Genesis 17:6

Good News Translation

I will give you many descendants, and some of them will be kings. You will have so many descendants that they will become nations.

Cross References

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 17:16

I will bless her, and I will give you a son by her. I will bless her, and she will become the mother of nations, and there will be kings among her descendants.”

Genesis 17:20

I have heard your request about Ishmael, so I will bless him and give him many children and many descendants. He will be the father of twelve princes, and I will make a great nation of his descendants.

Genesis 17:4

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

Genesis 26:22

He moved away from there and dug another well. There was no dispute about this one, so he named it “Freedom.” He said, “Now the Lord has given us freedom to live in the land, and we will be prosperous here.”

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 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 41:52

He also said, “God has given me children in the land of my trouble”; so he named his second son Ephraim.

Genesis 47:27

The Israelites lived in Egypt in the region of Goshen, where they became rich and had many children.

Genesis 48:3

Jacob said to Joseph, “Almighty God appeared to me at Luz in the land of Canaan and blessed me.

Genesis 48:4

He said to me, ‘I will give you many children, so that your descendants will become many nations; I will give this land to your descendants as their possession forever.’”

Ezra 4:20

Powerful kings have reigned there and have ruled over the entire province of West-of-Euphrates, collecting taxes and revenue.

Leviticus 26:9

I will bless you and give you many children; I will keep my part of the covenant that I made with you.