Genesis 17:16

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

And I will bless her, and give thee a son also of her: yea, I will bless her, and she shall be a mother of nations; kings of people shall be of her.

And i

Give

Genesis 18:10

Be a mother of nations

Genesis 35:11

Galatians 4:26

1 Peter 3:6

Kings

Genesis 17:6

Isaiah 49:23

General references

Genesis 1:28

Genesis 13:16

Hebrews 6:15

Bible References

And i

And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth and subdue it and have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the fowl of the air and over every beast that moves upon the earth.

and I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee and make thy name great; and thou shalt be a blessing.

And they blessed Rebekah and said unto her, Thou art our sister; be thou the mother of thousands of ten thousands, and let thy seed possess the gate of those who hate them.

For the word of the promise is this, At this time I will come, and Sara shall have a son.

Give

Then he said, I will certainly return unto thee according to the time of life; and, behold, Sarah thy wife shall have a son. And Sarah heard it in the tent door, which was behind him.

Be a mother of nations

And God said unto him, I am God Almighty; be fruitful and multiply, a nation and a company of nations (Gentiles) shall come out of thee, and kings shall come out of thy loins;

But the Jerusalem of above is free, which is the mother of us all.

as Sara obeyed Abraham, calling him lord, of whom ye are made daughters, doing well and not being afraid of any terror.

Kings

And I will multiply thee exceeding, and I will make Gentiles of thee, and kings shall come out of thee.

And kings shall be thy nursing fathers and their princesses thy nursing mothers: they shall bow down to thee with their face toward the earth and lick up the dust of thy feet; and thou shalt know that I am the LORD: for those that wait for me shall not be ashamed.

General references

And I will make thy seed as the dust of the earth, so that if someone could number the dust of the earth, then shall thy seed also be numbered.

And so, after he had patiently endured, he obtained the promise.