Hebrews 6:12
Then you will not be sluggish, but will imitate those who through faith and patience inherit what has been promised.

Genesis 12:2, 3
I will make you into a great nation, and I will bless you; I will make your name great, so that you will be a blessing. . . .

Genesis 15:2-6
But Abram replied, "O Lord GOD, what can You give me, since I remain childless, and the heir of my house is Eliezer of Damascus?" . . .

Genesis 17:16, 17
And I will bless her and will surely give you a son by her. I will bless her, and she will be the mother of nations; kings of peoples will descend from her." . . .

Genesis 21:2-7
So Sarah conceived and bore a son to Abraham in his old age, at the very time God had promised him. . . .

Exodus 1:7
but the Israelites were fruitful and increased abundantly; they multiplied and became exceedingly strong, so that the land was filled with them.

Habakkuk 2:2, 3
Then the LORD answered me: "Write down this vision and clearly inscribe it on tablets, so that a herald may run with it. . . .

Romans 4:17-25
As it is written: "I have made you a father of many nations." He is our father in the presence of God, in whom he believed, the God who gives life to the dead and calls into being what does not yet exist. . . .