Genesis 17:6

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

I will give you a lot of descendants, and in the future they will become great nations. Some of them will even be kings.

Cross References

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 17:16

I will bless her, and you will have a son by her. She will become the mother of nations, and some of her descendants will even be kings.

Genesis 17:20

I have heard what you asked me to do for Ishmael, and so I will also bless him with many descendants. He will be the father of twelve princes, and I will make his family a great nation.

Genesis 17:4

I promise that you will be the father of many nations. That's why I now change your name from Abram to Abraham.

Genesis 26:22

Finally, they dug one more well. There was no quarrelling this time, and the well was named “Lots of Room”, because the LORD had given them room and would make them very successful.

Genesis 28:3

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

Genesis 41:52

His second son was named Ephraim, which means “God has made me a success in the land where I suffered.”

Genesis 47:27

The people of Israel made their home in the land of Goshen, where they became prosperous and had large families.

Genesis 48:3

Jacob told Joseph: God All-Powerful appeared to me at Luz in the land of Canaan, where he gave me his blessing

Genesis 48:4

and promised, “I will give you a large family with many descendants that will grow into a nation. And I am giving you this land that will belong to you and your family for ever.”

Ezra 4:20

And powerful kings have ruled Western Province from Jerusalem and have collected all kinds of taxes.

Leviticus 26:9

I will treat you with such kindness that your nation will grow strong, and I will also keep my promises to you.