Genesis 17:2

BSB · Public Domain (CC0)

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

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BSBPD

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

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“And I will make my covenant between me and thee, and will multiply thee exceedingly.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“And I will make my covenant between me and thee, and will multiply thee exceedingly.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“and I give My covenant between Me and thee, and multiply thee very exceedingly.'”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Genesis 17:2 — 10 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Genesis 9:9“Behold, I now establish My covenant with you and your descendants after you,
  2. Genesis 12:2I 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.
  3. Genesis 13:16I will make your offspring like the dust of the earth, so that if one could count the dust of the earth, then your offspring could be counted.
  4. Genesis 15:18On that day the LORD made a covenant with Abram, saying, “To your descendants I have given this land—from the river of Egypt to the great River Euphrates—
  5. Genesis 17:4“As for Me, this is My covenant with you: You will be the father of many nations.
  6. Genesis 22:17I 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.
  7. Genesis 28:3May God Almighty bless you and make you fruitful and multiply you, so that you may become a company of peoples.
  8. 1 Chronicles 16:16the covenant He made with Abraham, and the oath He swore to Isaac.
  9. Psalms 105:8He remembers His covenant forever, the word He ordained for a thousand generations—
  10. Galatians 3:17What I mean is this: The law that came 430 years later does not revoke the covenant previously established by God, so as to nullify the promise.

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