Genesis 17:4 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

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

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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

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.

Genesis 17:4 Cross References

Genesis 12:2

And I will make of you a great nation, and I will bless you, and make your name great, so that you will be a blessing.

Genesis 13:16

I will make your descendants as the dust of the earth; so that if one can count the dust of the earth, your descendants also can be counted.

Genesis 16:10

The angel of the Lord also said to her, “I will so greatly multiply your descendants that they cannot be numbered for multitude.”

Genesis 22:17

I will indeed bless you, and I will multiply your descendants as the stars of heaven and as the sand which is on the seashore. And your descendants shall possess the gate of their enemies,

Genesis 25:23

And the Lord said to her, “Two nations are in your womb, and two peoples, born of you, shall be divided; the one shall be stronger than the other, the elder shall serve the younger.”

Genesis 28:3

God Almighty bless you and make you fruitful and multiply you, that you may become a company of peoples.

Genesis 32:12

But thou didst say, ‘I will do you good, and make your descendants as the sand of the sea, which cannot be numbered for multitude.’ ”

Genesis 35:11

And God said to him, “I am God Almighty: be fruitful and multiply; a nation and a company of nations shall come from you, and kings shall spring from you.

Genesis 48:19

But his father refused, and said, “I know, my son, I know; he also shall become a people, and he also shall be great; nevertheless his younger brother shall be greater than he, and his descendants shall become a multitude of nations.”

Exodus 6:4

I also established my covenant with them, to give them the land of Canaan, the land in which they dwelt as sojourners.