Genesis 17:4

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

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

Cross References

Genesis 35:11

And said to him: I am God Almighty. Increase thou and be multiplied. Nations and peoples of nations shall be from thee, and kings shall come out of thy loins.

Genesis 12:2

And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and magnify thy name: and thou shalt be blessed.

Genesis 48:19

But he refusing, said: I know, my son, I know. And this also shall become peoples, and shall be multiplied: but this younger brother shall be greater than he: and his seed shall grow into nations.

Genesis 32:12

Thou didst say that thou wouldst do well by me, and multiply my seed like the sand of the sea, which cannot be numbered for the multitude.

Genesis 22:17

I will bless thee, and I will multiply thy seed as the stars of heaven, and as the sand that is by the seashore. Thy seed shall possess the gates of their enemies.

Genesis 16:10

And again he said: I will multiply thy seed exceedingly, and it shall not be numbered for multitude.

Genesis 13:16

And I will make thy seed as the dust of the earth: if any man be able to number the dust of the earth, he shall be able to number thy seed also.

Genesis 25:23

And he answering said: Two nations are in thy womb and two peoples shall be divided out of thy womb. And one people shall overcome the other; and the elder shall serve the younger.

Exodus 6:4

And I made a covenant with them, to give them the land of Chanaan, the land of their pilgrimage wherein they were strangers.

Genesis 28:3

And God almighty bless thee, and make thee to increase, and multiply thee: that thou mayst be a multitude of people.