Genesis 17:6
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“I will make you exceedingly fruitful; I will make nations of you, and kings will descend from you.”
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“I will make you exceedingly fruitful; I will make nations of you, and kings will descend from you.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“And I will make thee exceeding fruitful, and I will make nations of thee, and kings shall come out of thee.”
King James Version · Public Domain“And I will make thee exceeding fruitful, and I will make nations of thee, and kings shall come out of thee.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“and I have made thee exceeding fruitful, and made thee become nations, and kings go out from thee.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Genesis 17:6 — 11 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- 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.
- Genesis 17:4“As for Me, this is My covenant with you: You will be the father of many nations.
- Genesis 17:16And I will bless her and will surely give you a son by her. I will bless her, and she will be the mother of nations; kings of peoples will descend from her.”
- Genesis 17:20As for Ishmael, I have heard you, and I will surely bless him; I will make him fruitful and multiply him greatly. He will become the father of twelve rulers, and I will make him into a great nation.
- Genesis 28:3May God Almighty bless you and make you fruitful and multiply you, so that you may become a company of peoples.
- Genesis 35:11And God told him, “I am God Almighty. Be fruitful and multiply. A nation—even a company of nations—shall come from you, and kings shall descend from you.
- Genesis 36:31These are the kings who reigned in the land of Edom before any king reigned over the Israelites:
- Genesis 48:3Jacob said to Joseph, “God Almighty appeared to me at Luz in the land of Canaan, and there He blessed me
- Genesis 48:4and told me, ‘Behold, I will make you fruitful and multiply you; I will make you a multitude of peoples, and will give this land to your descendants after you as an everlasting possession.’
- Ezra 4:20And mighty kings have ruled over Jerusalem and exercised authority over the whole region west of the Euphrates; and tribute, duty, and toll were paid to them.
- Matthew 1:6and Jesse the father of David the king. Next: David was the father of Solomon by Uriah’s wife,
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