KJV King James Version
And I will make my covenant between me and thee, and will multiply thee exceedingly.
VERSE STUDY • KJV
Genesis 17:2
And I will make my covenant between me and thee, and will multiply thee exceedingly.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
I will establish My covenant between Me and you, and I will multiply you exceedingly.”
WEB World English Bible
I will make my covenant between me and you, and will multiply you exceedingly.”
ASV American Standard Version
And I will make my covenant between me and thee, and will multiply thee exceedingly.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
and I give My covenant between Me and thee, and multiply thee very exceedingly.’
Surrounding context — Genesis 17
1 And when Abram was ninety years old and nine, the LORD appeared to Abram, and said unto him, I [am] the Almighty God; walk before me, and be thou perfect.
2 And I will make my covenant between me and thee, and will multiply thee exceedingly.
3 And Abram fell on his face: and God talked with him, saying,
4 As for me, behold, my covenant [is] with thee, and thou shalt be a father of many nations.
5 Neither shall thy name any more be called Abram, but thy name shall be Abraham; for a father of many nations have I made thee.
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Genesis 17:4-6As for me, behold, my covenant [is] with thee, and thou shalt be a father of many nations.Genesis 12:2And 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 13:16And 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.Psalm 105:8-11He hath remembered his covenant for ever, the word [which] he commanded to a thousand generations.Genesis 15:18In 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:Genesis 22:17That 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;Galatians 3:17-18And this I say, [that] the covenant, that was confirmed before of God in Christ, the law, which was four hundred and thirty years after, cannot disannul, that it should make the promise of none effect.Genesis 9:9And I, behold, I establish my covenant with you, and with your seed after you;
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