Bible Cross References
And I
Genesis 1:28
And God blessed them, and God said to them, Be fruitful and multiply; fill the earth and subdue it; have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the flying creatures of the heavens, and over every living thing that moves on the earth.
Genesis 12:2
I will make of you a great nation; I will bless you and make your name great; and you shall be a blessing.
Genesis 24:60
And they blessed Rebekah and said to her: Our sister, may you become the mother of thousands of ten thousands; and may your seed possess the gates of those who hate them.
Romans 9:9
For this is the Word of promise: At this time I will come and Sarah shall have a son.
give
Genesis 18:10-14
10
And He said, I will come back to return to you according to the time of life, and behold, Sarah your wife shall have a son. And Sarah was listening from the tent opening which was behind him.
11
Now Abraham and Sarah were old, well advanced in age; and it had ceased to be after the manner of women with Sarah.
12
Therefore Sarah laughed within herself, saying, Being worn out, shall I be delighted, my lord, having also become old?
13
And Jehovah said to Abraham, Why has Sarah laughed, saying, Shall I surely give birth, I who have become old?
14
Is anything beyond the power of Jehovah? At the appointed time I will return to you, according to the time of life, and Sarah shall have a son.
be a mother of nations
Genesis 35:11
God also said to him: I am God Almighty. Be fruitful and multiply. A nation and a company of nations shall proceed from you, and kings shall come forth from your loins.
Galatians 4:26-31
26
but the Jerusalem from above is free, which is the mother of us all.
27
For it is written: Rejoice, O barren, you who do not bear. Break forth and shout, you who are not in labor. For the desolate has many more children than she who has a husband.
28
Now we, brethren, as Isaac was, are children of promise.
29
But, as he who was born according to the flesh then persecuted him who was born according to the Spirit, even so it is now.
30
Nevertheless what does the Scripture say? Cast out the bondwoman and her son, for the son of the bondwoman shall not be heir with the son of the freewoman.
31
So then, brethren, we are not children of the bondwoman but of the free.
1 Peter 3:6
as Sarah obeyed Abraham, calling him lord, whose daughters you are if you do good and are not afraid with any terror.
kings
Genesis 17:6
I will make you abundantly exceedingly fruitful; and I will make nations of you, and kings shall come forth from you.
Isaiah 49:23
And kings shall be your foster fathers, and their queens your wet nurses. They shall bow down to you, with faces to the earth, and lick up the dust of your feet. And you shall know that I am Jehovah; for they who wait for Me shall not be ashamed.