Genesis 17:21
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“But I will establish My covenant with Isaac, whom Sarah will bear to you at this time next year.””
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“But I will establish My covenant with Isaac, whom Sarah will bear to you at this time next year.””
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“But my covenant will I establish with Isaac, which Sarah shall bear unto thee at this set time in the next year.”
King James Version · Public Domain“But my covenant will I establish with Isaac, whom Sarah shall bear unto thee at this set time in the next year.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“and My covenant I establish with Isaac, whom Sarah doth bear to thee at this appointed time in the next year;'”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Genesis 17:21 — 17 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Genesis 18:10Then the LORD said, “I will surely return to you at this time next year, and your wife Sarah will have a son!” Now Sarah was behind him, listening at the entrance to the tent.
- Genesis 21:1Now the LORD attended to Sarah as He had said, and the LORD did for Sarah what He had promised.
- Genesis 21:2So Sarah conceived and bore a son to Abraham in his old age, at the very time God had promised.
- Genesis 21:10and she said to Abraham, “Expel the slave woman and her son, for the slave woman’s son will never share in the inheritance with my son Isaac!”
- Genesis 26:2The LORD appeared to Isaac and said, “Do not go down to Egypt. Settle in the land where I tell you.
- Genesis 46:1So Israel set out with all that he had, and when he came to Beersheba, he offered sacrifices to the God of his father Isaac.
- Genesis 48:15Then he blessed Joseph and said: “May the God before whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac walked, the God who has been my shepherd all my life to this day,
- Exodus 2:24So God heard their groaning, and He remembered His covenant with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.
- Exodus 3:6Then He said, “I am the God of your father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.” At this, Moses hid his face, for he was afraid to look at God.
- Job 14:13If only You would hide me in Sheol and conceal me until Your anger has passed! If only You would appoint a time for me and then remember me!
- Luke 1:55as He promised to our fathers, to Abraham and his descendants forever.”
- Luke 1:72to show mercy to our fathers and to remember His holy covenant,
- Acts 1:7Jesus replied, “It is not for you to know times or seasons that the Father has fixed by His own authority.
- Romans 9:5Theirs are the patriarchs, and from them proceeds the human descent of Christ, who is God over all, forever worthy of praise! Amen.
- Romans 9:9For this is what the promise stated: “At the appointed time I will return, and Sarah will have a son.”
- Galatians 3:29And if you belong to Christ, then you are Abraham’s seed and heirs according to the promise.
- Hebrews 11:9By faith he dwelt in the promised land as a stranger in a foreign country. He lived in tents, as did Isaac and Jacob, who were heirs with him of the same promise.
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