I've heard many pastors and tv preachers quote this as though it is written. 18 Who against hope believed in hope, that he might become the father of many nations, according to that which was spoken, So shall thy seed be. It is written, “I have made you a father of many nations.” (Genesis 17:5) God considers Abraham to be our father. God created all matter, and He can change it as well! That is what the Scriptures mean when they say that God made Abraham the father of many nations. That is what the Scriptures mean when God told him, “I have made you the father of many nations.” This happened because Abraham believed in the God who brings the dead back to life and who creates new things out of nothing. I've heard many people say this is Biblical. 2 Corinthians 4:18 - While we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen: for the things which are seen [are] temporal; but the things which are not seen [are] eternal. am making, (As it is written, I have made thee a father of many nations). 22Â And therefore it was imputed to him for righteousness. who is father of us all (according as it hath been written -- `A father of many nations I have set thee,') before Him whom he did believe -- God, who is quickening the dead, and is calling the things that be not as being. as Scripture says: “I have made you a father of many nations.” Abraham believed when he stood in the presence of the God who gives life to dead people and calls into existence things that don’t even exist. (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; The Holy Writings say, “I have made you a father of many nations.” This promise is good because of Who God is. 17(As it is written, I have made thee a father of many nations,) before him whom he believed, even God, who quickeneth the dead, and calleth those things which be not as though they were. As it is written I have made thee a father of many nations, &c.] The passage referred to, is in ( Genesis 17:4 Genesis 17:5) ; which proves him to be a father not of the Jews only, since they cannot be called "many nations", but of the Gentiles also; and which must be understood in a spiritual sense, for Abraham was the father of them, We, in essence, deem ourselves, God. As it is written: ‘I have made you a father of many nations.’ He is our father in the sight of God, in whom he believed – the God who gives life to the dead and calls into being things that were not. As it is written, “I have made you a father of many nations.”Genesis 17:5 This is in the presence of him whom he believed: God, who gives life to the dead, and calls the things that are not, as though they were. for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh. The God of Abraham and his offspring – both physical (natural seed) and spiritual (those who share Abraham’s faith in the promise) – gives life to the dead and calls things that are not as though they were. He gives the security of his own promise to all men who can be called “children of Abraham”, i.e. as it is written, AV HAMON GOYIM N’TATICHA ("I have made you father of many nations" BERESHIS 17:5). Romans 4:17 - (As it is written, I have made thee a father of many nations,) before him whom he believed, even God, who quickeneth the dead, and calleth those things which be not as though they were. This is as close as it gets to that phrase that I know of. "You can call those things which are not, as though they were." As it is written, “I have made you the 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 the things that do not exist. John 8 New King James Version (NKJV) Jesus the Light of the World. As it is written, For I have set thee father of many folks, before God to whom thou hast believed. And Jesus said to them, "Just what I have been saying to you from the beginning. Romans 4:17 (KJV) – (As it is written, I have made thee a father of many nations,) before him whom he believed, even God, who quickeneth the dead, and calleth those things which be not as though they were.. “(As it is written, I have made thee a father of many nations.) This faith is valid because of the existence of God himself, who can make the dead live, and speak his Word to those who are yet unborn. 8 But Jesus went to the Mount of Olives. As it is written in the Scriptures: “I am making you a father of many nations.” This is true before God, the God Abraham believed, the God who gives life to the dead and who creates something out of nothing. This was in the sight of Hashem in whom "he believed," G-d who gives Chayyim to the Mesim and calls things which have no existence into existence. in God’s sight. 1 When Abram was ninety-nine years old, the LORD appeared to him and said, “I am God Almighty; walk before me and be blameless. 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