Genesis 17:2
Then I will confirm my covenant between me and you, and will multiply you exceedingly.”
Unlocked Literal Bible
In The King James Version
And I will make my covenant between me and thee, and will multiply thee exceedingly.
In Context
3Abram bowed low with his face to the ground and God talked with him, saying,
Cross References
Genesis 12:2I will make of you a great nation, and I will bless you, and make your name great, and you will be a blessing.
Genesis 15:18On that day Yahweh made a covenant with Abram, saying, “To your descendants I hereby give this land, from the river of Egypt to the great river, the Euphrates—
Genesis 22:17I will surely bless you and I will greatly multiply your descendants as the stars of the heavens, and as the sand which is upon the seashore; and your descendants will possess the gate of their enemies.
1 Chronicles 16:16He calls to mind the covenant that he made with Abraham, 1 and his oath to Isaac. 1
Galatians 3:17Now what I mean is this: The law, which came 430 years afterward, does not set aside the covenant previously established by God.
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 →