Genesis 17:16

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.

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  • Gen 35:11 : 11 Againe God said vnto him, I am God all sufficient. growe, and multiplie. a nation and a multitude of nations shall spring of thee, and Kings shall come out of thy loynes.
  • Gen 17:6 : 6 Also I will make thee exceeding fruitfull, and will make nations of thee: yea, Kings shall proceede of thee.
  • Gen 18:10-14 : 10 And he saide, I will certainely come againe vnto thee according to ye time of life: and loe, Sarah thy wife shall haue a sonne; Sarah heard in the tent doore, which was behinde him. 11 (Nowe Abraham and Sarah were old and striken in age, and it ceased to be with Sarah after the maner of women) 12 Therefore Sarah laughed within her selfe, saying, After I am waxed olde, and my lord also, shall I haue lust? 13 And ye Lord saide vnto Abraham, Wherefore did Sarah thus laugh, saying, Shall I certainely beare a childe, which am olde? 14 (Shall any thing be hard to the Lord? at the time appointed will I returne vnto thee, euen according to the time of life, and Sarah shall haue a sonne.)
  • Gen 24:60 : 60 And they blessed Rebekah, and sayde vnto her, Thou art our sister, growe into thousande thousands, and thy seede possesse the gate of his enemies.
  • Gen 1:28 : 28 And God blessed them, and God said to them, Bring forth fruite and multiplie, and fill the earth, and subdue it, and rule ouer the fish of the sea, and ouer the foule of the heauen, & ouer euery beast that moueth vpon the earth.
  • Gen 12:2 : 2 And I will make of thee a great nation, and will blesse thee, and make thy name great, and thou shalt be a blessing.
  • Isa 49:23 : 23 And Kings shalbe thy nourcing fathers, and Queenes shalbe thy nources: they shall worship thee with their faces towarde the earth, and licke vp the dust of thy feete: and thou shalt knowe that I am the Lord: for they shall not be ashamed that waite for me.
  • Rom 9:9 : 9 For this is a worde of promes, In this same time wil I come, and Sara shall haue a sonne.
  • Gal 4:26-31 : 26 But Hierusalem, which is aboue, is free: which is the mother of vs all. 27 For it is written, Reioyce thou barren that bearest no children: breake forth, & cry, thou that trauailest not: for the desolate hath many moe children, then she which hath an husband. 28 Therefore, brethren, wee are after the maner of Isaac, children of the promes. 29 But as then hee that was borne after the flesh, persecuted him that was borne after the Spirit, euen so it is nowe. 30 But what sayth the Scripture? Put out the seruant and her sonne: for the sonne of the seruant shall not be heire with the sonne of the free woman. 31 Then brethren, we are not children of the seruant, but of the free woman.
  • 1 Pet 3:6 : 6 As Sara obeyed Abraham, and called him Sir: whose daughters ye are, whiles yee doe well, not being afraide of any terrour.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Gen 17:4-8
    5 verses
    85%

    4Beholde, I make my couenant with thee, and thou shalt be a father of many nations,

    5Neither shall thy name any more be called Abram, but thy name shalbe Abraham: for a father of many nations haue I made thee.

    6Also I will make thee exceeding fruitfull, and will make nations of thee: yea, Kings shall proceede of thee.

    7Moreouer I wil establish my couenant betweene me and thee, and thy seede after thee in their generations, for an euerlasting couenant, to be God vnto thee and to thy seede after thee.

    8And I will giue thee and thy seede after thee the land, wherein thou art a stranger, euen all the land of Canaan, for an euerlasting possession, and I will be their God.

  • Gen 17:19-21
    3 verses
    82%

    19Then God saide, Sarah thy wife shall beare thee a sonne in deede, and thou shalt call his name Izhak: and I will establish my couenant with him for an euerlasting couenant, and with his seede after him.

    20And as concerning Ishmael, I haue heard thee: loe, I haue blessed him, and will make him fruitfull, and will multiplie him exceedingly: twelue princes shall he beget, and I will make a great nation of him.

    21But my couenant will I establish with Izhak, which Sarah shall beare vnto thee, the next yeere at this season.

  • Gen 17:15
    81%

    15Afterward God said vnto Abraham, Sarai thy wife shalt thou not call Sarai, but Sarah shalbe her name.

  • Gen 17:17
    78%

    17Then Abraham fell vpon his face, and laughed, and said in his heart, Shall a childe be borne vnto him, that is an hundreth yeere olde? and shall Sarah that is ninetie yeere olde beare?

