Isaiah 51:2

New International Reader's Version

Consider Abraham. He is the father of your people. Think about Sarah. She is your mother. When I chose Abraham, he did not have any children. But I blessed him and gave him many of them.

Cross References

Genesis 22:17

So I will certainly bless you. I will make the children born into your family as many as the stars in the sky. I will make them as many as the grains of sand on the seashore. They will take over the cities of their enemies.

Genesis 24:1

By that time Abraham was very old. The Lord had blessed Abraham in every way.

Genesis 24:35

The Lord has blessed my master greatly, and he has become rich. The Lord has given him sheep and cattle, silver and gold. He has also given him male and female servants, camels and donkeys.

Isaiah 29:22

Long ago the Lord saved Abraham from trouble. Now he says to Jacob’s people, “You will not be ashamed anymore. Your faces will no longer grow pale with fear.

Isaiah 41:8

The Lord says, “People of Israel, you are my servants. Family of Jacob, I have chosen you. You are the children of my friend Abraham.

Isaiah 43:27

Your father Jacob sinned. The people I sent to teach you refused to obey me.

Isaiah 48:1

People of Jacob, listen to me. You are called by the name of Israel. You come from the family line of Judah. You make promises in the name of the Lord. You pray to Israel’s God. But you aren’t honest. You don’t mean what you say.

Isaiah 60:22

The smallest family among you will become a tribe. The smallest tribe will become a mighty nation. I am the Lord. When it is the right time, I will act quickly.”

Isaiah 63:16

You are our Father. Abraham might not accept us as his children. Jacob might not recognize us as his family. But you are our Father, Lord. Your name is One Who Always Sets Us Free.

Ezekiel 33:24

“Son of man, here is what the people living in Israel’s broken-down buildings are saying. ‘Abraham was only one man. But he owned the land. We are many people. The land must certainly belong to us.’

Deuteronomy 1:10

The Lord your God has caused there to be many of you. Today you are as many as the stars in the sky.

Deuteronomy 26:5

Then you will speak while the Lord is listening. You will say, “My father Jacob was a wanderer from the land of Aram. He went down into Egypt with a few people. He lived there and became the father of a great nation. It had huge numbers of people.

Joshua 24:3

I took your father Abraham from the land east of the Euphrates. I led him all through Canaan. I gave him many children and grandchildren. I gave him Isaac.