Genesis 17:6

Genesis 17:6 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And I will make thee exceeding fruitful, and I will make nations of thee, and kings shall come out of thee.
• New International Version (NIV)I will make you very fruitful; I will make nations of you, and kings will come from you.
• New King James Version (NKJV)I will make you exceedingly fruitful; and I will make nations of you, and kings shall come from you.
• New Living Translation (NLT)I will make you extremely fruitful. Your descendants will become many nations, and kings will be among them!

Context of Genesis 17:6

4"Behold, my covenant is with you, and you shall be the father of a multitude of nations. 5No longer shall your name be called Abram, but your name shall be Abraham, for I have made you the father of a multitude of nations. I will make you exceedingly fruitful, and I will make you into nations, and kings shall come from you. 7And I will establish my covenant between me and you and your offspring after you throughout their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be God to you and to your offspring after you. 8And I will give to you and to your offspring after you the land of your sojournings, all the land of Canaan, for an everlasting possession, and I will be their God."

Genesis 17:6 word by word

וְהִפְרֵתִ֤י אֹֽתְךָ֙ בִּמְאֹ֣ד מְאֹ֔ד וּנְתַתִּ֖יךָ לְגוֹיִ֑ם וּמְלָכִ֖ים מִמְּךָ֥ יֵצֵֽאוּ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And I will makeפָּרָהpârâh · be fruitfulH6509
• thee exceedingמְאֹדme'ôd · muchH3966
• and I will makeנָתַןnâthan · to give: makeH5414
• nationsגּוֹיgôy gôy · nationH1471
• of thee, and kingsמֶ֫לֶךְmelek · kingH4428
• shall come outיָצָאyâtsâ' · to come out: produceH3318

Cross-references for Genesis 17:6

• Genesis 17:4"Behold, my covenant is with you, and you shall be the father of a multitude of nations.
• Genesis 35:11And God said to him, "I am God Almighty: be fruitful and multiply. A nation and a company of nations shall come from you, and kings shall come from your own body.
• Genesis 17:16I will bless her, and moreover, I will give you a son by her. I will bless her, and she shall become nations; kings of peoples shall come from her."
• Genesis 36:31These are the kings who reigned in the land of Edom, before any king reigned over the Israelites.
• Ezra 4:20And mighty kings have been over Jerusalem, who ruled over the whole province Beyond the River, to whom tribute, custom, and toll were paid.
• Matthew 1:6and Jesse the father of David the king. And David was the father of Solomon by the wife of Uriah,

Commentaries on Genesis 17:6

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 1-27Verses 1-27 - The Sealing of the Covenant 1. שׁדי shaday Shaddai, “Irresistible, able to destroy, and by inference to make, Almighty.” שׁדד shādad “be strong, destroy.” This name is found six times in Genesis, and thirty-one times in Job. 5. אברהם 'abrâhām Abraham, from אברם 'abrām “high-father,” and הם hām the radical part of המין hāmôn a “multitude,” is obtained by a euphonic abbreviation אברהם 'abrâhām “father of a multitude.” The root רהם rhm…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 6kings will descend from you: This is the first sign that Israel would become a nation ruled by kings (see also 35:11; 36:31; Numbers 24:7; Deuteronomy 17:14–18; 28:36).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-271. Abram ... ninety years old and nine--thirteen years after the birth of Ishmael [Ge 16:16]. During that interval he had enjoyed the comforts of communion with God but had been favored with no special revelation as formerly, probably on account of his hasty and blameable marriage with Hagar. the Lord appeared--some visible manifestation of the divine presence, probably the Shekinah or radiant glory of overpowering effulgence. I am the Almighty God--the…Read the comment

Topics related to Genesis 17:6

• Abraham
• Circumcision
• Covenant
• Rulers

In the dictionaries

• Abraham
• Covenant
• Establish
• Everlasting
• Prophecy
• Works, Covenant of
• Agrarian Laws
• Atonement, Day of
• Circumcision
• Covenant, in the Old Testament

Commentaries on Genesis 17

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings