Genesis 17:2
1 And when Abram was ninety years old and nine, the LORD appeared to Abram, and said unto him, I am the Almighty God; walk before me, and be thou perfect.
And I will make my covenant between me and thee, and will multiply thee exceedingly.
3 And Abram fell on his face: and God talked with him, saying,
4 As for me, behold, my covenant is with thee, and thou shalt be a father of many nations.
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.
Compare
- 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, behold, my covenant is with thee, and thou shalt be a father of many nations.
Read in contextGenesis 12:2
And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great; and thou shalt be a blessing:
Read in contextGenesis 15:18
In the same day the LORD made a covenant with Abram, saying, Unto thy seed have I given this land, from the river of Egypt unto the great river, the river Euphrates:
Read in contextPsalms 105:8–11
He hath remembered his covenant for ever, the word which he commanded to a thousand generations.
Read in contextGenesis 13:16
And I will make thy seed as the dust of the earth: so that if a man can number the dust of the earth, then shall thy seed also be numbered.
Read in contextGenesis 22:17
That in blessing I will bless thee, and in multiplying I will multiply thy seed as the stars of the heaven, and as the sand which is upon the sea shore; and thy seed shall possess the gate of his enemies;
Read in contextGalatians 3:17–18
And this I say, that the covenant, that was confirmed before of God in Christ, the law, which was four hundred and thirty years after, cannot disannul, that it should make the promise of none effect.
Read in contextGenesis 9:9
And I, behold, I establish my covenant with you, and with your seed after you;
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