Genesis 17:4

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

I promise that you will be the father of many nations. That's why I now change 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 some day 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 some day it will be as hard to count my descendants as it is to count the stars in the sky.

Genesis 22:17

“I will bless you and give you such a large family, that some day your descendants will be more numerous than the stars in the sky or the grains of sand along the beach. 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 later 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 some day it will be easier to count the 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 elder 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.