Genesis 12:2 Cross References

Genesis 12:2

2: I will cause you to become the father of a great nation. I will bless you and make you famous, and I will make you a blessing to others.

2 Samuel 7:9

  1. I have been with you wherever you have gone, and I have destroyed all your enemies. Now I will make your name famous throughout the earth!

Galatians 3:14

  1. Through the work of Christ Jesus, God has blessed the Gentiles with the same blessing he promised to Abraham, and we Christians receive the promised Holy Spirit through faith.

Genesis 17:4

  1. "This is my covenant with you: I will make you the father of not just one nation, but a multitude of nations!
  2. What's more, I am changing your name. It will no longer be Abram; now you will be known as Abraham, for you will be the father of many nations.
  3. I will give you millions of descendants who will represent many nations. Kings will be among them!

Genesis 18:18

  1. "For Abraham will become a great and mighty nation, and all the nations of the earth will be blessed through him.

Genesis 46:3

  1. "I am God," the voice said, "the God of your father. Do not be afraid to go down to Egypt, for I will see to it that you become a great nation there.

Genesis 35:11

  1. Then God said, "I am God Almighty. Multiply and fill the earth! Become a great nation, even many nations. Kings will be among your descendants!

Genesis 28:3

  1. May God Almighty bless you and give you many children. And may your descendants become a great assembly of nations!
  2. May God pass on to you and your descendants the blessings he promised to Abraham. May you own this land where we now are foreigners, for God gave it to Abraham."

Genesis 24:35

  1. "And the LORD has blessed my master richly; he has become a great man. The LORD has given him flocks of sheep and herds of cattle, a fortune in silver and gold, and many servants and camels and donkeys.

Genesis 26:4

  1. I will cause your descendants to become as numerous as the stars, and I will give them all these lands. And through your descendants all the nations of the earth will be blessed.

Deuteronomy 26:5

  1. You must then say in the presence of the LORD your God, `My ancestor Jacob was a wandering Aramean who went to live in Egypt. His family was few in number, but in Egypt they became a mighty and numerous nation.

Genesis 22:17

  1. I will bless you richly. I will multiply your descendants into countless millions, like the stars of the sky and the sand on the seashore. They will conquer their enemies,
  2. and through your descendants, all the nations of the earth will be blessed--all because you have obeyed me."

Galatians 3:7

  1. The real children of Abraham, then, are all those who put their faith in God.

Genesis 15:5

  1. Then the LORD brought Abram outside beneath the night sky and told him, "Look up into the heavens and count the stars if you can. Your descendants will be like that--too many to count!"

Genesis 27:29

  1. May many nations become your servants. May you be the master of your brothers. May all your mother's sons bow low before you. All who curse you are cursed, and all who bless you are blessed."

Genesis 13:16

  1. And I am going to give you so many descendants that, like dust, they cannot be counted!

Genesis 28:14

  1. Your descendants will be as numerous as the dust of the earth! They will cover the land from east to west and from north to south. All the families of the earth will be blessed through you and your descendants.

Exodus 1:7

  1. But their descendants had many children and grandchildren. In fact, they multiplied so quickly that they soon filled the land.

Exodus 32:10

  1. Now leave me alone so my anger can blaze against them and destroy them all. Then I will make you, Moses, into a great nation instead of them."

Micah 7:20

  1. You will show us your faithfulness and unfailing love as you promised with an oath to our ancestors Abraham and Jacob long ago.

Genesis 14:14

  1. When Abram learned that Lot had been captured, he called together the men born into his household, 318 of them in all. He chased after Kedorlaomer's army until he caught up with them in Dan.
  2. There he divided his men and attacked during the night from several directions. Kedorlaomer's army fled, but Abram chased them to Hobah, north of Damascus.
  3. Abram and his allies recovered everything--the goods that had been taken, Abram's nephew Lot with his possessions, and all the women and other captives.

Genesis 19:29

  1. But God had listened to Abraham's request and kept Lot safe, removing him from the disaster that engulfed the cities on the plain.

Romans 4:11

  1. The circumcision ceremony was a sign that Abraham already had faith and that God had already accepted him and declared him to be righteous--even before he was circumcised. So Abraham is the spiritual father of those who have faith but have not been circumcised. They are made right with God by faith.

Numbers 24:9

  1. Like a lion, Israel crouches and lies down; like a lioness, who dares to arouse her? Blessed is everyone who blesses you, O Israel, and cursed is everyone who curses you."
  2. King Balak flew into a rage against Balaam. He angrily clapped his hands and shouted, "I called you to curse my enemies! Instead, you have blessed them three times.

Numbers 14:12

  1. I will disown them and destroy them with a plague. Then I will make you into a nation far greater and mightier than they are!"

1 Kings 3:8

  1. And here I am among your own chosen people, a nation so great they are too numerous to count!
  2. Give me an understanding mind so that I can govern your people well and know the difference between right and wrong. For who by himself is able to govern this great nation of yours?"

1 Kings 1:47

  1. All the royal officials went to King David and congratulated him, saying, `May your God make Solomon's fame even greater than your own, and may Solomon's kingdom be even greater than yours!' Then the king bowed his head in worship as he lay in his bed,
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