Genesis 17:4

Good News Translation

“I make this covenant with you: I promise that you will be the ancestor of many nations.

Cross References

Genesis 12:2

I will give you many descendants, and they will become a great nation. I will bless you and make your name famous, so that you will be a blessing.

Genesis 13:16

I am going to give you so many descendants that no one will be able to count them all; it would be as easy to count all the specks of dust on earth!

Genesis 16:10

Then he said, “I will give you so many descendants that no one will be able to count them.

Genesis 22:17

I promise that I will give you as many descendants as there are stars in the sky or grains of sand along the seashore. Your descendants will conquer their enemies.

Genesis 25:23

The Lord said to her, “Two nations are within you; You will give birth to two rival peoples. One will be stronger than the other; The older will serve the younger.”

Genesis 28:3

May Almighty God bless your marriage and give you many children, so that you will become the father of many nations!

Genesis 32:12

Remember that you promised to make everything go well for me and to give me more descendants than anyone could count, as many as the grains of sand along the seashore.”

Genesis 35:11

And God said to him, “I am Almighty God. Have many children. Nations will be descended from you, and you will be the ancestor of kings.

Genesis 48:19

His father refused, saying, “I know, son, I know. Manasseh's descendants will also become a great people. But his younger brother will be greater than he, and his descendants will become great nations.”

Exodus 6:4

I also made my covenant with them, promising to give them the land of Canaan, the land in which they had lived as foreigners.