Genesis 17:2

New International Reader's Version

I will now act on my covenant between me and you. I will greatly increase the number of your children after you.”

Cross References

Genesis 12:2

“I will make you into a great nation. And I will bless you. I will make your name great. You will be a blessing to others.

Genesis 13:16

I will make them like the dust of the earth. Can dust be counted? If it can, then your family can be counted.

Genesis 15:18

On that day the Lord made a covenant with Abram. He said, “I am giving this land to your family who comes after you. It reaches from the River of Egypt to the great Euphrates River.

Genesis 15:5

The Lord took Abram outside and said, “Look up at the sky. Count the stars, if you can.” Then he said to him, “That’s how many children will be born into your family.”

Genesis 22:17

So I will certainly bless you. I will make the children born into your family as many as the stars in the sky. I will make them as many as the grains of sand on the seashore. They will take over the cities of their enemies.

Genesis 28:3

May the Mighty God bless you. May he give you children. May he make your family larger until you become a community of nations.

Genesis 9:9

“I am now making my covenant with you and with all your children who will be born after you.

2 Kings 13:23

But the Lord helped Israel. He was tender and kind to them. He showed concern for them. He did all these things because of the covenant he had made with Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. To this day he hasn’t been willing to destroy Israel. And he hasn’t driven them out of his land.

1 Chronicles 16:16

He will keep the covenant he made with Abraham. He will keep the promise he made to Isaac.

Psalm 25:14

The Lord shares his plans with those who have respect for him. He makes his covenant known to them.

Romans 9:4

They are the people of Israel. They have been adopted as God’s children. God’s glory belongs to them. So do the covenants. They received the law. They were taught to worship in the temple. They were given the promises.