Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version Then I will make my covenant between me and you and will greatly increase your numbers.” New Living Translation I will make a covenant with you, by which I will guarantee to give you countless descendants.” English Standard Version that I may make my covenant between me and you, and may multiply you greatly.” Berean Standard Bible I will establish My covenant between Me and you, and I will multiply you exceedingly.” King James Bible And I will make my covenant between me and thee, and will multiply thee exceedingly. New King James Version And I will make My covenant between Me and you, and will multiply you exceedingly.” New American Standard Bible “I will make My covenant between Me and you, And I will multiply you exceedingly.” NASB 1995 “I will establish My covenant between Me and you, And I will multiply you exceedingly.” NASB 1977 “And I will establish My covenant between Me and you, And I will multiply you exceedingly.” Legacy Standard Bible so that I may confirm My covenant between Me and you, And that I may multiply you exceedingly.” Amplified Bible “I will establish My covenant (everlasting promise) between Me and you, And I will multiply you exceedingly [through your descendants].” Christian Standard Bible I will set up my covenant between me and you, and I will multiply you greatly.” Holman Christian Standard Bible I will establish My covenant between Me and you, and I will multiply you greatly.” American Standard Version And I will make my covenant between me and thee, and will multiply thee exceedingly. Contemporary English Version I will keep my solemn promise to you and give you more descendants than can be counted." English Revised Version And I will make my covenant between me and thee, and will multiply thee exceedingly. GOD'S WORD® Translation I will give you my promise, and I will give you very many descendants." Good News Translation I will make my covenant with you and give you many descendants." International Standard Version I'll establish my covenant between me and you, and I'll greatly increase your numbers." Majority Standard Bible I will establish My covenant between Me and you, and I will multiply you exceedingly.” NET Bible Then I will confirm my covenant between me and you, and I will give you a multitude of descendants." New Heart English Bible I will make my covenant between me and you, and will multiply you greatly." Webster's Bible Translation And I will make my covenant between me and thee, and will multiply thee exceedingly. World English Bible I will make my covenant between me and you, and will multiply you exceedingly.” Literal Translations Literal Standard Versionand I give My covenant between Me and you, and multiply you very exceedingly.” Young's Literal Translation and I give My covenant between Me and thee, and multiply thee very exceedingly.' Smith's Literal Translation And I will give my covenant between me and between thee, and I will multiply thee with might exceedingly. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleAnd I will make my covenant between me and thee: and I will multiply thee exceedingly. Catholic Public Domain Version And I will set my covenant between me and you. And I will multiply you very exceedingly.” New American Bible Between you and me I will establish my covenant, and I will multiply you exceedingly. New Revised Standard Version And I will make my covenant between me and you, and will make you exceedingly numerous.” Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleAnd I will make my covenant between me and you and will multiply you exceedingly. Peshitta Holy Bible Translated And Abram fell on his face and God spoke with him and said to him, OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917And I will make My covenant between Me and thee, and will multiply thee exceedingly.' Brenton Septuagint Translation And I will establish my covenant between me and thee, and I will multiply thee exceedingly. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context The Renaming of Abraham1When Abram was ninety-nine years old, the LORD appeared to him and said, “I am God Almighty. Walk before Me and be blameless. 2I will establish My covenant between Me and you, and I will multiply you exceedingly.” 3Then Abram fell facedown, and God said to him,… Cross References Genesis 12:2-3 I will make you into a great nation, and I will bless you; I will make your name great, so that you will be a blessing. / I will bless those who bless you and curse those who curse you; and all the families of the earth will be blessed through you.” Genesis 15:5-6 And the LORD took him outside and said, “Now look to the heavens and count the stars, if you are able.” Then He told him, “So shall your offspring be.” / Abram believed the LORD, and it was credited to him as righteousness. Genesis 22:17-18 I will surely bless you, and I will multiply your descendants like the stars in the sky and the sand on the seashore. Your descendants will possess the gates of their enemies. / And through your offspring all nations of the earth will be blessed, because you have obeyed My voice.” Genesis 26:4 I will make your descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky, and I will give them all these lands, and through your offspring all nations of the earth will be blessed, Genesis 28:14 Your descendants will be like the dust of the earth, and you will spread out to the west and east and north and south. All the families of the earth will be blessed through you and your offspring. Exodus 6:7 I will take you as My own people, and I will be your God. Then you will know that I am the LORD your God, who brought you out from under the yoke of the Egyptians. Leviticus 26:9 I will turn toward you and make you fruitful and multiply you, and I will establish My covenant with you. Deuteronomy 7:9 Know therefore that the LORD your God is God, the faithful God who keeps His covenant of loving devotion for a thousand generations of those who love Him and keep His commandments. 