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Isaiah 51

Isa. 51:2 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Look
nabat (Hebrew #5027)
to scan, i.e. look intently at; by implication, to regard with pleasure, favor or care
KJV usage: (cause to) behold, consider, look (down), regard, have respect, see.
Pronounce: naw-bat'
Origin: a primitive root
x unto Abraham
'Abraham (Hebrew #85)
father of a multitude; Abraham, the later name of Abram
KJV usage: Abraham.
Pronounce: ab-raw-hawm'
Origin: contracted from 1 and an unused root (probably meaning to be populous)
your father
'ab (Hebrew #1)
father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application)
KJV usage: chief, (fore-)father(-less), X patrimony, principal. Compare names in "Abi-".
Pronounce: awb
Origin: a primitive word
, and unto Sarah
Sarah (Hebrew #8283)
Sarah, Abraham's wife
KJV usage: Sarah.
Pronounce: saw-raw'
Origin: the same as 8282
that bare
chuwl (Hebrew #2342)
a primitive root; properly, to twist or whirl (in a circular or spiral manner), i.e. (specifically) to dance, to writhe in pain (especially of parturition) or fear; figuratively, to wait, to pervert
KJV usage: bear, (make to) bring forth, (make to) calve, dance, drive away, fall grievously (with pain), fear, form, great, grieve, (be) grievous, hope, look, make, be in pain, be much (sore) pained, rest, shake, shapen, (be) sorrow(-ful), stay, tarry, travail (with pain), tremble, trust, wait carefully (patiently), be wounded.
Pronounce: khool
Origin: or chiyl {kheel}
you: for I called
qara' (Hebrew #7121)
to call out to (i.e. properly, address by name, but used in a wide variety of applications)
KJV usage: bewray (self), that are bidden, call (for, forth, self, upon), cry (unto), (be) famous, guest, invite, mention, (give) name, preach, (make) proclaim(- ation), pronounce, publish, read, renowned, say.
Pronounce: kaw-raw'
Origin: a primitive root (rather identical with 7122 through the idea of accosting a person met)
y him alone
'echad (Hebrew #259)
properly, united, i.e. one; or (as an ordinal) first
KJV usage: a, alike, alone, altogether, and, any(-thing), apiece, a certain, (dai-)ly, each (one), + eleven, every, few, first, + highway, a man, once, one, only, other, some, together,
Pronounce: ekh-awd'
Origin: a numeral from 258
, and blessed
barak (Hebrew #1288)
to kneel; by implication to bless God (as an act of adoration), and (vice-versa) man (as a benefit); also (by euphemism) to curse (God or the king, as treason)
KJV usage: X abundantly, X altogether, X at all, blaspheme, bless, congratulate, curse, X greatly, X indeed, kneel (down), praise, salute, X still, thank.
Pronounce: baw-rak'
Origin: a primitive root
z him, and increased
rabah (Hebrew #7235)
to increase (in whatever respect)
KJV usage: (bring in) abundance (X -antly), + archer (by mistake for 7232), be in authority, bring up, X continue, enlarge, excel, exceeding(-ly), be full of, (be, make) great(-er, -ly, X -ness), grow up, heap, increase, be long, (be, give, have, make, use) many (a time), (any, be, give, give the, have) more (in number), (ask, be, be so, gather, over, take, yield) much (greater, more), (make to) multiply, nourish, plenty(-eous), X process (of time), sore, store, thoroughly, very.
Pronounce: raw-baw'
Origin: a primitive root
him.
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Heb. 11:8‑12• 8By faith Abraham, when called, obeyed to go out into a place which he was to receive for an inheritance, and went out not knowing where he was going.
 9By faith he sojourned in the land of promise as not his own, dwelling as he did in tents with Isaac and Jacob, the joint-heirs of the same promise;
 10for he waited for the city that hath the foundations, of which God is architect and master-builder.
 11By faith also Sarah herself received power for deposition of seed even beyond season of age, since she counted faithful him that promised.
 12Wherefore also there were born from one, and that one become dead, even as the stars of the heaven in multitude, and as the countless sand that is by the sea-shore. (Heb. 11:8‑12)
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Gen. 12:1‑2• 1Now Jehovah had said to Abram, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father's house, unto a land that I will show thee.
 2And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great, and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed. (Gen. 12:1‑2)
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Gen. 22:17• 17that in blessing I will bless thee, and in multiplying I will multiply thy seed as the stars of the heaven, and as the sand which is upon the sea-shore; and thy seed shall possess the gate of his enemies; (Gen. 22:17)
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Gen. 24:1,35• 1And Abraham was old, advanced in age; and Jehovah had blessed Abraham in all things.
 35And Jehovah hath blessed my master greatly, and he is become great; and he hath given him sheep and cattle, and silver and gold, and bondmen and bondwomen, and camels and asses. (Gen. 24:1,35)

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Abraham,
Father,
Sarah; Sarai; Sara

