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Isaiah 51:2

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51:2Look at Abraham, your father,

and Sarah, who gave you birth.4

When I summoned him, he was a lone individual,5

but I blessed him6 and gave him numerous descendants.7

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Footnotes

  1. 4 Although Abraham and Sarah are distant ancestors of the people the prophet is addressing, they are spoken of as the immediate parents.
  2. 5 Heb “one”; “was alone”; “was childless.”
  3. 6 “Bless” may here carry the sense of “endue with potency, reproductive power.” See Gen 1:28.
  4. 7 Heb “and I made him numerous.”

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

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.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

look to Abraham, your father,

and to Sarah, who gave you birth.

When I called him he was only one man,

and I blessed him and made him many.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Look to Abraham your father,

and to Sarah who gave birth to you.

When I called him, he was only one;

I blessed him and made him many.

NLTNew Living Translation

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.”

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

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.”

KJV 1900King James Version

Look unto Abraham your father,

And unto Sarah that bare you:

For I called him alone,

And blessed him, and increased him.