2 Samuel 7:12-16 And when your days are fulfilled and you rest with your fathers, I will raise up your descendant after you, who will come from your own body, and I will establish his kingdom. / He will build a house for My Name, and I will establish the throne of his kingdom forever. / I will be his Father, and he will be My son. When he does wrong, I will discipline him with the rod of men and with the blows of the sons of men. ... Psalm 105:8-11 He remembers His covenant forever, the word He ordained for a thousand generations— / the covenant He made with Abraham, and the oath He swore to Isaac. / He confirmed it to Jacob as a decree, to Israel as an everlasting covenant: ... Isaiah 51:2 Look to Abraham your father, and to Sarah who gave you birth. When I called him, he was but one; then I blessed him and multiplied him. Jeremiah 31:31-33 Behold, the days are coming, declares the LORD, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah. / It will not be like the covenant I made with their fathers when I took them by the hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt—a covenant they broke, though I was a husband to them,” declares the LORD. / “But this is the covenant I will make with the house of Israel after those days, declares the LORD. I will put My law in their minds and inscribe it on their hearts. And I will be their God, and they will be My people. Ezekiel 37:26 And I will make a covenant of peace with them; it will be an everlasting covenant. I will establish them and multiply them, and I will set My sanctuary among them forever. Romans 4:11-13 And he received the sign of circumcision as a seal of the righteousness that he had by faith while he was still uncircumcised. So then, he is the father of all who believe but are not circumcised, in order that righteousness might be credited to them. / And he is also the father of the circumcised who not only are circumcised, but who also walk in the footsteps of the faith that our father Abraham had before he was circumcised. / For the promise to Abraham and his offspring that he would be heir of the world was not given through the law, but through the righteousness that comes by faith. Romans 9:8 So it is not the children of the flesh who are God’s children, but it is the children of the promise who are regarded as offspring. Treasury of Scripture And I will make my covenant between me and you, and will multiply you exceedingly. And I. Genesis 17:4-6 As for me, behold, my covenant is with thee, and thou shalt be a father of many nations… Genesis 9:9 And I, behold, I establish my covenant with you, and with your seed after you; Genesis 15:18 In the same day the LORD made a covenant with Abram, saying, Unto thy seed have I given this land, from the river of Egypt unto the great river, the river Euphrates: multiply. Genesis 12:2 And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great; and thou shalt be a blessing: Genesis 13:16 And I will make thy seed as the dust of the earth: so that if a man can number the dust of the earth, then shall thy seed also be numbered. Genesis 22:17 That in blessing I will bless thee, and in multiplying I will multiply thy seed as the stars of the heaven, and as the sand which is upon the sea shore; and thy seed shall possess the gate of his enemies; Jump to Previous Agreement Confirm Covenant Establish Exceedingly Greatly Increase Increased Multiply Numbers OffspringJump to Next Agreement Confirm Covenant Establish Exceedingly Greatly Increase Increased Multiply Numbers OffspringGenesis 17 1. God renews the covenant with Abram, 5. and changes his name to Abraham, in token of a greater blessing. 9. Circumcision is instituted. 15. Sarai's name is changed to Sarah, and she is blessed. 17. Isaac is promised, and the time of his birth fixed. 23. Abraham and Ishmael are circumcised. I will establish The Hebrew word used here is "הֲקִמֹתִי" (haqimoti), which conveys the idea of setting up, confirming, or making something stand firm. In the context of a covenant, it implies a solemn and binding agreement initiated by God. This is not merely a promise but a divine commitment that underscores God's faithfulness and sovereignty. The establishment of a covenant by God is a recurring theme in the Bible, highlighting His desire to enter into a relationship with humanity. My covenant between Me and you and I will multiply you exceedingly Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew I will establishוְאֶתְּנָ֥ה (wə·’et·tə·nāh) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive imperfect Cohortative - first person common singular Strong's 5414: To give, put, set My covenant בְרִיתִ֖י (ḇə·rî·ṯî) Noun - feminine singular construct | first person common singular Strong's 1285: A covenant between Me and you, בֵּינִ֣י (bê·nî) Preposition | first person common singular Strong's 996: An interval, space between and I will multiply וְאַרְבֶּ֥ה (wə·’ar·beh) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive imperfect Cohortative if contextual - first person common singular Strong's 7235: To be or become much, many or great you אוֹתְךָ֖ (’ō·wṯ·ḵā) Direct object marker | second person masculine singular Strong's 853: Untranslatable mark of the accusative case exceedingly.” בִּמְאֹ֥ד (bim·’ōḏ) Preposition-b | Adverb Strong's 3966: Vehemence, vehemently, wholly, speedily Links Genesis 17:2 NIVGenesis 17:2 NLT Genesis 17:2 ESV Genesis 17:2 NASB Genesis 17:2 KJV Genesis 17:2 BibleApps.com Genesis 17:2 Biblia Paralela Genesis 17:2 Chinese Bible Genesis 17:2 French Bible Genesis 17:2 Catholic Bible OT Law: Genesis 17:2 I will make my covenant between me (Gen. 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