Genesis 17:6
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And I will make thee increase exceedingly, and I will make nations of thee, and kings shall come out of thee.

nations.

Genesis 17:4,20 And God said to him: I am, and my covenant is with thee, and thou shalt be a father of many nations. . . .

Genesis 35:11 And said to him: I am God almighty, increase thou and be multiplied. Nations and peoples of nations shall be from thee, and kings shall come out of thy loins.

kings.

Genesis 17:16 And I will bless her, and of her I will give thee a son, whom I will bless, and he shall become nations, and kings of people shall spring from him.

Genesis 36:31 And the kings that ruled in the land of Edom, before the children of Israel had a king, were these:

*etc:

Ezra 4:20 For there have been powerful kings in Jerusalem, who have had dominion over all the country that is beyond the river: and have received tribute, and toll and revenues.

Matthew 1:6 And Jesse begot David the king. And David the king begot Solomon, of her that had been the wife of Urias.

*etc:

Context
The Renaming of Abraham
5Neither shall thy name be called any more Abram: but thou shalt be called Abraham: because I have made thee a father of many nations. 6And I will make thee increase exceedingly, and I will make nations of thee, and kings shall come out of thee.7And I will establish my covenant between me and thee, and between thy seed after thee in their generations, by a perpetual covenant: to be a God to thee, and to thy seed after thee.…
Cross References
Genesis 17:16
And I will bless her, and of her I will give thee a son, whom I will bless, and he shall become nations, and kings of people shall spring from him.

Genesis 26:22
Going forward from thence, he digged another well, for which they contended not; therefore he called the name thereof, Latitude, saying: Now hath the Lord given us room, and made us to increase upon the earth.

Genesis 28:3
And God almighty bless thee, and make thee to increase and multiply thee: that thou mayst be a multitude of people.

Genesis 35:11
And said to him: I am God almighty, increase thou and be multiplied. Nations and peoples of nations shall be from thee, and kings shall come out of thy loins.

Genesis 36:31
And the kings that ruled in the land of Edom, before the children of Israel had a king, were these:

Genesis 41:52
And he named the second Ephraim, saying: God hath made me to grow in the land of my poverty.

Genesis 47:27
So Israel dwelt in Egypt, that is, in the land of Gessen, and possessed it; and grew, and was multiplied exceedingly.

Leviticus 26:9
I will look on you, and make you increase: you shall be multiplied, and I will establish my covenant with you.

Lexicon
I will make you exceedingly
בִּמְאֹ֣ד (bim·’ōḏ)
Preposition-b | Adverb
Strong's Hebrew 3966: Vehemence, vehemently, wholly, speedily

fruitful;
וְהִפְרֵתִ֤י (wə·hip̄·rê·ṯî)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 6509: To bear fruit, be fruitful

I will make
וּנְתַתִּ֖יךָ (ū·nə·ṯat·tî·ḵā)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singular | second person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5414: To give, put, set

nations [of you],
לְגוֹיִ֑ם (lə·ḡō·w·yim)
Preposition-l | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 1471: A foreign nation, a Gentile, a troop of animals, a flight of locusts

and kings
וּמְלָכִ֖ים (ū·mə·lā·ḵîm)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 4428: A king

will descend
יֵצֵֽאוּ׃ (yê·ṣê·’ū)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 3318: To go, bring, out, direct and proxim

from you.
מִמְּךָ֥ (mim·mə·ḵā)
Preposition | second person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 4480: A part of, from, out of


Additional Translations
I will make you exceedingly fruitful; I will make nations of you, and kings will descend from you.And I will make you exceeding fruitful, and I will make nations of you, and kings shall come out of you.

And I will make thee exceeding fruitful, and I will make nations of thee, and kings shall come out of thee.

And I will increase thee very exceedingly, and I will make nations of thee, and kings shall come out of thee.

And I will make thee exceedingly fruitful, and I will make nations of thee, and kings shall come out of thee.

And I will make thee exceeding fruitful, and I will make nations of thee, and kings shall come out of thee.

And I will make thee exceedingly fruitful, and I will make nations of thee; and kings shall proceed from thee.

I will make you exceedingly fruitful, and I will make nations of you. Kings will come out of you.

and I have made thee exceeding fruitful, and made thee become nations, and kings go out from thee.
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