Genesis 17:4

In 11 translations

BSB

“As for Me, this is My covenant with you: You will be the father of many nations.

KJV

As for me, behold, my covenant is with thee, and thou shalt be a father of many nations.many…: Heb. multitude of nations

WEB

“As for me, behold, my covenant is with you. You will be the father of a multitude of nations.

ASV

As for me, behold, my covenant is with thee, and thou shalt be the father of a multitude of nations.

LSV

“I—behold, My covenant [is] with you, and you have become father of a multitude of nations;

YLT

'I — lo, My covenant [is] with thee, and thou hast become father of a multitude of nations;

DBY

It is I: behold, my covenant is with thee, and thou shalt be a father of a multitude of nations.

DRC

And God said to him: I AM, and my covenant is with thee, and thou shalt be a father of many nations.

GNV

Beholde, I make my couenant with thee, and thou shalt be a father of many nations,

JPS

'As for Me, behold, My covenant is with thee, and thou shalt be the father of a multitude of nations.

LXXE

And I, behold! my covenant is with thee, and thou shalt be a father of a multitude of nations.

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Original-language editions

WLC

אֲנִ֕י הִנֵּ֥ה בְרִיתִ֖י אִתָּ֑ךְ וְהָיִ֕יתָ לְאַ֖ב הֲמ֥וֹן גּוֹיִֽם׃

LXX-Br

Καὶ ἐλάλησεν αὐτῷ ὁ Θεὸς, λέγων, Καὶ ἐγὼ ἰδοὺ ἡ διαθήκη μου μετὰ σοῦ· καὶ ἔσῃ πατὴρ πλήθους ἐθνῶν.

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Cross-references most cited first

• Genesis 35:11And God told him, “I am God Almighty. Be fruitful and multiply. A nation—even a company of nations—shall come from you, and kings shall descend from you.
• Romans 4:11–18And he received the sign of circumcision as a seal of the righteousness that he had by faith while he was still uncircumcised. So then, he is the father of all who believe but are not circumcised, in order that…
• Galatians 3:28–29There is neither Jew nor Greek, slave nor free, male nor female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus. And if you belong to Christ, then you are Abraham’s seed and heirs according to the promise.
• 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 25:1–18Now Abraham had taken another wife, named Keturah, and she bore him Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Midian, Ishbak, and Shuah. Jokshan was the father of Sheba and Dedan. And the sons of Dedan were the Asshurites, the…
• Genesis 36:1–43This is the account of Esau (that is, Edom). Esau took his wives from the daughters of Canaan: Adah daughter of Elon the Hittite, Oholibamah daughter of Anah and granddaughter of Zibeon the Hivite, and Basemath…
• Genesis 48:19But his father refused. “I know, my son, I know!” he said. “He too shall become a people, and he too shall be great; nevertheless, his younger brother shall be greater than he, and his offspring shall become a…
• Genesis 16:10Then the angel added, “I will greatly multiply your offspring so that they will be too numerous to count.”
• Genesis 32:12But You have said, ‘I will surely make you prosper, and I will make your offspring like the sand of the sea, too numerous to count.’”
• 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.
• 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.
• Numbers 1:1–54On the first day of the second month of the second year after the Israelites had come out of the land of Egypt, the LORD spoke to Moses in the Tent of Meeting in the Wilderness of Sinai. He said: “Take a census of the…
• Numbers 26:1–65After the plague had ended, the LORD said to Moses and Eleazar son of Aaron the priest, “Take a census of the whole congregation of Israel by the houses of their fathers—all those twenty years of age or older who can…

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