Genesis 17:16

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

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.

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Other Translations

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    And I will bless her, and give thee a son also of her: yea, I will bless her, and she shall be a mother of nations; kings of people shall be of her.

  • KJV1611 – Modern English

    And I will bless her and give you a son also by her; yes, I will bless her, and she shall be a mother of nations; kings of people shall come from her.

  • King James Version 1611 (Original)

    And I will bless her, and give thee a son also of her: yea, I will bless her, and she shall be a mother of nations; kings of people shall be of her.

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    And I will bless her, and moreover I will give thee a son of her: yea, I will bless her, and she shall be [a mother of] nations; kings of peoples shall be of her.

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    And I will bless her, and give thee a son also of her: yea, I will bless her, and she shall be a mother of nations; kings of people shall be of her.

  • Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

    For I will blesse her and geue the a sonne of her and will blesse her: so that people ye and kynges of people shall springe of her.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    for I will blesse her, and geue the a sonne of her. I wil blesse her, and people shall come of her, yee and kynges of many people.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    And I will blesse her, & will also giue thee a sonne of her, yea, I will blesse her, and she shall be the mother of nations: Kings also of people shall come of her.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    And I wyll blesse her, and geue thee a sonne of her: yea, I wyll blesse her, and she shalbe a mother of nations, yea & kynges of people shall sprynge of her.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    And I will bless her, and give thee a son also of her: yea, I will bless her, and she shall be [a mother] of nations; kings of people shall be of her.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    I will bless her, and moreover I will give you a son by her. Yes, I will bless her, and she will be a mother of nations. Kings of peoples will come from her."

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    and I have blessed her, and have also given to thee a son from her; and I have blessed her, and she hath become nations -- kings of peoples are from her.'

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    And I will bless her, and moreover I will give thee a son of her: yea, I will bless her, and she shall be `a mother of' nations; kings of peoples shall be of her.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    And I will bless her, and moreover I will give thee a son of her: yea, I will bless her, and she shall be [a mother of] nations; kings of peoples shall be of her.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    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.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    I will bless her, and moreover I will give you a son by her. Yes, I will bless her, and she will be a mother of nations. Kings of peoples will come from her."

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    I will bless her and will give you a son through her. I will bless her and she will become a mother of nations. Kings of countries will come from her!”

Referenced Verses

  • Gen 35:11 : 11 God said to him, "I am God Almighty. Be fruitful and multiply. A nation, indeed a community of nations, will come from you, and kings will come from your own body."
  • Gen 17:6 : 6 I will make you very fruitful; I will make nations come from you, and kings will be among your descendants.
  • Gen 18:10-14 : 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?”' 14 Is anything too hard for the LORD? At the appointed time next year, I will return to you, and Sarah will have a son.
  • Gen 24:60 : 60 They blessed Rebekah and said to her, "Our sister, may you become thousands upon thousands. May your offspring possess the gate of their enemies."
  • Gen 1:28 : 28 God blessed them and said to them, 'Be fruitful and multiply, fill the earth and subdue it. Rule over the fish in the sea, the birds in the sky, and every living creature that moves on the ground.'
  • Gen 12:2 : 2 And I will make you into a great nation, and I will bless you, and I will make your name great, and you will be a blessing.
  • Isa 49:23 : 23 Kings will be your foster fathers, and their queens your nursing mothers. They will bow down to you with their faces to the ground and lick the dust at your feet. Then you will know that I am the Lord; those who hope in Me will not be disappointed.
  • Rom 9:9 : 9 For this is the word of promise: 'At the appointed time I will come, and Sarah will have a son.'
  • Gal 4:26-31 : 26 But the Jerusalem above is free, and she is our mother. 27 For it is written: 'Rejoice, O barren one who does not bear; break forth and cry aloud, you who are not in labor! For the children of the desolate one will be more than those of the one who has a husband.' 28 Now you, brothers, like Isaac, are children of promise. 29 But just as the one born according to the flesh persecuted the one born through the Spirit, so it is also now. 30 But what does the Scripture say? 'Cast out the slave woman and her son, for the son of the slave woman shall not inherit with the son of the free woman.' 31 So then, brothers, we are not children of the slave woman, but of the free woman.
  • 1 Pet 3:6 : 6 Just as Sarah obeyed Abraham, calling him lord. You are her children if you do what is good and do not fear anything that frightens you.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

  • Gen 17:4-8
    5 verses
    85%

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

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

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

    7I will establish My covenant as an everlasting covenant between Me and you and your descendants after you for the generations to come, to be your God and the God of your descendants after you.

