Isaiah 51:2 “Look to Abraham your father, and to Sarah who gave you birth. When I c…”

Isaiah 51:2

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.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

Look unto Abraham your father, and unto Sarah that bare you: for I called him alone, and blessed him, and increased him.

World English Bible

Look to Abraham your father, and to Sarah who bore you; for when he was but one I called him, I blessed him, and made him many.

American Standard Version

Look unto Abraham your father, and unto Sarah that bare you; for when he was but one I called him, and I blessed him, and made him many.

Geneva Bible 1599

Consider Abraham your father, and Sarah that bare you: for I called him alone, and blessed him, and increased him.

Darby Translation

Look unto Abraham your father, and unto Sarah that bore you; for I called him when he was alone, and blessed him, and multiplied him.

Young's Literal Translation

Look attentively unto Abraham your father, And unto Sarah — she bringeth you forth, For — one — I have called him, And I bless him, and multiply him.

Bible in Basic English

Let your thoughts be turned to Abraham, your father, and to Sarah, who gave you birth: for when he was but one, my voice came to him, and I gave him my blessing, and made him a great people.

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Cross references

“unto Abraham”

Romans 4:1–5 Genesis 18:11–13 Romans 4:16–24 Joshua 24:3 Genesis 15:1 Genesis 15:2

Romans 4:1–5 · BSB

What then shall we say that Abraham, our forefather according to the flesh, has discovered?

Genesis 18:11–13 · BSB

And Abraham and Sarah were already old and well along in years; Sarah had passed the age of childbearing.

Romans 4:16–24 · BSB

Therefore, the promise comes by faith, so that it may rest on grace and may be guaranteed to all Abraham’s offspring—not only to those who are of the law, but also to those who are of the faith of Abraham. He is the fath…

Joshua 24:3 · BSB

But I took your father Abraham from beyond the Euphrates and led him through all the land of Canaan, and I multiplied his descendants. I gave him Isaac,

Genesis 15:1 · BSB

After these events, the word of the LORD came to Abram in a vision: “Do not be afraid, Abram. I am your shield, your very great reward.”

Genesis 15:2 · BSB

But Abram replied, “O Lord GOD, what can You give me, since I remain childless, and the heir of my house is Eliezer of Damascus?”

“for”

Ezekiel 33:24 Galatians 3:9–14 Hebrews 11:8–12 Genesis 24:1 Genesis 12:1–3 Genesis 13:14–17

Ezekiel 33:24 · BSB

“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.’

Galatians 3:9–14 · BSB

So those who have faith are blessed along with Abraham, the man of faith.

Hebrews 11:8–12 · BSB

By faith Abraham, when called to go to a place he would later receive as his inheritance, obeyed and went, without knowing where he was going.

Genesis 24:1 · BSB

By now Abraham was old and well along in years, and the LORD had blessed him in every way.

Genesis 12:1–3 · BSB

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 13:14–17 · BSB

After Lot had departed, the LORD said to Abram, “Now lift up your eyes from the place where you are, and look to the north and south and east and west,

Also

Isaiah 29:22

Isaiah 29:22 · BSB

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.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

1“Listen to Me, you who pursue righteousness, you who seek the LORD: Look to the rock from which you were cut, and to the quarry from which you were hewn.

3For the LORD will comfort Zion and will look with compassion on all her ruins; He will make her wilderness like Eden and her desert like the garden of the LORD. Joy and gladness will be found in her, thanksgiving and melodious song.

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