'Nation' in the Bible

And I will make of you a great nation, blessing you and making your name great; and you will be a blessing:

But I will be the judge of that nation whose servants they are, and they will come out from among them with great wealth.

As for Ishmael, I have given ear to your prayer: truly I have given him my blessing and I will make him fertile and give him great increase; he will be the father of twelve chiefs, and I will make him a great nation.

Seeing that Abraham will certainly become a great and strong nation, and his name will be used by all the nations of the earth as a blessing?

Now Abimelech had not come near her; and he said, Lord, will you put to death an upright nation?

And I will make a nation of the son of your servant-woman, because he is your seed.

Come, take your child in your arms, for I will make of him a great nation.

And God said to him, I am God, the Ruler of all: be fertile, and have increase; a nation, truly a group of nations, will come from you, and kings will be your offspring;

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 your father: go down to Egypt without fear, for I will make a great nation of you there:

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 would not, saying, I am doing it on purpose, my son; he will certainly become a nation and a great one; but his younger brother will be greater than he, and his seed will become a great family of nations.