Genesis 17:16

New American Bible - revised edition

I will bless her, and I will give you a son by her. Her also will I bless; she will give rise to nations, and rulers of peoples will issue from her.

Cross References

Genesis 1:28

God blessed them and God said to them: Be fertile and multiply; fill the earth and subdue it. Have dominion over the fish of the sea, the birds of the air, and all the living things that crawl on the earth.

Genesis 12:2

I will make of you a great nation, and I will bless you; I will make your name great, so that you will be a blessing.

Genesis 15:4

Then the word of the Lord came to him: No, that one will not be your heir; your own offspring will be your heir.

Genesis 17:15

God further said to Abraham: As for Sarai your wife, do not call her Sarai; her name will be Sarah.

Genesis 17:19

God replied: Even so, your wife Sarah is to bear you a son, and you shall call him Isaac. It is with him that I will maintain my covenant as an everlasting covenant and with his descendants after him.

Genesis 17:6

I will make you exceedingly fertile; I will make nations of you; kings will stem from you.

Genesis 21:1

The Lord took note of Sarah as he had said he would; the Lord did for her as he had promised.

Genesis 24:60

They blessed Rebekah and said: “Sister, may you grow into thousands of myriads; And may your descendants gain possession of the gates of their enemies!”

Genesis 25:23

and the Lord answered her: Two nations are in your womb, two peoples are separating while still within you; But one will be stronger than the other, and the older will serve the younger.

Genesis 35:11

Then God said to him: I am God Almighty; be fruitful and multiply. A nation, indeed an assembly of nations, will stem from you, and kings will issue from your loins.

Genesis 36:31

These are the kings who reigned in the land of Edom before any king reigned over the Israelites.

Isaiah 49:23

Kings shall be your guardians, their princesses your nursemaids; Face to the ground, they shall bow down before you and lick the dust at your feet. Then you shall know that I am the Lord, none who hope in me shall be ashamed.

Romans 9:9

For this is the wording of the promise, “About this time I shall return and Sarah will have a son.”

Galatians 4:23

The son of the slave woman was born naturally, the son of the freeborn through a promise.

1 Peter 3:6

thus Sarah obeyed Abraham, calling him “lord.” You are her children when you do what is good and fear no intimidation.