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Genesis 17:6

Covenant and promises

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

5 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 exceedingly fruitful; I will make nations of you, and kings will descend from you.

7 I will establish My covenant as an everlasting covenant between Me and you and your descendants after you, to be your God and the God of your descendants after you.

8 And to you and your descendants I will give the land where you are residing—all the land of Canaan—as an eternal possession; and I will be their God.”

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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 make you exceedingly fruitful; I will make nations of you, and kings will descend from you.
KJV
And I will make thee exceeding fruitful, and I will make nations of thee, and kings shall come out of thee.
WEB
I will make you exceedingly fruitful, and I will make nations of you. Kings will come out of you.
ASV
And I will make thee exceeding fruitful, and I will make nations of thee, and kings shall come out of thee.
DARBY
And I will make thee exceedingly fruitful, and I will make nations of thee, and kings shall come out of thee.
BLB
I will make you fruitful—greatly, greatly—and I will make you into nations, and kings shall come out from you.
ÅB
Og jeg vil gjøre deg såre fruktbar, så du blir til mange folk, og konger skal utgå fra deg.
OTB
Jeg vil gjøre deg overmåte fruktbar; jeg vil gjøre folkeslag av deg, og konger skal utgå fra deg.
B1930
Og jeg vil gjøre dig såre fruktbar, så du blir til mange folk, og konger skal utgå fra dig.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Genesis 17:4

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

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  • Matthew 1:6–17

    and Jesse the father of David the king. Next: David was the father of Solomon by Uriah’s wife,

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  • Genesis 35:11

    And 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.

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  • Genesis 17:16

    And I will bless her and will surely give you a son by her. I will bless her, and she will be the mother of nations; kings of peoples will descend from her.”

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  • Genesis 17:20

    As for Ishmael, I have heard you, and I will surely bless him; I will make him fruitful and multiply him greatly. He will become the father of twelve rulers, and I will make him into a great nation.

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  • Ezra 4:20

    And mighty kings have ruled over Jerusalem and exercised authority over the whole region west of the Euphrates; and tribute, duty, and toll were paid to them.

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  • Genesis 36:31–43

    These are the kings who reigned in the land of Edom before any king reigned over the Israelites:

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