Genesis 17:2
We will make a strong promise to each other, and I will give you a really big family.”
Barkly (portions)
In The King James Version
And I will make my covenant between me and thee, and will multiply thee exceedingly.
In Context
3Abram bowed down with his face on the ground and God said to him,
Cross References
Genesis 12:2I am going to bless you. That means I will do good things for you and make you strong. Everyone will know about you and respect your name. I will give you a big family and this family will grow into a strong nation. Your family will do good things for all the other nations on the earth.
Genesis 15:18This was the way God showed Abram that he was serious about the promise he made. God said to him again, “I am going to give all this country to your family, from the river in Egypt all the way to the great river You-fray-tees that is in the country where you came from. This is a list of the tribes that live in this country. They are called, the Kenites, Kenizzites, Kadmonites, Hittites, Perizzites, Refay-ites, Amorites, Canaanites, Gir-gash-ites, and the Jebusites. I will take this country away from all these people and give it to your family.”
Genesis 22:17And so, I will do really good things for you and make you strong. I will give you a big family. Your children's children and all those that come from them will be so many, that they will be like the stars in the sky. And just like you cannot count all the pieces of dirt on the ground, your family will be that many. Your families will grab the towns that belong to any people that go against them.
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 →