Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Genesis 17:16 Cross-References
Explore 10 cross-references for Genesis 17:16 from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, connecting Genesis chapter 17 verse 16 to related passages throughout the Bible.
“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. she: Heb. she shall become nations”
Genesis 17:16 (KJV)
Commentary on Genesis 17:16
And I will bless her, and give thee a son also of her: yea, I will bless her, and she shall be a mot... This passage is part of the Abrahamic narratives which shift from universal human history to God's particular covenant people. The Abraham cycle (Genesis 12-25) demonstrates God's sovereign election, covenant faithfulness, and the development of faith through testing and promise fulfillment.Central themes include God's unconditional covenant promises (land, descendants, blessing to nations), the call to faith and obedience, the testing of faith through delays and impossibilities, the contras...
Source: KJV Study Commentary
Cross-References for Genesis 17:16
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“I am God Almighty. Be fruitful and multiply. A nation and a company of nations will be from you, and kings will come out of your body.,And God said unto him, I am God Almighty: be fruitful and multiply; a nation and a company of nations shall be of thee, and kings shall come out of thy loins;,וַיֹּאמֶר לוֹ אֱלֹהִים אֲנִי אֵל שַׁדַּי פְּרֵה וּרְבֵה גּוֹי וּקְהַל גּוֹיִם יִהְיֶה מִמֶּךָּ וּמְלָכִים מֵחֲלָצֶיךָ יֵצֵאוּ׃ ,And God said unto him: I am God Almighty. Be fruitful and multiply; a nation and a company of nations shall be of thee”
“and I will make nations of you. Kings will come out of you.”
“and their queens your nursing mothers: they shall bow down to you with their faces to the earth”
“and said to her”
“Be fruitful, 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 on the earth.”
“I will certainly return to you when the season comes round. Behold, Sarah your wife will have a son. Sarah heard in the tent door”
“And I will make of thee a great nation”
“calling him lord”
“At the appointed time I will come, and Sarah will have a son.{Genesis 18:10”
“which is the mother of us all.”