Genesis 35:11

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God also said to him, “I am God Almighty. Be fertile, and increase in number. A nation and a community of nations will come from you, and kings will come from you.

Cross References

Genesis 12:2

I will make you a great nation, I will bless you. I will make your name great, and you will be a blessing.

Genesis 13:16

I will also give you as many descendants as the dust of the earth. If anyone could count the dust of the earth, then he could also count your descendants.

Genesis 15:5

He took Abram outside and said, “Now look up at the sky and count the stars, if you are able to count them.” He also said to him, “That’s how many descendants you will have!”

Genesis 17:1

When Abram was 99 years old, the Lord appeared to him. He said to Abram, “I am God Almighty. Live in my presence with integrity.

Genesis 17:16

I will bless her, and I will also give you a son by her. I will bless her, and she will become ⌞a mother of⌟ nations, and kings will come from her.”

Genesis 17:4

“My promise is still with you. You will become the father of many nations.

Genesis 18:14

Is anything too hard for the Lord? I will come back to you next year at this time, and Sarah will have a son.”

Genesis 18:18

After all, Abraham is going to become a great and mighty nation and through him all the nations of the earth will be blessed.

Genesis 22:17

I will certainly bless you and make your descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky and the grains of sand on the seashore. Your descendants will take possession of their enemies’ cities.

Genesis 28:14

Your descendants will be like the dust on the earth. You will spread out to the west and to the east, to the north and to the south. Through you and through your descendant every family on earth will be blessed.

Genesis 32:12

But you did say, ‘I will make sure that you are prosperous and that your descendants will be as many as the grains of sand on the seashore. No one will be able to count them because there are so many.’ ”

Genesis 36:31

These were the kings who ruled Edom before any king ruled the people of Israel:

Genesis 43:14

May God Almighty make him merciful to you so that he will send your other brother and Benjamin ⌞home⌟ with you. If I lose my children, I lose my children.”

Genesis 46:3

“I am God, the God of your father,” he said. “Don’t be afraid to go to Egypt, because I will make you a great nation there.

Genesis 47:27

So the Israelites settled in Egypt in the region of Goshen. They acquired property there and had many children.

Genesis 9:1

God blessed Noah and his sons and said to them, “Be fertile, increase in number, and fill the earth.

Genesis 9:7

Be fertile, and increase in number. Spread over the earth, and increase.”

1 Chronicles 16:16

the promise that he made to Abraham, and his sworn promise to Isaac.

1 Chronicles 16:17

He confirmed it as a law for Jacob, as an everlasting promise to Israel,

1 Chronicles 16:18

by saying, ‘I will give you Canaan. It is your share of the inheritance.’

Exodus 1:7

But the descendants of Israel had many children. They became so numerous and strong that the land was filled with them.

Exodus 2:24

God heard their groaning, and he remembered his promise  to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.

Exodus 6:3

I appeared to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob as God Almighty, but I didn’t make myself known to them by my name, the Lord.

Leviticus 26:42

I will remember my promise to Jacob, Isaac, and Abraham. I will also remember the land.

2 Corinthians 6:18

The Lord Almighty says, “I will be your Father, and you will be my sons and daughters.”