Genesis 17:2
And I will set my covenant between me and you. And I will multiply you very exceedingly.”
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
And I will make my covenant between me and thee, and will multiply thee exceedingly.
In Context
3Abram fell prone on his face.
Cross References
Genesis 12:2And I will make of you a great nation, and I will bless you and magnify your name, and you will be blessed.
Genesis 15:18On that day, God formed a covenant with Abram, saying: “To your offspring I will give this land, from the river of Egypt, even to the great river Euphrates:
Genesis 22:17I will bless you, and I will multiply your offspring like the stars of heaven, and like the sand which is on the seashore. Your offspring will possess the gates of their enemies.
1 Chronicles 16:16the covenant that he formed with Abraham, and his oath with Isaac.
Galatians 3:17But I say this: the testament confirmed by God, which, after four hundred and thirty years became the Law, does not nullify, so as to make the promise empty.
Matthew Henry on Genesis 17:2-4
The Covenant with Abraham Renewed. ( b. c. 1898.) 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. 2 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, Here is, I. The time when God made Abram this gracious visit: When he was ninety-nine years old, full thirteen years after the birth of Ishmael. 1. So long, it… Read the whole commentary →