Look to Abraham your father, and to Sarah who gave you birth. When I called him, he was but one; then I blessed him and multiplied him. Cross References Romans 4:17 As it is written: "I have made you a father of many nations." He is our father in the presence of God, in whom he believed, the God who gives life to the dead and calls into being what does not yet exist. Genesis 12:1 Then the LORD said to Abram, "Leave your country, your kindred, and your father's household, and go to the land I will show you. Genesis 15:5 And the LORD took him outside and said, "Now look to the heavens and count the stars, if you are able." Then He told him, "So shall your offspring be." Deuteronomy 1:10 The LORD your God has multiplied you, so that today you are as numerous as the stars in the sky. Isaiah 29:22 Therefore the LORD who redeemed Abraham says of the house of Jacob: "No longer will Jacob be ashamed and no more will his face grow pale. Isaiah 41:8 "But you, O Israel, My servant, Jacob, whom I have chosen, descendant of Abraham My friend-- Isaiah 43:27 Your first father sinned, and your spokesmen rebelled against Me. Isaiah 60:22 The least of you will become a thousand, and the smallest a mighty nation. I am the LORD; in its time I will accomplish it quickly. Isaiah 63:16 Yet You are our Father, though Abraham does not know us and Israel does not acknowledge us. You, O LORD, are our Father; our Redeemer from Everlasting is Your name. Ezekiel 33:24 "Son of man, those living in the ruins in the land of Israel are saying, 'Abraham was only one man, yet he possessed the land. But we are many; surely the land has been given to us as a possession.' Treasury of Scripture Look to Abraham your father, and to Sarah that bore you: for I called him alone, and blessed him, and increased him. unto Abraham Genesis 15:1,2 Genesis 18:11-13 Joshua 24:3 for Genesis 12:1-3 Genesis 13:14-17 Genesis 15:4,5 |