'Nation' in the Bible
I'll make a great nation of your descendants, I'll bless you, and I'll make your reputation great, so that you will be a blessing.
However, I will judge the nation that they serve, and later they will leave there with many possessions.
And as for Ishmael, I've heard you. I'll bless him, and he'll have many descendants. I will multiply him greatly, he'll father twelve tribal leaders, and I'll cause his descendants to become a great nation.
"since Abraham's descendants will become a great and powerful nation, and all the nations of the earth will be blessed through him?
Now Abimelech had not yet come near her, so he asked, "LORD, will you destroy an innocent nation?
Nevertheless, I will make the slave girl's son into a nation, since he, too, is your offspring."
Get up! Pick up the youth and grab his hand, because I will make a great nation of his descendants."
So God called his name Israel and also told him, "I am God Almighty. You are to be fruitful and multiply. You will become a nation in fact, an assembly of nations! Kings will come from you they'll emerge from your own loins!
"I'm God, your father's God. Don't be afraid to move down to Egypt, because I'm going to turn you into a mighty nation there.
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.'
But his father refused. "I know," he said. "I know. He's going to produce a large nation, and he's going to be very great. However, his younger brother will become even greater than he, and his descendants will become a multitude of nations."
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- A Holy Nation
- Abomination Of Desolation
- Abominations
- Abominations, Ceremonial Matters
- Abominations, Idolatry Is
- Abominations, Judgments Of
- Abominations, Perverse Sexuality
- Abominations, Practices
- Abominations, Sin Is
- Abominations, To God
- Age Discrimination
- Alienation, Examples Of
- Alienation, Overcoming
- All Nations
- Artificial Insemination
- Assassinations, Attempted
- Assassinations, Completed
- Blessing Through God's People
- Character Assassination
- Condemnation Of Babylon
- Condemnation Of The Wicked
- Condemnation, Causes Of
- Condemnation, Examples Of
- Condemnation, Solution To
- Contamination
- Coronations
- Damnation
- Dealing With The Nations
- Denominations
- Destinations
- Determination
- Disorder Among The Nations
- Divination
- Divination, Practiced By
- Donations
- Exchange Of Nations
- Explanations
- Extermination
- Feelings Of Alienation
- Foundations Of Nations
- Gathering Other Nations
- God Angry With The Nations
- God's Activity In The Nations
- God's Indignation
- Greed, Condemnation Of
- Healing Of Nations
- History Of Nations
- Imagination, Evil Scheming
- Imagination, Inward Desires
- Incarnation
- Judgment Of The Nations
- Lack Of Discrimination
- Large Denominations
- Like The Nations
- Miscegenation (racial Intermarriage)
- Nationalism
- Nations
- Nations Attacking Israel
- Nations Described
- Nations United
- No Condemnation
- Ordination
- People Destroying Foreign Nations
- Predestination
- Predestination, Of Events
- Predestination, Of Persons
- Predestination, Spiritual Events
- Procrastination
- Reincarnation
- Related Nations
- Repenting Of Abominations
- Resignation
- Restoring Nations
- Roar Of Nations
- Self Condemnation
- Self Examination
- Sex Between Nations
- Spiritual Illumination
- Strong Nations
- Survivors Of The Nations
- The Gospel To The Nations
- The Hearts Incination To Evil
- The Nations Attacked
- The Nations Before God
- Unique Nations
- Condemnation
- Discrimination
- Fruitfulness
- Imagination
- Rejuvenation