Bible Cross References
And so, after he had patiently endured, he obtained the promise.
Hebrews 6:12
that you do not become slothful, but imitate those who through faith and patience inherit the promises.
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 12:3
I will bless those who bless you, and I will curse him who despises you; and in you all families of the earth shall be blessed.
Genesis 15:2-6
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And Abram said, Lord Jehovah, what will You give me, seeing I go childless, and the son of the inheritance of my house is this Eliezer of Damascus?
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And Abram said, Behold, You have given me no seed; and lo, a son of my house inherits from me.
4
And behold, the Word of Jehovah came unto him, saying, This one shall not inherit from you, but one who shall come forth from your own body shall inherit from you.
5
And He brought him outside and said, Look now toward the heavens, and count the stars if you are able to number them. And He said unto him, So shall your seed be.
6
And he believed in Jehovah, and He accounted it unto him for righteousness.
Genesis 17:16
And I have blessed her and have given you a son by her; yea, I have blessed her, and she shall become nations; kings of peoples shall be from her.
Genesis 17:17
Then Abraham fell on his face and laughed, and said in his heart, Shall one be born to a man who is one hundred years old? And shall Sarah, who is ninety years old, give birth?
Genesis 21:2-7
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For Sarah conceived and bore Abraham a son in his old age, at the set time of which God had spoken to him.
3
And Abraham called the name of his son who was born to him, whom Sarah had borne to him, Isaac.
4
And Abraham circumcised his son Isaac when he was eight days old, as God had commanded him.
5
And Abraham was one hundred years old when his son Isaac was born to him.
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And Sarah said, God has made laughter for me, and all who hear will laugh with me.
7
She also said, Who would have said to Abraham that Sarah would suckle a son? For I have borne him a son in his old age.
Exodus 1:7
And the children of Israel were fruitful and increased abundantly, multiplied and grew exceedingly numerous; and the land was filled with them.
Habakkuk 2:2
And Jehovah answered me and said, Write the vision and make it plain on the tablets, that he who reads it may run.
Habakkuk 2:3
For the vision is yet for the appointed time; it speaks forth to the end, and it does not lie. Though it delays, wait for it, because it will come and take place; it will not tarry.
Romans 4:17-25
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(as it is written, I have made you a father of many nations) in the presence of Him whom he believed; God, who makes the dead alive and calls those things which do not exist as though they did;
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who, against hope, believed in hope, so that he might become the father of many nations, according to what was spoken, So shall your seed be.
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And not being weak in faith, he did not consider his own body, already dead (since he was about a hundred years old), and the deadness of Sarah's womb;
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he did not hesitate at the promise of God through unbelief, but was strengthened in faith, giving glory to God,
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and being fully assured that what He had promised He is also able to perform.
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And therefore it was accounted to him for righteousness.
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Now it was not written for his sake alone, that it was accounted to him,
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but also for us, to whom it shall be accounted, believing in Him who raised up Jesus our Lord from the dead,
25
who was delivered up because of our trespasses, and was raised for our justification.