Genesis 17:6
I will make you exceedingly fruitful, and will make nations of you, and kings will spring from you.
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Genesis 13:16I will make your descendants as many as the dust of the earth, so that if someone could count the dust of the earth, then your descendants could also be counted.
Genesis 17:16I will bless her, and will give you a son from her: I will bless her, and she will become the mother of nations; kings of peoples will descend from her.”
Genesis 28:3May God Almighty bless you, and make you fruitful and numerous, so that you may become a great people,
Genesis 36:31These are the kings that reigned in the land of Edom, before there reigned any king over the Israelites.
Genesis 48:4and said to me, ‘I will make you fruitful, and numerous, and I will make of you a company of peoples, and will give this land to your descendants after you for an everlasting possession.’
Matthew 1:6Jesse of David the King. David was the father of Solomon, whose mother was Uriah’s widow,
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 →