numerous as the dust of the earth, and will spread out west and east, and north and south. Everyone on earth will be blessed by your descendants.

Genesis 35:11

Then God said, “I am God Almighty! Reproduce, increase, and you will become a nation—in fact a group of nations—and kings will be among your descendants.

Genesis 46:3

“I am God, the God of your father! Don't be afraid to go to Egypt, because I will turn you and your descendants into a great nation.

2 Samuel 7:9

I have been with you wherever you've gone. I have destroyed all your enemies right in front of you, and I will make your reputation as great as the most famous people on earth.

1 Kings 1:47

and the royal officials have also gone to voice their approval to our lord King David, saying, ‘May your God make Solomon's reputation even more famous than your own, and may he make his reign greater than your reign.’ The king on his bed bowed his head,

Job 35:8

No—your sins only affect people like yourself, and whatever good you do only affects them too.

Psalm 107:38

He takes care of them, and their numbers increase dramatically—their cattle too!

Exodus 1:7

However, the Israelites had many children and their numbers increased rapidly. In fact there were so many of them that they became very powerful—the country was full of them.

Exodus 32:10

Now leave me! I am angry with them—let me finish them off! I will make you into a great nation.”

Isaiah 51:2

Look back at Abraham your father, and Sarah who gave birth to you. When I called him, he was only one man, but then I blessed him and he had many descendants.

Ezekiel 34:26

I will bless them everywhere around my hill. I will send rain at the right time. They will be showers of blessing.

Micah 7:20

You will give your trustworthy truth to the people of Jacob, your faithful love to the people of Abraham, as you promised our forefathers long ago.

Zechariah 8:13

People of Judah and Israel: just as you were considered a curse among the nations, so I will save you and you will become a blessing. Don't be afraid! Be strong!

Numbers 14:12

I'm going to make them sick with a disease and kill them. Then I will make you into a nation that's greater and stronger than they are.”

Numbers 22:12

But God told Balaam, “You are not to go back with them. You must not curse this people, for they are blessed.”

Numbers 23:20

Look, I have been ordered to give a blessing. God has blessed, and I can't change that.

Romans 4:11

It was actually before he became a Jew by being circumcised, which was a confirmation of his trust in God to make him right. This happened before he was circumcised, so he is the father of everyone who trusts in God and are considered as right by God, even though they may not be circumcised Jews.

Galatians 3:14

so that through Christ Jesus the blessing of Abraham could come to the foreigners as well, and we could receive the promise of the Spirit by trusting God.

Galatians 3:7

So you should acknowledge that those who trust in God are the children of Abraham.

Deuteronomy 26:5

Then this is what you are to publicly declare before the Lord your God, “My father was an Aramean who moved from place to place. There were only a few of them when he and his family went to live in Egypt. But they became a large and powerful nation.