Genesis 17:19

Bible in Basic English (1941)

And God said, Not so; but Sarah, your wife, will have a son, and you will give him the name Isaac, and I will make my agreement with him for ever and with his seed after him.

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  • Gen 21:2-3 : 2 And Sarah became with child, and gave Abraham a son when he was old, at the time named by God. 3 And Abraham gave to his son, to whom Sarah had given birth, the name Isaac.
  • Gen 21:6 : 6 And Sarah said, God has given me cause for laughing, and everyone who has news of it will be laughing with me.
  • Luke 1:13-20 : 13 But the angel said, Have no fear, Zacharias, for your prayer has come to the ears of God, and your wife Elisabeth will have a son, and his name will be John. 14 And you will be glad and have great delight; and numbers of people will have joy at his birth. 15 For he will be great in the eyes of the Lord; he will not take wine or strong drink; and he will be full of the Spirit of God from his birth. 16 And through him great numbers of the children of Israel will be turned to the Lord their God. 17 And he will go before his face in the spirit and power of Elijah, turning the hearts of fathers to their children, and wrongdoers to the way of righteousness; to make ready a people whose hearts have been turned to the Lord. 18 And Zacharias said to the angel, How may I be certain of this? For I am an old man, and my wife is far on in years. 19 And the angel, answering, said, I am Gabriel, whose place is before God; I have been sent to say these words to you and to give you this good news. 20 Now, see, you will be without voice or language till the day when these things come about, because you had not faith in my words, which will have effect at the right time.
  • Rom 9:6-9 : 6 But it is not as if the word of God was without effect. For they are not all Israel, who are of Israel: 7 And they are not all children because they are the seed of Abraham; but, In Isaac will your seed be named. 8 That is, it is not the children of the flesh, but the children of God's undertaking, who are named as the seed. 9 For this is the word of God's undertaking, At this time will I come, and Sarah will have a son.
  • Gal 4:28-31 : 28 Now we, brothers, as Isaac was, are the children of the undertaking of God. 29 But as in those days he who had birth after the flesh was cruel to him who had birth after the Spirit, even so it is now. 30 What then do the Writings say? Send away the servant-woman and her son; for the son of the servant-woman will not have a part in the heritage with the son of the free woman. 31 So, brothers, we are not children of the servant-woman, but of the free woman.
  • Gen 18:10-14 : 10 And he said, I will certainly come back to you in the spring, and Sarah your wife will have a son. And his words came to the ears of Sarah who was at the back of the tent-door. 11 Now Abraham and Sarah were very old, and Sarah was past the time for giving birth. 12 And Sarah, laughing to herself, said, Now that I am used up am I still to have pleasure, my husband himself being old? 13 And the Lord said, Why was Sarah laughing and saying, Is it possible for me, being old, to give birth to a child? 14 Is there any wonder which the Lord is not able to do? At the time I said, in the spring, I will come back to you, and Sarah will have a child.
  • Gen 26:3 : 3 Keep in this land, and I will be with you and give you my blessing; for to you and to your seed will I give all these lands, giving effect to the oath which I made to your father Abraham;
  • 2 Kgs 4:16-17 : 16 And Elisha said, At this time in the coming year you will have a son in your arms. And she said, No, my lord, O man of God, do not say what is false to your servant. 17 Then the woman became with child and gave birth to a son at the time named, in the year after, as Elisha had said to her.
  • Gen 17:21 : 21 But my agreement will be with Isaac, to whom Sarah will give birth a year from this time.

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  • Gen 17:20-21
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    20 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.

    21 But my agreement will be with Isaac, to whom Sarah will give birth a year from this time.

  • Gen 17:15-18
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    15 And God said, As for Sarai, your wife, from now her name will be not Sarai, but Sarah.

    16 And I will give her a blessing so that you will have a son by her: truly my blessing will be on her, and she will be the mother of nations: kings of peoples will be her offspring.

    17 Then Abraham went down on his face, and laughing, said in his heart, May a man a hundred years old have a child? will Sarah, at ninety years old, give birth?

    18 And Abraham said to God, If only Ishmael's life might be your care!

  • Gen 21:12-13
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    12 But God said, Let it not be a grief to you because of the boy and Hagar his mother; give ear to whatever Sarah says to you, because it is from Isaac that your seed will take its name.

