Cross references
Genesis 17:16
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.”
Genesis 17:16 has 10 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 1 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to Genesis 35:11 (6 votes) and Genesis 17:6 (3 votes). 25 other verses point back to it. It links with 10 other books, from Genesis 1 to 1 Peter 3.
Which verses does Genesis 17:16 point to?
Ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.
- Genesis 35:116 votes
And God told him, “I am God Almighty. Be fruitful and multiply. A nation—even a company of nations—shall come from you, and kings shall descend from you.
- Genesis 17:63 votes
I will make you exceedingly fruitful; I will make nations of you, and kings will descend from you.
- Genesis 18:10–143 votes
Then 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. And Abraham and Sarah were already old and well along in years; Sarah had passed the age of childbearing. …
- Isaiah 49:233 votes
Kings will be your foster fathers, and their queens your nursing mothers. They will bow to you facedown and lick the dust at your feet. Then you will know that I am the LORD; those who hope in Me will never be put to shame.”
- Galatians 4:26–313 votes
But the Jerusalem above is free, and she is our mother. For it is written: “Rejoice, O barren woman, who bears no children; break forth and cry aloud, you who have never travailed; because more are the children of the desolate woman than of her who has a husband.” …
- 1 Peter 3:63 votes
just as Sarah obeyed Abraham and called him lord. And you are her children if you do what is right and refuse to give way to fear.
- Genesis 1:282 votes
God blessed them and said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth and subdue it; rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air and every creature that crawls upon the earth.”
- Genesis 12:22 votes
I will make you into a great nation, and I will bless you; I will make your name great, so that you will be a blessing.
- Genesis 24:602 votes
And they blessed Rebekah and said to her, “Our sister, may you become the mother of thousands upon thousands. May your offspring possess the gates of their enemies.”
- Romans 9:92 votes
For this is what the promise stated: “At the appointed time I will return, and Sarah will have a son.”
Which verses point to Genesis 17:16?
The 10 strongest of 25.