Genesis 17:21 Cross References - NSB

²¹ »But my covenant I will establish with Isaac. Sarah will bear him to you by this time next year.«

¹⁰ He said: »Next year I will give you and Sarah a son.« (Sarah was listening in the tent door behind him.)

² Sarah became pregnant and bore a son to Abraham in his old age. It was at the very time God had promised him. ³ Abraham gave the name Isaac (he laughs) to the son Sarah bore him.

¹⁰ She said to Abraham: »Get rid of that slave woman and her son.« ¹¹ This upset Abraham because of his son Ishmael. ¹² God said to Abraham: »Do not be upset about the boy and your slave. Listen to what Sarah says, because through Isaac your descendants will carry on your name.

² Jehovah appeared to Isaac and said: »Isaac, stay away from Egypt! I will show you where I want you to go. ³ »You will live there as a foreigner. I will be with you and bless you. I will keep my promise to your father Abraham by giving this land to you and your descendants. ⁴ »I will give you as many descendants as there are stars in the sky. I will give your descendants all of this land. They will be a blessing to every nation on earth. ⁵ »This is because Abraham did everything I told him to do.«

¹ Jacob (Israel) packed up everything he owned and left for Egypt. On the way he stopped near the town of Beer-sheba and offered sacrifices to the God his father Isaac had worshiped.

¹⁵ Jacob blessed Joseph. He said: »May God, in whose presence my grandfather Abraham and my father Isaac walked, may this God who has been my shepherd all my life to this very day,

²⁴ God heard their groaning. He remembered his promise to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.

⁶ »I am the God of your ancestors, the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.« Moses covered his face, because he was afraid to look at God.

¹³ »If only you would hide me in the grave (Sheol) and conceal me till your anger has passed! If only you would set a time for me and then remember me!

⁵⁵ »He spoke to our fathers. To Abraham and his seed forever.«

⁷² »He shows mercy towards our fathers and remembers his holy covenant.

⁷ He replied: »It is not for you to know times or seasons that the Father has set within His own authority.

⁵ The forefathers belong to them from whom came the Christ according to the flesh. God who is over all is blessed forever. Amen. ⁶ It is not as if the word of God failed. Not all who come from Israel are really Israel.

⁹ The word of promise: »According to this time I will come and Sarah will have a son.«

²⁹ If you are Christ's, then you are Abraham's seed, heirs according to promise.

⁹ By faith he became an alien in the Promised Land. It was not his land. He lived in tents with Isaac and Jacob. They were heirs with him of the same promise.