Genesis 17:16
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And I will bless her, and of her I will give thee a son, whom I will bless, and he shall become nations, and kings of people shall spring from him.

And I.

Genesis 1:28 And God blessed them, saying: Increase and multiply, and fill the earth, and subdue it, and rule over the fishes of the sea, and the fowls of the air, and all living creatures that move upon the earth.

Genesis 12:2 And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and magnify thy name, and thou shalt be blessed.

Genesis 24:60 Wishing prosperity to their sister, and saying: Thou art our sister, mayst thou increase to thousands of thousands; and may thy seed possess the gates of their enemies.

Romans 9:9 For this is the word of promise: According to this time will I come. And Sara shall have a son.

give.

Genesis 18:10-14 And he said to him: I will return and come to thee at this time, life accompanying, and Sara, thy wife, shall have a son. Which when Sara heard, she laughed behind the door of the tent. . . .

be a mother of nations.

Genesis 35:11 And said to him: I am God almighty, increase thou and be multiplied. Nations and peoples of nations shall be from thee, and kings shall come out of thy loins.

Galatians 4:26-31 But that Jerusalem which is above is free: which is our mother. . . .

1 Peter 3:6 As Sara obeyed Abraham, calling him lord: whose daughters you are, doing well and not fearing any disturbance.

kings.

Genesis 17:6 And I will make thee increase exceedingly, and I will make nations of thee, and kings shall come out of thee.

Isaiah 49:23 And kings shall be thy nursing fathers, and queens thy nurses: they shall worship thee with their face toward the earth, and they shall lick up the dust of thy feet. And thou shalt know that I am the Lord, for they shall not be confounded that wait for him.

Context
The Covenant of Circumcision
15God said also to Abraham: Sarai thy wife thou shalt not call Sarai, but Sara. 16And I will bless her, and of her I will give thee a son, whom I will bless, and he shall become nations, and kings of people shall spring from him.17Abraham fell upon his face, and laughed, saying in his heart: Shall a son, thinkest thou, be born to him that is a hundred years old? and shall Sara that is ninety years old bring forth?…
Cross References
Galatians 4:23
But he who was of the bondwoman was born according to the flesh: but he of the free woman was by promise.

Genesis 17:6
And I will make thee increase exceedingly, and I will make nations of thee, and kings shall come out of thee.

Genesis 17:15
God said also to Abraham: Sarai thy wife thou shalt not call Sarai, but Sara.

Genesis 17:19
And God said to Abraham: Sara thy wife shall bear thee a son, and thou shalt call his name Isaac, and I will establish my covenant with him for a perpetual covenant, and with his seed after him.

Genesis 18:10
And he said to him: I will return and come to thee at this time, life accompanying, and Sara, thy wife, shall have a son. Which when Sara heard, she laughed behind the door of the tent.

Genesis 21:1
And the Lord visited Sara, as he had promised: and fulfilled what he had spoken.

Genesis 24:60
Wishing prosperity to their sister, and saying: Thou art our sister, mayst thou increase to thousands of thousands; and may thy seed possess the gates of their enemies.

Genesis 25:23
And he answering, said: Two nations are in thy womb, and two peoples shall be divided out of thy womb, and one people shall overcome the other, and the elder shall serve the younger.

Genesis 35:11
And said to him: I am God almighty, increase thou and be multiplied. Nations and peoples of nations shall be from thee, and kings shall come out of thy loins.

Genesis 36:31
And the kings that ruled in the land of Edom, before the children of Israel had a king, were these:

Lexicon
And I will bless her
וּבֵרַכְתִּ֣י (ū·ḇê·raḵ·tî)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 1288: To kneel, to bless God, man, to curse

and will surely
וְגַ֨ם (wə·ḡam)
Conjunctive waw | Conjunction
Strong's Hebrew 1571: Assemblage, also, even, yea, though, both, and

give
נָתַ֧תִּי (nā·ṯat·tî)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 5414: To give, put, set

you
לְךָ֖ (lə·ḵā)
Preposition | second person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew

a son
בֵּ֑ן (bên)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1121: A son

by her.
מִמֶּ֛נָּה (mim·men·nāh)
Preposition | third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 4480: A part of, from, out of

I will bless her,
וּבֵֽרַכְתִּ֙יהָ֙ (ū·ḇê·raḵ·tî·hā)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singular | third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1288: To kneel, to bless God, man, to curse

and she will be
וְהָֽיְתָ֣ה (wə·hā·yə·ṯāh)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1961: To fall out, come to pass, become, be

[the mother] of nations;
לְגוֹיִ֔ם (lə·ḡō·w·yim)
Preposition-l | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 1471: A foreign nation, a Gentile, a troop of animals, a flight of locusts

kings
מַלְכֵ֥י (mal·ḵê)
Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's Hebrew 4428: A king

of peoples
עַמִּ֖ים (‘am·mîm)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 5971: A people, a tribe, troops, attendants, a flock

will descend
יִהְיֽוּ׃ (yih·yū)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 1961: To fall out, come to pass, become, be

from her.”
מִמֶּ֥נָּה (mim·men·nāh)
Preposition | third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 4480: A part of, from, out of


Additional Translations
And I will bless her and will surely give you a son by her. I will bless her, and she will be the mother of nations; kings of peoples will descend from her.”And I will bless her, and give you a son also of her: yes, I will bless her, and she shall be a mother of nations; kings of people shall be of her.

And I will bless her, and moreover I will give thee a son of her: yea, I will bless her, and she shall be a mother of nations; kings of peoples shall be of her.

And I will bless her, and give thee a son of her, and I will bless him, and he shall become nations, and kings of nations shall be of him.

And I will bless her, and I will give thee a son also of her; and I will bless her, and she shall become nations: kings of peoples shall be of her.

And I will bless her, and moreover I will give thee a son of her: yea, I will bless her, and she shall be a mother of nations; kings of peoples shall be of her.

And I will bless her, and give thee a son also by her: yea, I will bless her, and she shall be a mother of nations; kings of people shall proceed from her.

I will bless her, and moreover I will give you a son by her. Yes, I will bless her, and she will be a mother of nations. Kings of peoples will come from her."

and I have blessed her, and have also given to thee a son from her; and I have blessed her, and she hath become nations -- kings of peoples are from her.'
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