Genesis 17:16
I will bless her, and I will give you a son by her. I will bless her, and she will become the mother of nations. Kings of peoples will come from her.”
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Genesis 1:28God blessed them and said to them, “Be fruitful, and multiply. Fill the earth, and subdue it. Have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the sky, and over every living thing that moves upon the earth.”
Genesis 15:4Then, behold, the word of Yahweh came to him, saying, “This man will not be your heir; but rather the one who will come from your own body will be your heir.”
Genesis 18:10He said, “I will certainly return to you in the springtime, and see, Sarah your wife will have a son.” Sarah was listening in the tent doorway, which was behind him.
Genesis 24:60They blessed Rebekah, and said to her, 1 “Our sister, may you be the mother of thousands of ten thousands, 1 and may your descendants possess the gate of those who hate them.”
Isaiah 49:23Kings will be your foster fathers, and their queens your nursemaids; 1 they will bow down to you with their faces to the earth and lick the dust of your feet; 1 and you will know that I am Yahweh; those who wait for me will not be put to shame.” 1
Galatians 4:26But the Jerusalem that is above is free, and she is our mother.
Matthew Henry on Genesis 17:16-23
15 And God said unto Abraham, As for Sarai thy wife, thou shalt not call her name Sarai, but Sarah shall her name be. 16 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. 17 Then Abraham fell upon his face, and laughed, and said in his heart, Shall a child be born unto him that is a hundred years old? and shall Sarah, that is ninety years old, bear? 18 And Abraham said unto God, O that Ishmael might live before thee!… Read the whole commentary →