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.”

What this verse means

A short, plain-language explanation of Genesis 17:6 goes here — the kind of answer a reader (or an AI assistant) can quote in one breath. Original meaning coming soon.

Compare translations
BSBPD

“I will make you exceedingly fruitful; I will make nations of you, and kings will descend from you.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“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
ASVPD

“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
YLTPD

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

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
Open the full comparison
Cross references

Other passages that echo Genesis 17:6 — 11 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. 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.
  2. Genesis 17:4“As for Me, this is My covenant with you: You will be the father of many nations.
  3. 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.”
  4. 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.
  5. Genesis 28:3May God Almighty bless you and make you fruitful and multiply you, so that you may become a company of peoples.
  6. 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.
  7. Genesis 36:31These are the kings who reigned in the land of Edom before any king reigned over the Israelites:
  8. Genesis 48:3Jacob said to Joseph, “God Almighty appeared to me at Luz in the land of Canaan, and there He blessed me
  9. 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.’
  10. 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.
  11. Matthew 1:6and Jesse the father of David the king. Next: David was the father of Solomon by Uriah’s wife,

Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).

Keep exploring