Genesis 12:2

Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version

I will build a great nation from you. I will bless you and make your name famous. People will use your name to bless other people.

Cross References

2 Samuel 7:9

I have been with you every place you went. I have defeated your enemies for you. I will make you one of the most famous people on earth.

Galatians 3:14

Because of what Jesus Christ did, the blessing God promised to Abraham was given to all people. Christ died so that by believing in him we could have the Spirit that God promised.

Genesis 18:18

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

Genesis 35:11

God said to him, “I am God All-Powerful, and I give you this blessing: Have many children and grow into a great nation. Other nations and other kings will come out of you.

Genesis 46:3

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

Genesis 26:4

I will make your family as many as the stars of heaven, and I will give all these lands to your family. Through your descendants every nation on earth will be blessed.

Genesis 24:35

The Lord has greatly blessed my master in everything. My master has become a great man. The Lord has given him many flocks of sheep and herds of cattle. He has much silver and gold and many servants. He has many camels and donkeys.

Galatians 3:7

So you should know that the true children of Abraham are those who have faith.

Exodus 1:7

But the Israelites had many children, and their number grew until the country of Egypt was filled with them.

Genesis 13:16

I will make your people so many that they will be like the dust of the earth. If people could count all the particles of dust on earth, they could count your people.

Genesis 15:5

Then God led Abram outside and said, “Look at the sky. See the many stars. There are so many you cannot count them. Your family will be like that.”

Deuteronomy 26:5

Then there before the Lord your God you will say: ‘My ancestor was a wandering Aramean. He went down into Egypt and stayed there. When he went there, he had only a few people in his family. But in Egypt he became a great nation—a powerful nation with many people.

Exodus 32:10

So now let me destroy them in anger. Then I will make a great nation from you.”

Genesis 28:14

You will have as many descendants as there are particles of dust on the earth. They will spread east and west, north and south. All the families on earth will be blessed because of you and your descendants.

Genesis 27:29

May the nations serve you and many people bow down to you. You will rule over your brothers. Your mother’s sons will bow down to you and obey you. Whoever curses you will be cursed. Whoever blesses you will be blessed.”

Genesis 19:29

God destroyed the cities in the valley, but he remembered what Abraham had said. So God sent Lot away from those cities before destroying them.

Romans 4:11

Abraham was circumcised later to show that God accepted him. His circumcision was proof that he was right with God through faith before he was circumcised. So Abraham is the father of all those who believe but are not circumcised. They believe and are accepted as people who are right with God.

Numbers 14:12

I will kill them all with a terrible sickness. I will destroy them, and I will use you to make another nation. Your nation will be greater and stronger than these people.”

Micah 7:20

God, please be true to Jacob. Be kind and loyal to Abraham, as you promised our ancestors long ago.

Genesis 18:19

I have made a special agreement with him. I did this so that he would command his children and his descendants to live the way the Lord wants them to. I did this so that they would live right and be fair. Then I, the Lord, can give him what I promised.”

Genesis 24:1

Abraham lived to be a very old man. The Lord blessed him and everything he did.

Genesis 25:11

After Abraham died, God blessed Isaac. Isaac was living at Beer Lahai Roi.

Genesis 26:3

Stay in this land, and I will be with you. I will bless you. I will give you and your family all these lands. I will do what I promised to Abraham your father.

Numbers 22:12

But God said to Balaam, “Don’t go with them. You must not curse those people. They are my people.”

Numbers 23:20

He told me to bless them. He blessed them, so I cannot change that.

Psalm 107:38

God blessed them with many children and plenty of animals.

Ezekiel 34:26

I will bless the sheep and the places around my hill. I will cause the rains to fall at the right time and will shower them with blessings.

Zechariah 8:13

People began using the names Israel and Judah in their curses. But I will save Israel and Judah, and their names will become a blessing. So don’t be afraid. Be strong!”

Genesis 17:20

“You mentioned Ishmael, and I heard you. I will bless him, and he will have many children. He will be the father of twelve great leaders. His family will become a great nation.

Job 35:8

Job, the good and bad things you do affect only other people like yourself.

Isaiah 51:2

Abraham is your father, so look at him. Look at Sarah, who gave birth to you. Abraham was alone when I called him. Then I blessed him, and he began a great family with many descendants.”