Genesis 17:2
New International Version
Then I will make my covenant between me and you and will greatly increase your numbers.”

New Living Translation
I will make a covenant with you, by which I will guarantee to give you countless descendants.”

English Standard Version
that I may make my covenant between me and you, and may multiply you greatly.”

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

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

New King James Version
And I will make My covenant between Me and you, and will multiply you exceedingly.”

New American Standard Bible
“I will make My covenant between Me and you, And I will multiply you exceedingly.”

NASB 1995
“I will establish My covenant between Me and you, And I will multiply you exceedingly.”

NASB 1977
“And I will establish My covenant between Me and you, And I will multiply you exceedingly.”

Legacy Standard Bible
so that I may confirm My covenant between Me and you, And that I may multiply you exceedingly.”

Amplified Bible
“I will establish My covenant (everlasting promise) between Me and you, And I will multiply you exceedingly [through your descendants].”

Christian Standard Bible
I will set up my covenant between me and you, and I will multiply you greatly.”

Holman Christian Standard Bible
I will establish My covenant between Me and you, and I will multiply you greatly.”

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

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
And Abram fell on his face and God spoke with him and said to him,

Brenton Septuagint Translation
And I will establish my covenant between me and thee, and I will multiply thee exceedingly.

Contemporary English Version
I will keep my solemn promise to you and give you more descendants than can be counted."

Douay-Rheims Bible
And I will make my covenant between me and thee: and I will multiply thee exceedingly.

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

GOD'S WORD® Translation
I will give you my promise, and I will give you very many descendants."

Good News Translation
I will make my covenant with you and give you many descendants."

International Standard Version
I'll establish my covenant between me and you, and I'll greatly increase your numbers."

JPS Tanakh 1917
And I will make My covenant between Me and thee, and will multiply thee exceedingly.'

Literal Standard Version
and I give My covenant between Me and you, and multiply you very exceedingly.”

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

New American Bible
Between you and me I will establish my covenant, and I will multiply you exceedingly.

NET Bible
Then I will confirm my covenant between me and you, and I will give you a multitude of descendants."

New Revised Standard Version
And I will make my covenant between me and you, and will make you exceedingly numerous.”

New Heart English Bible
I will make my covenant between me and you, and will multiply you greatly."

Webster's Bible Translation
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.”

Young's Literal Translation
and I give My covenant between Me and thee, and multiply thee very exceedingly.'

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Context
The Renaming of Abraham
1When Abram was ninety-nine years old, the LORD appeared to him and said, “I am God Almighty. Walk before Me and be blameless. 2I will establish My covenant between Me and you, and I will multiply you exceedingly.” 3Then Abram fell facedown, and God said to him,…

Cross References
Romans 9:4
the people of Israel. Theirs is the adoption as sons; theirs the divine glory and the covenants; theirs the giving of the law, the temple worship, and the promises.

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.

Genesis 15:5
And the LORD took him outside and said, "Now look to the heavens and count the stars, if you are able." Then He told him, "So shall your offspring be."

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--

Genesis 28:3
May God Almighty bless you and make you fruitful and multiply you, so that you may become a company of peoples.

2 Kings 13:23
But the LORD was gracious to Israel and had compassion on them, and He turned toward them because of His covenant with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. And to this day, the LORD has been unwilling to destroy them or cast them from His presence.

1 Chronicles 16:16
the covenant He made with Abraham, and the oath He swore to Isaac.


Treasury of Scripture

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

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Genesis 17:4-6
As for me, behold, my covenant is with thee, and thou shalt be a father of many nations…

Genesis 9:9
And I, behold, I establish my covenant with you, and with your seed after you;

Genesis 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:

multiply.

Genesis 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:

Genesis 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.

Genesis 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;

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Genesis 17
1. God renews the covenant with Abram,
5. and changes his name to Abraham, in token of a greater blessing.
9. Circumcision is instituted.
15. Sarai's name is changed to Sarah, and she is blessed.
17. Isaac is promised, and the time of his birth fixed.
23. Abraham and Ishmael are circumcised.














(2) I will make my covenant.--In Genesis 15:18 the Heb. word for "make" is cut, and refers to the severing of the victims; here it is "give," "place," and implies that it was an act of grace on God's part (comp. Note on Genesis 9:9). Abram had now waited twenty-five years after leaving Ur-Chasdim, and fourteen or fifteen years since the ratification of the solemn covenant between him and Jehovah (Genesis 15:17); but the time had at length arrived for the fulfilment of the promise, and in token thereof Abram and Sarai were to change their names, and all the males be brought near to God by a solemn sacrament.

Verse 2. - And I will make my covenant between me and thee. Literally, I will give (cf. Genesis 9:9, 11, 12). Neither an additional covenant to that described in Genesis 15. (Rosenmüller), nor a different traditional account of the transaction contained in Genesis 15. (Tuch, Bleek), nor the original Elohistic narrative of which that in Genesis 15. was a later imitation (Knobel); but an intimation that the covenant already concluded was about to be carried into execution, and the promise of a son to be more specifically determined as the offspring of Sarai (Keil). And will multiply thee exceedingly (vide Genesis 12:2; Genesis 13:16; Genesis 15:5).

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
I will establish
וְאֶתְּנָ֥ה (wə·’et·tə·nāh)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive imperfect Cohortative - first person common singular
Strong's 5414: To give, put, set

My covenant
בְרִיתִ֖י (ḇə·rî·ṯî)
Noun - feminine singular construct | first person common singular
Strong's 1285: A covenant

between Me and you,
בֵּינִ֣י (bê·nî)
Preposition | first person common singular
Strong's 996: An interval, space between

and I will multiply
וְאַרְבֶּ֥ה (wə·’ar·beh)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive imperfect Cohortative if contextual - first person common singular
Strong's 7235: To be or become much, many or great

you
אוֹתְךָ֖ (’ō·wṯ·ḵā)
Direct object marker | second person masculine singular
Strong's 853: Untranslatable mark of the accusative case

exceedingly.”
בִּמְאֹ֥ד (bim·’ōḏ)
Preposition-b | Adverb
Strong's 3966: Vehemence, vehemently, wholly, speedily


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