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Hebrews 6:12
that you do not become sluggish, but imitate those who through faith and patience inherit the promises.
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Genesis 12:2-3
I will make you a great nation; I will bless you And make your name great; And you shall be a blessing.I will bless those who bless you, And I will curse him who curses you; And in you all the families of the earth shall be blessed.”
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Romans 4:17-25
( as it is written,“ I have made you a father of many nations”) in the presence of Him whom he believed— God, who gives life to the dead and calls those things which do not exist as though they did;who, contrary to hope, in hope believed, so that he became the father of many nations, according to what was spoken,“ So shall your descendants be.”And not being weak in faith, he did not consider his own body, already dead( since he was about a hundred years old), and the deadness of Sarah’s womb.He did not waver at the promise of God through unbelief, but was strengthened in faith, giving glory to God,and being fully convinced that what He had promised He was also able to perform.And therefore“ it was accounted to him for righteousness.”Now it was not written for his sake alone that it was imputed to him,but also for us. It shall be imputed to us who believe in Him who raised up Jesus our Lord from the dead,who was delivered up because of our offenses, and was raised because of our justification.
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Genesis 15:2-6
But Abram said,“ Lord GOD, what will You give me, seeing I go childless, and the heir of my house is Eliezer of Damascus?”Then Abram said,“ Look, You have given me no offspring; indeed one born in my house is my heir!”And behold, the word of the Lord came to him, saying,“ This one shall not be your heir, but one who will come from your own body shall be your heir.”Then He brought him outside and said,“ Look now toward heaven, and count the stars if you are able to number them.” And He said to him,“ So shall your descendants be.”And he believed in the Lord, and He accounted it to him for righteousness.
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Habakkuk 2:2-3
Then the Lord answered me and said:“ Write the vision And make it plain on tablets, That he may run who reads it.For the vision is yet for an appointed time; But at the end it will speak, and it will not lie. Though it tarries, wait for it; Because it will surely come, It will not tarry.
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Genesis 21:2-7
For Sarah conceived and bore Abraham a son in his old age, at the set time of which God had spoken to him.And Abraham called the name of his son who was born to him— whom Sarah bore to him— Isaac.Then Abraham circumcised his son Isaac when he was eight days old, as God had commanded him.Now Abraham was one hundred years old when his son Isaac was born to him.And Sarah said,“ God has made me laugh, and all who hear will laugh with me.”She also said,“ Who would have said to Abraham that Sarah would nurse children? For I have borne him a son in his old age.”
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Exodus 1:7
But the children of Israel were fruitful and increased abundantly, multiplied and grew exceedingly mighty; and the land was filled with them.
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Genesis 17:16-17
And I will bless her and also give you a son by her; then I will bless her, and she shall be a mother of nations; kings of peoples shall be from her.”Then Abraham fell on his face and laughed, and said in his heart,“ Shall a child be born to a man who is one hundred years old? And shall Sarah, who is ninety years old, bear a child?”