Genesis 17:4

New American Standard Bible 2020

“As for Me, behold, My covenant is with you, And you will be the father of a multitude of nations.

Cross References

Genesis 12:2

And I will make you into a great nation, And I will bless you, And make your name great; And you shall be a blessing;

Genesis 13:16

I will make your descendants as plentiful as the dust of the earth, so that if anyone can count the dust of the earth, then your descendants could also be counted.

Genesis 16:10

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

Genesis 22:17

indeed I will greatly bless you, and I will greatly multiply your seed as the stars of the heavens and as the sand, which is on the seashore; and your seed shall possess the gate of their enemies.

Genesis 25:23

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

Genesis 28:3

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

Genesis 32:12

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

Genesis 35:11

God also said to him, “I am God Almighty; Be fruitful and multiply; A nation and a multitude of nations shall come from you, And kings shall come from you.

Genesis 48:19

But his father refused and said, “I know, my son, I know; he also will become a people and he also will be great. However, his younger brother shall be greater than he, and his descendants shall become a multitude of nations.”

Exodus 6:4

I also established My covenant with them, to give them the land of Canaan, the land in which they lived as strangers.