Genesis 17:4

Modern English Version

“Behold, My covenant is with you, and you shall be the father of a multitude of nations.

Cross References

Genesis 35:11

God said to him, “I am God Almighty. Be fruitful and multiply. A nation and a company of nations will come from you, and kings shall come forth from you.

Genesis 12:2

I will make of you a great nation; I will bless you and make your name great, so that you will be a blessing.

Genesis 48:19

His father refused and said, “I know it, my son, I know it. He will also become a people, and he will also be great, but truly his younger brother will be greater than he, and his descendants will become a multitude of nations.”

Genesis 32:12

You said, ‘I will surely prosper you and make your descendants as the sand of the sea, which is too many to be counted.’ ”

Genesis 22:17

I will indeed bless you and I will indeed multiply your descendants as the stars of the heavens and as the sand that is on the seashore. Your descendants will possess the gate of their enemies.

Genesis 16:10

The angel of the Lord also said to her, “I will multiply your descendants exceedingly so that they will be too many to count.”

Genesis 13:16

I will make your descendants like the dust of the earth, so that if a man could number the dust of the earth, then your descendants could also be numbered.

Genesis 25:23

Then the Lord said to her, “Two nations are in your womb, and two peoples will be separated from your body; one people will be stronger than the other, and the older will serve the younger.”

Exodus 6:4

I have also established My covenant with them, to give them the land of Canaan, the land of their pilgrimage, wherein they sojourned.

Genesis 28:3

May God Almighty bless you and make you fruitful and multiply you, so that you may become a multitude of people.