Genesis 17:15

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Then God said to Abraham, "As for Sarai your wife, you are no longer to call her Sarai; her name will be Sarah.

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  • Gen 17:5 : 5 No longer will you be called Abram; your name will be Abraham, for I have made you the father of many nations.
  • 2 Sam 12:25 : 25 and because the Lord loved him, he sent word through Nathan the prophet to name him Jedidiah.
  • Gen 32:28 : 28 The man asked him, 'What is your name?' 'Jacob,' he answered.

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  • Gen 17:16-19
    4 verses
    84%

    16 I will bless her and surely give you a son by her. I will bless her so that she will become the mother of nations; kings of peoples will descend from her.

    17 Abraham fell facedown and laughed, saying to himself, "Can a child be born to a man who is a hundred years old? Can Sarah bear a child at the age of ninety?"

    18 And Abraham said to God, "If only Ishmael might live under Your blessing!"

    19 Then God said, "Yes, but your wife Sarah will bear you a son, and you will call him Isaac. I will establish My covenant with him as an everlasting covenant for his descendants after him.

  • Gen 17:4-6
    3 verses
    82%

    4 "As for Me, this is My covenant with you: You will be the father of a multitude of nations.

    5 No longer will you be called Abram; your name will be Abraham, for I have made you the father of many nations.

    6 I will make you very fruitful; I will make nations come from you, and kings will be among your descendants.

  • 21 But I will establish My covenant with Isaac, whom Sarah will bear to you at this time next year.

  • Gen 16:1-3
    3 verses
    77%

    1 Now Sarai, Abram's wife, had not borne him any children. But she had an Egyptian maidservant whose name was Hagar.

    2 So Sarai said to Abram, "Look, the LORD has prevented me from having children. Please go to my maidservant; perhaps I can build a family through her." And Abram listened to Sarai's voice.

    3 After Abram had lived in the land of Canaan for ten years, Sarai, Abram's wife, took Hagar the Egyptian, her maidservant, and gave her to Abram as a wife.

  • Gen 18:10-13
    4 verses
    76%

    10 Then one of them said, 'I will surely return to you about this time next year, and Sarah your wife will have a son.' Now Sarah was listening at the entrance of the tent, which was behind him.

    11 Now Abraham and Sarah were old, well along in years, and Sarah was past the age of childbearing.

    12 So Sarah laughed to herself, saying, 'After I am worn out and my lord is old, will I now have this pleasure?'

    13 Then the LORD said to Abraham, 'Why did Sarah laugh, saying, “Can I really bear a child when I am old?”'

  • 2 Abraham said about Sarah his wife, 'She is my sister,' and Abimelech, king of Gerar, sent for her and took her.

  • 12 But God said to Abraham, 'Do not be distressed about the boy and your slave woman. Listen to whatever Sarah tells you, because it is through Isaac that your offspring will be reckoned.'

  • Gen 21:1-3
    3 verses
    76%

    1 The Lord cared for Sarah as he had said, and the Lord did for Sarah what he had promised.

    2 Sarah became pregnant and gave birth to a son for Abraham in his old age, at the appointed time God had promised him.

    3 Abraham named his son, whom Sarah bore to him, Isaac.

  • 15 But Sarah denied it, saying, 'I did not laugh,' because she was afraid. But He replied, 'No, you did laugh.'

  • 9 Then God said to Abraham, "As for you, you shall keep My covenant, you and your descendants after you for the generations to come.

  • 27 Abram, that is Abraham.

  • Gen 12:17-19
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    74%

    17 But the Lord afflicted Pharaoh and his household with severe plagues because of Sarai, Abram's wife.

    18 So Pharaoh summoned Abram and said, "What have you done to me? Why didn't you tell me she was your wife?"

    19 "Why did you say, 'She is my sister,' so that I took her to be my wife? Now then, here is your wife. Take her and go."

  • 30 Now Sarai was childless because she was not able to conceive.

  • 6 Abram said to Sarai, "Your maidservant is in your hands; do with her whatever you think is best." Then Sarai mistreated Hagar, and she fled from her presence.

  • 9 For this is the word of promise: 'At the appointed time I will come, and Sarah will have a son.'

  • Gen 20:17-18
    2 verses
    73%

    17 Then Abraham prayed to God, and God healed Abimelech, his wife, and his female servants, so they could bear children again.

    18 For the LORD had completely closed every womb in Abimelech's household because of Sarah, Abraham's wife.

  • 36 Sarah, my master’s wife, bore him a son in her old age, and he has given him everything he owns.

  • 10 God said to him, "Your name is Jacob, but you will no longer be called Jacob; your name will be Israel." So He named him Israel.

  • 2 I will establish My covenant between Me and you, and I will greatly multiply you.

  • 15 Hagar bore a son to Abram, and Abram named the son whom Hagar bore, Ishmael.