‘I will make you into a great nation, and I will bless you; I will make your name great, and you will be a blessing.
Genesis 17:4 - New International Version (Anglicised) ‘As for me, this is my covenant with you: you will be the 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. |
‘I will make you into a great nation, and I will bless you; I will make your name great, and you will be a blessing.
I will make your offspring like the dust of the earth, so that if anyone could count the dust, then your offspring could be counted.
The angel added, ‘I will increase your descendants so much that they will be too numerous to count.’
I will surely bless you and make your descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky and as the sand on the seashore. Your descendants will take possession of the cities of their enemies,
The Lord said to her, ‘Two nations are in your womb, and two peoples from within you will be separated; one people will be stronger than the other, and the elder will serve the younger.’
May God Almighty bless you and make you fruitful and increase your numbers until you become a community of peoples.
But you have said, “I will surely make you prosper and will make your descendants like the sand of the sea, which cannot be counted.” ’
And God said to him, ‘I am God Almighty; be fruitful and increase in number. A nation and a community of nations will come from you, and kings will be among your descendants.
But his father refused and said, ‘I know, my son, I know. He too will become a people, and he too will become great. Nevertheless, his younger brother will be greater than he, and his descendants will become a group of nations.’
I also established my covenant with them to give them the land of Canaan, where they resided as foreigners.