'Nation' in the Bible

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 also that nation, whom they shall serve, will I judge: and afterward shall they come out with great substance.

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

And as for Ishmael, I have heard thee: Behold, I have blessed him, and will make him fruitful, and will multiply him exceedingly; twelve princes shall he beget, and I will make him a great nation.

Seeing that Abraham shall surely become a great and mighty nation, and all the nations of the earth shall be blessed in him?

But Abimelech had not come near her: and he said, Lord, wilt thou slay also a righteous nation?

And also of the son of the bondwoman will I make a nation, because he is thy seed.

Arise, lift up the lad, and hold him in thine hand; for I will make him a great nation.

May the sovereign God bless you! May he make you fruitful and give you a multitude of descendants! Then you will become a large nation.

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

God sent me before you to keep you and yours living on earth so that you might become a great nation.

And he said, I am God, the God of thy father: fear not to go down into Egypt; for I will there make of thee a great nation:

He told me, "Pay attention! I'm going to make you fruitful and numerous. I'm going to build you into a vast nation of people and then I'll give this land to your descendants for an eternal possession.'

The angel who has been my saviour from all evil, send his blessing on these children: and let my name and the name of my fathers, Abraham and Isaac, be given to them; and let them become a great nation in the earth.

But his father refused and said, “I know, my son, I know! He too will become a tribe, and he too will be great; nevertheless, his younger brother will be greater than he, and his offspring will become a populous nation.”