Genesis 17:2 “I will establish My covenant between Me and you, and I will multiply y…”

Genesis 17:2

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

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

And I will make my covenant between me and thee, and will multiply thee exceedingly.

World English Bible

I will make my covenant between me and you, and will multiply you exceedingly.”

American Standard Version

And I will make my covenant between me and thee, and will multiply thee exceedingly.

Geneva Bible 1599

And I will make my couenant betweene me and thee, and I will multiplie thee exceedingly.

Darby Translation

And I will set my covenant between me and thee, and will very greatly multiply thee.

Young's Literal Translation

and I give My covenant between Me and thee, and multiply thee very exceedingly.'

Bible in Basic English

And I will make an agreement between you and me, and your offspring will be greatly increased.

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Cross references

“And I”

Genesis 17:4–6 Genesis 15:18 Psalm 105:8–11 Genesis 9:9 Galatians 3:17 Galatians 3:18

Genesis 17:4–6 · BSB

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

Genesis 15:18 · BSB

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—

Psalm 105:8–11 · BSB

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

Genesis 9:9 · BSB

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

Galatians 3:17 · BSB

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.

Galatians 3:18 · BSB

For if the inheritance depends on the law, then it no longer depends on a promise; but God freely granted it to Abraham through a promise.

“multiply”

Genesis 12:2 Genesis 13:16 Genesis 22:17

Genesis 12:2 · BSB

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.

Genesis 13:16 · BSB

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.

Genesis 22:17 · BSB

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.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

1When Abram was ninety-nine years old, the LORD appeared to him and said, “I am God Almighty. Walk before Me and be blameless.

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

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