Genesis 17:2
And I will make my covenant between me and you, and will multiply you exceedingly.
Updated King James Version
In The King James Version
And I will make my covenant between me and thee, and will multiply thee exceedingly.
In Context
3And Abram fell on his face: and God talked with him, saying,
Cross References
Genesis 12:2And I will make of you a great nation, and I will bless you, and make your name great; and you shall be a blessing:
Genesis 15:18In the same day the LORD made a covenant with Abram, saying, Unto your seed have I given this land, from the river of Egypt unto the great river, the river Euphrates:
Genesis 22:17That in blessing I will bless you, and in multiplying I will multiply your seed as the stars of the heaven, and as the sand which is upon the sea shore; and your seed shall possess the gate of his enemies;
1 Chronicles 16:16Even of the covenant which he made with Abraham, and of his oath unto Isaac;
Galatians 3:17And this I say, that the covenant, that was confirmed before of God in Christ, the law, which was four hundred and thirty years after, cannot nullify, that it should make the promise of no effect.
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 →