Genesis 17:4
“Listen to this agreement that I am making with you: People of many nations will be your descendants.
Translation for Translators
In The King James Version
As for me, behold, my covenant is with thee, and thou shalt be a father of many nations.
In Context
3Abram prostrated himself with his face on the ground. Then God said to him,
Cross References
Genesis 13:16I will cause your descendants to be as numerous as particles of dust! It will be easier to count the particles of dust than it will be to count your descendants [HYP].
Genesis 22:17that some day your descendants will be as numerous as the stars in the sky and the grains of sand on the seashore. And your descendants will defeat their enemies and capture their cities [SYN].’
Genesis 28:3I will pray that God Almighty will bless you, and enable you to get married and have many descendants, in order that they will become many people-groups.
Genesis 35:11Then God said to him, “I am God Almighty. Produce many children. Your descendants will become many nations, and some of your descendants will be kings.
Genesis 48:19But his father refused, saying, “I know that, my son, I know what I am doing. Manasseh’s descendants will also become a people-group, and they will become important. But his younger brother’s descendants will become greater than his will. His descendants will become several nations.”
Numbers 26:1After the plague ended, Yahweh said to Eleazar and Moses/me,
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 →