Genesis 17:4

Contemporary English Version 1995

I promise that you will be the father of many nations. So now I'm changing your name from Abram to Abraham.

Cross References

Genesis 12:2

I will bless you and make your descendants into a great nation. You will become famous and be a blessing to others.

Genesis 48:19

But his father said, “Son, I know what I am doing. It's true that Manasseh's family will someday become a great nation. But Ephraim will be even greater than Manasseh, because his descendants will become many great nations.”

Genesis 32:12

But you have promised that I would be a success and that someday it will be as hard to count my descendants as it is to count the grains of sand along the seashore.

Genesis 22:17

“I will bless you and give you such a large family, that someday your descendants will be more numerous than the stars in the sky or the grains of sand along the seashore. They will defeat their enemies and take over the cities where their enemies live.

Genesis 16:10

I will give you a son, who will be called Ishmael, because I have heard your cry for help. And someday I will give you so many descendants that no one will be able to count them all.

Genesis 13:16

I will give you more descendants than there are specks of dust on the earth, and someday it will be easier to count those specks of dust than to count your descendants.

Genesis 25:23

and he told her: “Your two sons will become two separate nations. The younger of the two will be stronger, and the older son will be his servant.”

Exodus 6:4

I made an agreement and promised them the land of Canaan, where they were living as foreigners.

Genesis 28:3

I pray that God All-Powerful will bless you with many descendants and let you become a great nation.