Genesis 17:6

and I have made you exceedingly fruitful, and made you become nations, and kings go out from you.

Literal Standard Version

In The King James Version

And I will make thee exceeding fruitful, and I will make nations of thee, and kings shall come out of thee.

In Context

5and your name is no longer called Abram, but your name has been Abraham, for father of a multitude of nations have I made you;

7And I have established My covenant between Me and you, and your seed after you, throughout their generations, for a perpetual covenant, to become God to you, and to your seed after you;

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Cross References

Genesis 13:16And I have set your seed as dust of the earth, so that, if one is able to number the dust of the earth, even your seed is numbered;

Genesis 17:16and I have blessed her, and have also given to you a son from her; and I have blessed her, and she has become nations—kings of peoples are from her.”

Genesis 28:3and God Almighty bless you, and make you fruitful, and multiply you, and you have become an assembly of peoples;

Genesis 36:31And these [are] the kings who have reigned in the land of Edom before the reigning of a king over the sons of Israel.

Genesis 48:4and says to me, Behold, I am making you fruitful, and have multiplied you, and given you for an assembly of peoples, and given this land to your seed after you, a continuous possession.

Matthew 1:6and Jesse begot David the king. And David the king begot Solomon, of her [who had been] Uriah’s,

Matthew Henry on Genesis 17:5-7

4 As for me, behold, my covenant is with thee, and thou shalt be a father of many nations. 5 Neither shall thy name any more be called Abram, but thy name shall be Abraham; for a father of many nations have I made thee. 6 And I will make thee exceeding fruitful, and I will make nations of thee, and kings shall come out of thee. The promise here is introduced with solemnity: " As for me, " says the great God, "behold, behold and admire it, behold and be assured of it, my covenant is with thee;" as before ( v. 2 ),… Read the whole commentary →

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