the Week of Proper 21 / Ordinary 26
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Isaiah 51:2
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Look to Abraham your fatherAnd to Sarah who brought you forth through labor pains;When he was but one I called him,Then I blessed him and multiplied him."
"Look to Abraham your father And to Sarah who gave birth to you in pain; When he was but one I called him, Then I blessed him and multiplied him."
Consider Abraham your father, and Sara that bare you, how that I called hym alone, and blessed hym, and encreased hym.
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.
Look to Abraham your father, And to Sarah who bore you; For I called him alone, And blessed him and increased him."
Look to your father Abraham, and to Sarah who bore you. For he being but one, I called him and blessed him and increased him.
Abraham is your father, so look at him. Look at Sarah, who gave birth to you. Abraham was alone when I called him. Then I blessed him, and he began a great family with many descendants."
Look to Abraham your father, and to Sarah who bore you; for when he was but one I called him, and I blessed him, and made him many.
Looke vnto Abraham your father, and vnto Sarah that bare you: for I called him alone, and blessed him, and increased him.
Considre Abraham youre father, & Sara that bare you: how that I called him alone, prospered him wel, & encreased him:
"Look to Abraham your father And to Sarah who gave birth to you in pain; For I called him when he was but one, Then I blessed him and made him many."
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.
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.
Look to Abraham your father, and to Sarah that bore you; for when he was but one I called him, and I blessed him, and made him many.
Look to Abraham your father, and to Sarah [that] bore you: for I called him alone, and blessed him, and increased him.
Look at Abraham, your ancestor, and Sarah, who gave birth to your ancestors. Abraham had no children when I called him, but I blessed him and gave him many descendants.
Look at Abraham, your father, and Sarah, who gave you birth. When I summoned him, he was a lone individual, but I blessed him and gave him numerous descendants.
God chose Abraham and Sarah to be your ancestors. The Lord blessed Abraham, and from that one man came many descendants.
consider Avraham your father and Sarah, who gave birth to you; in that I called him when he was only one person, then blessed him and made him many.
Consider Abraham your father, and Sarah that bare you: for I called him alone, and blessed him, and increased him.
Look to Abraham your father, and to Sarah who conceived you; for he was alone, and I called him and blessed him and multiplied him.
Look to Avraham your father, and to Sarah who bore you; for when he was but one I called him, and I blessed him, and made him many.
Look unto Abraham your father, and unto Sarah that bore you; for when he was but one I called him, and I blessed him, and made him many.
Yes, think about Abraham, your ancestor, and Sarah, who gave birth to your nation. Abraham was only one man when I called him. But when I blessed him, he became a great nation."
Look to Abraham your father, and to Sarah who gave birth to you in pain. When he was but one, I called him. Then I brought good to him and made him many."
Look to Abraam your father, and to Sarrha that bore you: for he was alone when I called him, and blessed him, and loved him, and multiplied him.
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.
Look to Abraham your father, and to Sarah who bore you. When I called him, he was but one; then I blessed him and multiplied him.
Look to Abraham your father and to Sarah who bore you; for he was but one when I called him, but I blessed him and made him many.
Look well unto Abraham your father, And unto Sarah who gave you birth, - For he was, alone, when called I him, And, I blessed him that I might make him, many.
Look unto Abraham your father, and to Sara that bore you: for I called him alone, and blessed him, and multiplied him.
Look to Abraham your father, and to Sarah; she brought you forth. For I called him alone, but I blessed him and made him numerous."
Look to Abraham your father and to Sarah who bore you; for he was but one when I called him, that I might bless him and multiply him.
"Look to Abraham your father And to Sarah who gave birth to you in pain; When he was only one I called him, Then I blessed him and multiplied him."
Think of your ancestor, Abraham, and of Sarah, from whom you are descended. When I called Abraham, he was childless, but I blessed him and gave him children; I made his descendants numerous.
Look to Abraham your father, and to Sarah who gave birth to you in pain. When I called him, he was only one; I blessed him and made him many.
Take ye heede to Abraham, youre fadir, and to Sare, that childide you; for Y clepide hym oon, and Y blesside hym, and Y multipliede hym.
Look to Abraham your father and to Sarah who bore you; for when he was but one I called him, and I blessed him and made him many.
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.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
unto Abraham: Genesis 15:1, Genesis 15:2, Genesis 18:11-13, Joshua 24:3, Romans 4:1-5, Romans 4:16-24
for: Genesis 12:1-3, Genesis 13:14-17, Genesis 15:4, Genesis 15:5, Genesis 22:17, Genesis 24:1, Genesis 24:35, Nehemiah 9:7, Nehemiah 9:8, Ezekiel 33:24, Galatians 3:9-14, Hebrews 11:8-12
Reciprocal: Genesis 9:1 - blessed Deuteronomy 5:15 - remember Deuteronomy 7:7 - ye were Deuteronomy 26:5 - ready Joshua 24:2 - Your fathers Job 12:23 - increaseth Psalms 105:12 - a few Psalms 108:6 - save Isaiah 29:22 - who redeemed Isaiah 60:21 - people Isaiah 63:7 - mention Ezekiel 16:3 - Thy birth Ezekiel 33:5 - his blood Malachi 2:10 - all Matthew 1:2 - Abraham Luke 13:19 - and it Acts 7:2 - appeared Acts 13:26 - children Galatians 3:14 - the blessing Ephesians 2:11 - remember James 2:21 - Abraham
Gill's Notes on the Bible
Look unto Abraham your father,.... Not only the father of the Jewish nation, but of all them that believe: this explains what is meant by the rock, in the former verse, who is to be looked unto for imitation in the exercise of faith, and performance of duty, and for encouragement in distressed times and circumstances:
and unto Sarah that bare you; signified by the pit or cistern; who was not only the mother of the Jewish nation; but such also are her daughters who do well, and tread in her steps: now the very unpromising circumstances these two persons were in, are proposed to be considered by the church in her present ones, for the encouragement of her faith; that as a numerous issue proceeded from them, so also should she become fruitful and multiply:
for I called him alone, and blessed him, and increased him; he was without issue when he was "called" out of Chaldea into another country, and also the only one of the family; and the Lord "blessed" him not only with flocks and herds, and gold and silver, but with a son in his old age; and so "increased" him, that there sprung from him as many as the stars of the sky in multitude, and as the sand by the sea shore innumerable, Hebrews 11:12. The Septuagint and Arabic versions, between "blessed" and "increased", insert these words, "and I loved him", which are not in the Hebrew text. The Targum is,
"and one was Abraham, alone in the world, and I brought him to my service, and I blessed him, and multiplied him.''
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
Look unto Abraham - What was figuratively expressed in the former verse is here expressed literally. They were directed to remember that God had taken Abraham and Sarah from a distant land, and that from so humble a beginning he had increased them to a great nation. The argument is, that he was able to bless and increase the exile Jews, though comparatively feeble and few.
For I called him alone - Hebrew, ‘For one I called him;’ that is, he was alone; there was but one, and he increased to a mighty nation. So Jerome, Quia unum vocavi eum. So the Septuagint, Ὅτι εἷς ἦν hoti heis ēn - ‘For he was one.’ The point of the declaration here is, that God had called one individual - Abraham - and that he had caused him to increase until a mighty nation had sprung from him, and that he had the same power to increase the little remnant that remained in Babylon until they should again become a mighty people.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Isaiah 51:2. I called him alone — As I have made out of one a great nation; so, although ye are brought low and minished, yet I can restore you to happiness, and greatly multiply your number.
