And I will make of you a great nation, and I will bless you, and make your name great; and you shall be a blessing:
Genesis 17:2 - King James 2000 And I will make my covenant between me and you, and will multiply you exceedingly. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And I will make my covenant between me and thee, and will multiply thee exceedingly. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And I will make My covenant (solemn pledge) between Me and you and will multiply you exceedingly. American Standard Version (1901) And I will make my covenant between me and thee, and will multiply thee exceedingly. Common English Bible I will make a covenant between us and I will give you many, many descendants.” Catholic Public Domain Version And I will set my covenant between me and you. And I will multiply you very exceedingly." Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And I will make my covenant between me and thee: and I will multiply thee exceedingly. |
And I will make of you a great nation, and I will bless you, and make your name great; and you shall be a blessing:
And I will make your descendants as the dust of the earth: so that if a man can number the dust of the earth, then shall your descendants also be numbered.
In the same day the LORD made a covenant with Abram, saying, Unto your descendants have I given this land, from the river of Egypt unto the great river, the river Euphrates:
And he brought him forth outside, and said, Look now toward heaven, and count the stars, if you be able to number them: and he said unto him, So shall your descendants be.
That in blessing I will bless you, and in multiplying I will multiply your descendants as the stars of the heaven, and as the sand which is upon the seashore; and your descendants shall possess the gate of their enemies;
And God Almighty bless you, and make you fruitful, and multiply you, that you may be a multitude of people;
And I, behold, I establish my covenant with you, and with your descendants after you;
And the LORD was gracious unto them, and had compassion on them, and had respect unto them, because of his covenant with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and would not destroy them, neither cast he them from his presence as yet.
Even of the covenant which he made with Abraham, and of his oath unto Isaac;
The secret of the LORD is with them that fear him; and he will show them his covenant.
Who are Israelites; to whom pertains the adoption, and the glory, and the covenants, and the giving of the law, and the service of God, and the promises;