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 17:4 - King James 2000 As for me, behold, my covenant is with you, and you shall be a father of many nations. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 As for me, behold, my covenant is with thee, and thou shalt be a father of many nations. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition As for Me, behold, My covenant (solemn pledge) is with you, and you shall be the father of many nations. American Standard Version (1901) As for me, behold, my covenant is with thee, and thou shalt be the father of a multitude of nations. Common English Bible “But me, my covenant is with you; you will be the ancestor of many nations. Catholic Public Domain Version And God said to him: "I AM, and my covenant is with you, and you will be the father of many nations. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And God said to him: I AM, And my covenant is with thee; and thou shalt be a father of many nations. |
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.
And the angel of the LORD said unto her, I will multiply your descendants exceedingly, that they shall not be numbered for multitude.
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 the LORD said unto her, Two nations are in your womb, and two manner of people shall be born of you; and the one people shall be stronger than the other people; and the elder shall serve the younger.
And God Almighty bless you, and make you fruitful, and multiply you, that you may be a multitude of people;
And you said, I will surely do you good, and make your descendants as the sand of the sea, which cannot be numbered for multitude.
And God said unto him, I am God Almighty: be fruitful and multiply; a nation and a company of nations shall be of you, and kings shall spring forth from you;
And his father refused, and said, I know it, my son, I know it: he also shall become a people, and he also shall be great: but truly his younger brother shall be greater than he, and his descendants shall become a multitude of nations.
And I have also established my covenant with them, to give them the land of Canaan, the land of their pilgrimage, in which they were strangers.