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Genesis 17:2

Covenant and promises

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.

I will establish My covenant between Me and you, and I will multiply you exceedingly.”

3 Then Abram fell facedown, and God said to him,

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

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Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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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.
DARBY
And I will set my covenant between me and thee, and will very greatly multiply thee.
BLB
And I will make My covenant between Me and between you, and I will multiply you greatly, greatly.”
ÅB
Jeg vil gjøre en pakt mellom meg og deg, og jeg vil gjøre dine etterkommere svært tallrike.
OTB
Jeg vil opprette min pakt mellom meg og deg, og jeg vil gjøre din ætt meget tallrik.”
B1930
Jeg vil gjøre en pakt mellem mig og dig, og jeg vil gjøre din ætt såre tallrik.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Genesis 17:4–6

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

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  • Genesis 12:2

    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.

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  • Genesis 15:18

    On 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—

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  • Psalms 105:8–11

    He remembers His covenant forever, the word He ordained for a thousand generations—

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  • Genesis 13:16

    I 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.

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  • Genesis 22:17

    I 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.

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  • Galatians 3:17–18

    What 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.

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  • Genesis 9:9

    “Behold, I now establish My covenant with you and your descendants after you,

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