Genesis 35:11

New Century Version

God said to him, “I am God Almighty. Have many children and grow in number as a nation. You will be the ancestor of many nations and kings.

Cross References

Genesis 12:2

I will make you a great nation, and I will bless you. I will make you famous, and you will be a blessing to others.

Genesis 13:16

I will make your descendants as many as the dust of the earth. If anyone could count the dust on the earth, he could count your people.

Genesis 15:5

Then God led Abram outside and said, “Look at the sky. There are so many stars you cannot count them. Your descendants also will be too many to count.”

Genesis 17:1

When Abram was ninety-nine years old, the Lord appeared to him and said, “I am God Almighty. Obey me and do what is right.

Genesis 17:16

I will bless her and give her a son, and you will be the father. She will be the mother of many nations. Kings of nations will come from her.”

Genesis 17:4

“I am making my agreement with you: I will make you the father of many nations.

Genesis 18:14

Is anything too hard for the Lord? No! I will return to you at the right time a year from now, and Sarah will have a son.”

Genesis 18:18

Abraham’s children will certainly become a great and powerful nation, and all nations on earth will be blessed through him.

Genesis 22:17

I will surely bless you and give you many descendants. They will be as many as the stars in the sky and the sand on the seashore, and they will capture the cities of their enemies.

Genesis 28:14

Your descendants will be as many as the dust of the earth. They will spread west and east, north and south, and all the families of the earth will be blessed through you and your descendants.

Genesis 32:12

You said to me, ‘I will treat you well and will make your children as many as the sand of the seashore. There will be too many to count.’ ”

Genesis 36:31

These are the kings who ruled in the land of Edom before the Israelites ever had a king:

Genesis 43:14

I pray that God Almighty will cause the governor to be merciful to you and that he will allow Simeon and Benjamin to come back with you. If I am robbed of my children, then I am robbed of them!”

Genesis 46:3

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

Genesis 47:27

The Israelites continued to live in the land of Goshen in Egypt. There they got possessions and had many children and grew in number.

Genesis 9:1

Then God blessed Noah and his sons and said to them, “Have many children; grow in number and fill the earth.

Genesis 9:7

“As for you, Noah, I want you and your family to have many children, to grow in number on the earth, and to become many.”

1 Chronicles 16:16

He will keep the agreement he made with Abraham and the promise he made to Isaac.

1 Chronicles 16:17

He made it a law for the people of Jacob; he made it an agreement with Israel to last forever.

1 Chronicles 16:18

He said, “I will give the land of Canaan to you, to belong to you.”

Exodus 1:7

But the people of Israel had many children, and their number grew greatly. They became very strong, and the country of Egypt was filled with them.

Exodus 2:24

God heard their cries, and he remembered the agreement he had made with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.

Exodus 6:3

I appeared to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob by the name God Almighty, but they did not know me by my name, the Lord.

Leviticus 26:42

I will remember my agreement with Jacob, my agreement with Isaac, and my agreement with Abraham, and I will remember the land.

2 Corinthians 6:18

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