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Genesis 17:2

WEB

2I will make my covenant between me and you, and will multiply you exceedingly.”

KJV

2And I will make[+] my covenant between me and thee, and will multiply thee exceedingly.

BSB

2I will establish My covenant between Me and you, and I will multiply you exceedingly.”

FBV

2[+] I will make my agreement between me and you, and I will give you many, many descendants.”

Related Resources

Book of Genesis Summary: A Complete Animated Overview (Part 2) - BibleProject
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Extra References

Genesis 17:4-6

4As for me, behold, my covenant is with you. You will be the father of a multitude of nations. 5Your name will no more be called Abram, but your name will be Abraham; for I have made you the father of a multitude of nations. 6I will make you exceedingly fruitful, and I will make nations of you. Kings will come out of you.


Genesis 12:2

2I will make of you a great nation. I will bless you and make your name great. You will be a blessing.


Genesis 13:16

16I will make your offspring as the dust of the earth, so that if a man can count the dust of the earth, then your offspring may also be counted.


Psalms 105:8-11

8He has remembered his covenant forever, the word which he commanded to a thousand generations, 9the covenant which he made with Abraham, his oath to Isaac, 10and confirmed it to Jacob for a statute; to Israel for an everlasting covenant, 11saying, “To you I will give the land of Canaan, the lot of your inheritance,”


Genesis 15:18

18In that day the LORD made a covenant with Abram, saying, “I have given this land to your offspring, from the river of Egypt to the great river, the river Euphrates:


Genesis 22:17

17that I will bless you greatly, and I will multiply your offspring greatly like the stars of the heavens, and like the sand which is on the seashore. Your offspring will possess the gate of his enemies.


Galatians 3:17-18

17Now I say this: A covenant confirmed beforehand by God in Christ, the law, which came four hundred thirty years after, does not annul, so as to make the promise of no effect. 18For if the inheritance is of the law, it is no more of promise; but God has granted it to Abraham by promise.


Genesis 9:9

9As for me, behold, I establish my covenant with you, and with your offspring after you,