  • Gen 12:2-3
    2 verses
    77%

    2And I will make of thee a great nation, and will blesse thee, and make thy name great, and thou shalt be a blessing.

    3I will also blesse them that blesse thee, and curse them that curse thee, and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed.

  • Heb 6:14
    77%

    14Saying, Surely I wil aboundantly blesse thee and multiplie thee marueilously.

  • Gen 26:3-4
    2 verses
    77%

    3Dwell in this lande, and I will be with thee, and will blesse thee: for to thee, and to thy seede I will giue all these countreys: and I will performe the othe which I sware vnto Abraham thy father.

    4Also I wil cause thy seede to multiply as the starres of heauen, and will giue vnto thy seede all these countreys: and in thy seede shall all the nanations of the earth be blessed,

  • Gen 18:18
    76%

    18Seeing that Abraham shalbe in deede a great and a mightie nation, and all the nations of the earth shalbe blessed in him?

  • Gen 22:17-18
    2 verses
    76%

    17Therefore will I surely blesse thee, and will greatly multiplie thy seede, as the starres of the heauen, and as the sand which is vpon the sea shore, and thy seede shall possesse the gate of his enemies.

    18And in thy seede shall all the nations of the earth be blessed, because thou hast obeyed my voyce.

  • Gen 24:36
    76%

    36And Sarah my masters wife hath borne a sonne to my master, when she was olde, and vnto him hath he giuen all that he hath.

  • Gen 17:2
    75%

    2And I will make my couenant betweene me and thee, & I will multiplie thee exceedingly.

  • Gen 21:2
    75%

    2For Sarah conceiued, and bare Abraham a sonne in his olde age, at the same season that God tolde him.

  • Rom 9:9
    75%

    9For this is a worde of promes, In this same time wil I come, and Sara shall haue a sonne.

  • Gen 35:11
    75%

    11Againe God said vnto him, I am God all sufficient. growe, and multiplie. a nation and a multitude of nations shall spring of thee, and Kings shall come out of thy loynes.

  • Gen 21:13
    74%

    13As for the sonne of the bond woman, I will make him a nation also, because he is thy seede.

  • Gen 18:10-14
    5 verses
    74%

    10And he saide, I will certainely come againe vnto thee according to ye time of life: and loe, Sarah thy wife shall haue a sonne; Sarah heard in the tent doore, which was behinde him.

    11(Nowe Abraham and Sarah were old and striken in age, and it ceased to be with Sarah after the maner of women)

    12Therefore Sarah laughed within her selfe, saying, After I am waxed olde, and my lord also, shall I haue lust?

    13And ye Lord saide vnto Abraham, Wherefore did Sarah thus laugh, saying, Shall I certainely beare a childe, which am olde?

    14(Shall any thing be hard to the Lord? at the time appointed will I returne vnto thee, euen according to the time of life, and Sarah shall haue a sonne.)

  • Gen 28:3-4
    2 verses
    74%

    3And God all sufficient blesse thee, and make thee to encrease, and multiplie thee, that thou mayest be a multitude of people,

    4And giue thee the blessing of Abraham, euen to thee & to thy seede with thee, that thou mayest inherite the lande (wherein thou art a stranger,) which God gaue vnto Abraham.

  • Gen 16:10
    73%

    10Againe the Angel of the Lorde saide vnto her, I will so greatly increase thy seede, that it shal not be numbred for multitude.

  • Gen 21:6-7
    2 verses
    73%

    6Then Sarah said, God hath made me to reioyce: all that heare will reioyce with me.

    7Againe she said, Who would haue saide to Abraham, that Sarah shoulde haue giuen children sucke? for I haue borne him a sonne in his olde age.

  • Gen 16:2
    73%

    2And Sarai said vnto Abram, Beholde now, the Lorde hath restrained me from childe bearing. I pray thee goe in vnto my maide: it may be that I shall receiue a childe by her; Abram obeyed the voyce of Sarai.

  • Isa 51:2
    72%

    2Consider Abraham your father, and Sarah that bare you: for I called him alone, and blessed him, and increased him.

  • Gen 28:14
    72%

    14And thy seede shall be as the dust of the earth, & thou shalt spread abroad to the West, and to the East, & to the North, & to the South, and in thee and in thy seede shall all the families of the earth be blessed.

  • Gen 20:17
    71%

    17Then Abraham prayed vnto God, and God healed Abimelech, and his wife, and his women seruants: and they bare children.

  • Gen 24:60
    71%

    60And they blessed Rebekah, and sayde vnto her, Thou art our sister, growe into thousande thousands, and thy seede possesse the gate of his enemies.