    8And I will give to you and your descendants after you the land in which you are now living as a foreigner—all the land of Canaan—as an everlasting possession; and I will be their God.

  • Gen 17:19-21
    3 verses
    82%

    19Then 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.

    20As for Ishmael, I have heard you. I will bless him; I will make him fruitful and greatly multiply his descendants. He will be the father of twelve rulers, and I will make him into a great nation.

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

  • Gen 17:15
    81%

    15Then God said to Abraham, "As for Sarai your wife, you are no longer to call her Sarai; her name will be Sarah.

  • Gen 17:17
    78%

    17Abraham 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?"

  • Gen 12:2-3
    2 verses
    77%

    2And I will make you into a great nation, and I will bless you, and I will make your name great, and you will be a blessing.

    3I will bless those who bless you, and whoever curses you, I will curse; and all the families of the earth will be blessed through you.

  • Heb 6:14
    77%

    14saying, 'Surely I will bless you abundantly and multiply your descendants greatly.'

  • Gen 26:3-4
    2 verses
    77%

    3Stay in this land, and I will be with you and bless you. For I will give all these lands to you and your descendants and will fulfill the oath I swore to Abraham your father.

    4I will make your offspring as numerous as the stars of the sky and give them all these lands, and through your descendants all the nations of the earth will be blessed.

  • Gen 18:18
    76%

    18Abraham will surely become a great and powerful nation, and through him all nations of the earth will be blessed.

  • Gen 22:17-18
    2 verses
    76%

    17I will surely bless you and will greatly multiply your offspring like the stars of the heavens and like the sand on the seashore, and your offspring will possess the gates of their enemies.

    18And through your offspring all the nations of the earth will be blessed, because you have obeyed My voice.'

  • Gen 24:36
    76%

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

  • Gen 17:2
    75%

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

  • Gen 21:2
    75%

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

  • Rom 9:9
    75%

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

  • Gen 35:11
    75%

    11God said to him, "I am God Almighty. Be fruitful and multiply. A nation, indeed a community of nations, will come from you, and kings will come from your own body."

  • Gen 21:13
    74%

    13'I will also make the son of the slave woman into a nation because he is your offspring.'

  • Gen 18:10-14
    5 verses
    74%

    10Then 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.

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

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

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

    14Is anything too hard for the LORD? At the appointed time next year, I will return to you, and Sarah will have a son.

  • Gen 28:3-4
    2 verses
    74%

    3May God Almighty bless you, make you fruitful, and multiply you, so that you become a community of peoples.

    4May he give to you and your descendants with you the blessing of Abraham, that you may take possession of the land where you now live as a foreigner, the land God gave to Abraham.

  • Gen 16:10
    73%

    10The angel of the LORD also said, "I will greatly multiply your offspring so that they cannot be counted because of their great numbers."

  • Gen 21:6-7
    2 verses
    73%

    6Sarah said, 'God has brought me laughter, and everyone who hears about this will laugh with me.'

    7And she added, 'Who would have said to Abraham that Sarah would nurse children? Yet I have borne him a son in his old age.'

  • Gen 16:2
    73%

    2So 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.

  • Isa 51:2
    72%

    2Look to Abraham, your father, and to Sarah, who gave birth to you. When I called him, he was one person, and I blessed him and made him many.

  • Gen 28:14
    72%

    14Your descendants will be as numerous as the dust of the earth, and you will spread out to the west, to the east, to the north, and to the south. Through you and your descendants, all the families of the earth will be blessed.

  • Gen 20:17
    71%

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

  • Gen 24:60
    71%

    60They blessed Rebekah and said to her, "Our sister, may you become thousands upon thousands. May your offspring possess the gate of their enemies."