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Abraham to Father Many Nations

Genesis 17:2

In 11 translations

BSB
I will establish My covenant between Me and you, and I will multiply you exceedingly.”
KJV
And I will make my covenant between me and thee, and will multiply thee exceedingly.
WEB
I will make my covenant between me and you, and will multiply you exceedingly.”
ASV
And I will make my covenant between me and thee, and will multiply thee exceedingly.
LSV
and I give My covenant between Me and you, and multiply you very exceedingly.”
YLT
and I give My covenant between Me and thee, and multiply thee very exceedingly.'
DBY
And I will set my covenant between me and thee, and will very greatly multiply thee.
DRC
And I will make my covenant between me and thee: and I will multiply thee exceedingly.
GNV
And I will make my couenant betweene me and thee, and I will multiplie thee exceedingly.
JPS
And I will make My covenant between Me and thee, and will multiply thee exceedingly.'
LXXE
And I will establish my covenant between me and thee, and I will multiply thee exceedingly.

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Original-language editions

WLC
וְאֶתְּנָ֥ה בְרִיתִ֖י בֵּינִ֣י וּבֵינֶ֑ךָ וְאַרְבֶּ֥ה אוֹתְךָ֖ בִּמְאֹ֥ד מְאֹֽד׃
LXX-Br
Καὶ θήσομαι τὴν διαθήκην μου ἀνὰ μέσον ἐμοῦ, καὶ ἀνὰ μέσον σου, καὶ πληθυνῶ σε σφόδρα.

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

From public-domain Bible dictionaries and topical indexes (1884–1915).

Cross-references most cited first

  • Genesis 17:4–6“As for Me, this is My covenant with you: You will be the father of many nations. No longer will you be called Abram, but your name will be Abraham, for I have made you a father of many nations. I will make you…
  • Genesis 12:2I 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 13:16I will make your offspring like the dust of the earth, so that if one could count the dust of the earth, then your offspring could be counted.
  • Psalms 105:8–11He remembers His covenant forever, the word He ordained for a thousand generations— the covenant He made with Abraham, and the oath He swore to Isaac. He confirmed it to Jacob as a decree, to Israel as an everlasting…
  • Genesis 15:18On that day the LORD made a covenant with Abram, saying, “To your descendants I have given this land—from the river of Egypt to the great River Euphrates—
  • Genesis 22:17I will surely bless you, and I will multiply your descendants like the stars in the sky and the sand on the seashore. Your descendants will possess the gates of their enemies.
  • Galatians 3:17–18What I mean is this: The law that came 430 years later does not revoke the covenant previously established by God, so as to nullify the promise. For if the inheritance depends on the law, then it no longer depends on a…
  • Genesis 9:9“Behold, I now establish My covenant with you and your descendants after you,

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