Genesis 17:4 - King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁴ As for me, behold, my covenant is with thee, and thou shalt be a father of many nations.

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Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁴ As for Me, behold, My covenant (solemn pledge) is with you, and you shall be the father of many nations.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁴ As for me, behold, my covenant is with thee, and thou shalt be the father of a multitude of nations.

Common English Bible

⁴ “But me, my covenant is with you; you will be the ancestor of many nations.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁴ And God said to him: "I AM, and my covenant is with you, and you will be the father of many nations.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁴ And God said to him: I AM, And my covenant is with thee; and thou shalt be a father of many nations.

English Standard Version 2016

⁴ “Behold, my covenant is with you, and you shall be the father of a multitude of nations.

Genesis 17:4 Cross References

Genesis 12:2

and I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great; and thou shalt be a blessing:

Genesis 13:16

And I will make thy seed as the dust of the earth: so that if a man can number the dust of the earth, then shall thy seed also be numbered.

Genesis 16:10

And the angel of the LORD said unto her, I will multiply thy seed exceedingly, that it shall not be numbered for multitude.

Genesis 22:17

that in blessing I will bless thee, and in multiplying I will multiply thy seed as the stars of the heaven, and as the sand which is upon the sea shore; and thy seed shall possess the gate of his enemies;

Genesis 25:23

And the LORD said unto her, Two nations are in thy womb, And two manner of people shall be separated from thy bowels; And the one people shall be stronger than the other people; And the elder shall serve the younger.

Genesis 28:3

And God Almighty bless thee, and make thee fruitful, and multiply thee, that thou mayest be a multitude of people;

Genesis 32:12

And thou saidst, I will surely do thee good, and make thy seed as the sand of the sea, which cannot be numbered for multitude.

Genesis 35:11

And God said unto him, I am God Almighty: be fruitful and multiply; a nation and a company of nations shall be of thee, and kings shall come out of thy loins;

Genesis 48:19

And his father refused, and said, I know it, my son, I know it: he also shall become a people, and he also shall be great: but truly his younger brother shall be greater than he, and his seed shall become a multitude of nations.

Exodus 6:4

And I have also established my covenant with them, to give them the land of Canaan, the land of their pilgrimage, wherein they were strangers.