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Ministry on This Verse

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unto Abraham.
Gen. 15:1‑2• 1After these things the word of Jehovah came unto Abram in a vision{i}, saying,{/i} Fear not, Abram; I am thy shield, and thy exceeding great reward.
 2{i}And Abram said,{/i} Lord Jehovah, what wilt thou give me, seeing I go childless? and the steward of my house is this Eliezer of Damascus? (Gen. 15:1‑2)
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Gen. 18:11‑13• 11{i}Now Abraham and Sarah were old and advanced in age: it had ceased to be with Sarah after the manner of women.{/i}
 12{i}And Sarah laughed within herself, saying, After I am become old, shall I have pleasure, and my lord old?{/i}
 13{i}And{/i} Jehovah said unto Abraham, Wherefore did Sarah laugh, saying, Shall I of a surety bear a child, which am old? (Gen. 18:11‑13)
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Josh. 24:3• 3{i}And I took your father Abraham from the other side of the river, and led him throughout the land of Canaan, and multiplied his seed and gave him Isaac.{/i} (Josh. 24:3)
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Rom. 4:1‑5,16‑24• 1What then shall we say that Abraham our fore-father according to flesh hath found?
 2For if Abraham was justified by works, he hath matter whereof to boast, but not before God.
 3For what doth the scripture say? “And Abraham believed God, and it was reckoned to him for righteousness.”
 4Now to him that worketh the reward is not reckoned according to grace, but according to debt;
 5but to him that worketh not but believeth on him that justifieth the ungodly, his faith is reckoned for righteousness.
 16On this account [it is] of faith that [it might be] according to grace, in order to the promise being sure to all the seed, not only to that which [is] of the law, but also to that which [is] of Abraham's faith, who is father of us all
 17(even as it is written, “A father of many nations I have made thee”) before God whom he believed, that quickeneth the dead and calleth the things that be not as being;
 18who against hope believed in hope, in order to his becoming father of many nations according to that which was spoken, “So shall be thy seed.”
 19And not being weak in faith, he considered [not] his own body now dead, being about a hundred years old, and the deadening of Sarah's womb,
 20yet as to the promise of God wavered not through unbelief, but was strengthened in faith, giving glory to God,
 21and fully persuaded that what he hath promised he is also able to perform.
 22Wherefore also it was reckoned to him for righteousness.
 23Now it was not written on his account alone that it was reckoned to him,
 24but on our account also, to whom it shall be reckoned, to us that believe on him that raised Jesus our Lord out of [the] dead, (Rom. 4:1‑5,16‑24)
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Gen. 12:1‑3• 1Now Jehovah had said to Abram, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father's house, unto a land that I will show thee.
 2And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great, and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed.
 3And I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee; and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed. (Gen. 12:1‑3)
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Gen. 13:14‑17• 14{i}And{/i} Jehovah said to Abram, after that Lot had separated himself from him, Lift up now thine eyes, and look from the place where thou art, northward and southward and eastward and westward;
 15for all the land which thou seest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed forever{i}.
 16And I will make thy seed as the dust of the earth, {i}so that if any one can number the dust of the earth,{/i} then shall thy seed also be numbered{i}.
 17Arise, walk through the land in the length of it and in the breadth of it, for I will give it unto thee. (Gen. 13:14‑17)
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Gen. 15:4‑5• 4The word of Jehovah came unto him, saying,
 5This shall not be thine heir, but he that shall come forth out of thine own bowels shall be thine heir. And he brought him forth abroad, and said, Look now toward heaven, and tell the stars if thou be able to number them; and he said unto him, So shall thy seed be. (Gen. 15:4‑5)
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Gen. 22:17• 17that in blessing I will bless thee, and in multiplying I will multiply thy seed as the stars of the heaven, and as the sand which is upon the sea-shore; and thy seed shall possess the gate of his enemies; (Gen. 22:17)
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Gen. 24:1,35• 1And Abraham was old, advanced in age; and Jehovah had blessed Abraham in all things.
 35And Jehovah hath blessed my master greatly, and he is become great; and he hath given him sheep and cattle, and silver and gold, and bondmen and bondwomen, and camels and asses. (Gen. 24:1,35)
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Neh. 9:7‑8• 7{i}Thou art the Same, Jehovah Elohim, who didst choose Abram and broughtest him forth out of Ur of the Chaldees, and gavest him the name of Abraham;{/i}
 8{i}and foundest his heart faithful before thee, and madest the covenant with him to give the land of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Jebusites, and the Girgashites, —to give it to his seed; and thou hast performed thy words, for thou art righteous.{/i} (Neh. 9:7‑8)
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Ezek. 33:24• 24Son of man, they that inhabit those wastes of the land of Israel speak, saying, Abraham was one, and he inherited the land: but we are many; the land is given us for inheritance. (Ezek. 33:24)
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Gal. 3:9‑14• 9So that they that are of faith are blessed with the faithful Abraham.
 10For as many as are of works of law are under curse; for it is written, “Cursed is everyone who doth not continue in all things that are written in the book of the law, to do them;”
 11but that in virtue of law none is justified with God [is] evident, for “the just by faith shall
 12live;” but the law is not of faith, but he who hath done them shall live in virtue of them.
 13Christ bought us out of the curse of the law, having become a curse for us, (for it is written, “Cursed is every one that hangeth on a tree,”)
 14that unto the nations the blessing of Abraham might come in Christ Jesus, that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith. (Gal. 3:9‑14)
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Heb. 11:8‑12• 8By faith Abraham, when called, obeyed to go out into a place which he was to receive for an inheritance, and went out not knowing where he was going.
 9By faith he sojourned in the land of promise as not his own, dwelling as he did in tents with Isaac and Jacob, the joint-heirs of the same promise;
 10for he waited for the city that hath the foundations, of which God is architect and master-builder.
 11By faith also Sarah herself received power for deposition of seed even beyond season of age, since she counted faithful him that promised.
 12Wherefore also there were born from one, and that one become dead, even as the stars of the heaven in multitude, and as the countless sand that is by the sea-shore. (Heb. 11:8‑12)
• The blessing will only be theirs on the basis of the covenant with Abraham. It will be theirs not on the ground of their merit but of God’s MERCY, as the end of Romans 11 so clearly states. (“Isaiah 51” by F.B. Hole)

J. N. Darby Translation

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

JND Translation Notes

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Or "that was in travail for you."

W. Kelly Translation

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Look unto Abraham your father, and unto Sarah [that] bare you: for when he was alone I called him, and blessed him, and made him many.