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 to them, "Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth and subdue it, and rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of heaven, and over every animal that moves upon the earth."

And I will make you a great nation, and I will bless you, and I will make your name great. And you will be a blessing.

And they blessed Rebekah and said to her, "You [are] our sister; may you become countless thousands; and may your offspring take possession of the gate of his enemies."

For the statement of the promise [is] this: "At this time I will return and {Sarah will have} a son."

Give

And he said, "I will certainly return to you {in the spring}, and look, Sarah your wife [will have] a son." Now Sarah [was] listening at the doorway of the tent, and which [was] behind him.

Be a mother of nations

And God said to him, "I [am] El-Shaddai. Be fruitful and multiply. A nation and an assemblage of nations shall be from you, and kings shall go out from your loins.

But the Jerusalem above is free, which is our mother.

like Sarah obeyed Abraham, calling him lord, whose children you have become [when you] do good and are not frightened with respect to any terror.

Kings

And I will make you {exceedingly} fruitful. I will make you a nation, and kings shall go out from you.

And kings shall be your {guardians}, and their queens your nurses. They shall bow down, {faces} [to the] ground, to you, and they will lick up the dust of your feet. Then you will know that I [am] Yahweh; those who await me shall not be ashamed.

General references

I will make your descendants like the dust of the earth which, if anyone were able to count the dust of the earth, your descendants would be [so] counted.

And so, [by] persevering, he obtained the promise.