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

  • Gen 21:1-3
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    1 And the Lord came to Sarah as he had said and did to her as he had undertaken.

    2 And Sarah became with child, and gave Abraham a son when he was old, at the time named by God.

    3 And Abraham gave to his son, to whom Sarah had given birth, the name Isaac.

  • Gen 17:4-10
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    4 As for me, my agreement is made with you, and you will be the father of nations without end.

    5 No longer will your name be Abram, but Abraham, for I have made you the father of a number of nations.

    6 I will make you very fertile, so that nations will come from you and kings will be your offspring.

    7 And I will make between me and you and your seed after you through all generations, an eternal agreement to be a God to you and to your seed after you.

    8 And to you and to your seed after you, I will give the land in which you are living, all the land of Canaan for an eternal heritage; and I will be their God.

    9 And God said to Abraham, On your side, you are to keep the agreement, you and your seed after you through all generations.

    10 And this is the agreement which you are to keep with me, you and your seed after you: every male among you is to undergo circumcision.

  • Heb 11:18
    81%

    18 Of whom it had been said, From Isaac will your seed take their name:

  • Gen 17:2
    79%

    2 And I will make an agreement between you and me, and your offspring will be greatly increased.

  • Rom 9:9
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    9 For this is the word of God's undertaking, At this time will I come, and Sarah will have a son.

  • Gen 25:19
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    19 Now these are the generations of Abraham's son Isaac:

  • Gen 21:5
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    5 Now Abraham was a hundred years old when the birth of Isaac took place.

  • Gen 18:10
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    10 And he said, I will certainly come back to you in the spring, and Sarah your wife will have a son. And his words came to the ears of Sarah who was at the back of the tent-door.

  • Gen 22:16-18
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    16 Saying, I have taken an oath by my name, says the Lord, because you have done this and have not kept back from me your dearly loved only son,

    17 That I will certainly give you my blessing, and your seed will be increased like the stars of heaven and the sand by the seaside; your seed will take the land of those who are against them;

    18 And your seed will be a blessing to all the nations of the earth, because you have done what I gave you orders to do.

  • Ps 105:9
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    9 The agreement which he made with Abraham, and his oath to Isaac;

  • Heb 6:14
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    14 Saying, Be certain that I will give you my blessing, and make your numbers very great.

  • Gen 26:3-4
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    3 Keep in this land, and I will be with you and give you my blessing; for to you and to your seed will I give all these lands, giving effect to the oath which I made to your father Abraham;

    4 I will make your seed like the stars of heaven in number, and will give them all these lands, and your seed will be a blessing to all the nations of the earth;

  • Gen 28:4
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    4 And may God give you the blessing of Abraham, to you and to your seed, so that the land of your wanderings, which God gave to Abraham, may be your heritage.

  • 1 Chr 16:16
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    16 The agreement which he made with Abraham, and his oath to Isaac;

  • Gen 26:24
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    24 That night the Lord came to him in a vision, and said, I am the God of your father Abraham: have no fear for I am with you, blessing you, and your seed will be increased because of my servant Abraham.

  • Gen 18:13
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    13 And the Lord said, Why was Sarah laughing and saying, Is it possible for me, being old, to give birth to a child?

  • Gen 15:3
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    3 And Abram said, You have given me no child, and a servant in my house will get the heritage.

  • Gen 16:11
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    11 And the angel of the Lord said, See, you are with child and will give birth to a son, to whom you will give the name Ishmael, because the ears of the Lord were open to your sorrow.

  • Rom 9:7
    75%

    7 And they are not all children because they are the seed of Abraham; but, In Isaac will your seed be named.

  • Gen 18:18
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    18 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?

  • Gen 15:5
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    5 And he took him out into the open air, and said to him, Let your eyes be lifted to heaven, and see if the stars may be numbered; even so will your seed be.

  • Gen 35:12
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    12 And the land which I gave to Abraham and Isaac, I will give to you; and to your seed after you I will give the land.

  • Gen 24:36
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    36 And when Sarah, my master's wife, was old, she gave birth to a son, to whom he has given all he has.