Genesis 17
NASB1995
Commentaries

Show in the text

Up to 5 commentaries at a time. Each excerpt opens in full.

ModeStrong’s numbers

New American Standard Bible 1995

Genesis 17:6-8

6I will makeH6509 you exceedinglyH3966 fruitfulH6509, and I will makeH5414 nationsH1471 of you, and 1kingsH4428 will comeH3318 forthH3318 from you. 7I will establishH6965 My covenantH1285 betweenH996 Me and you and your 2descendantsH2233 afterH310 you throughout their generationsH1755 for an 3everlastingH5769 covenantH1285, 4to be GodH430 to you and 5to your 6descendantsH2233 afterH310 you. 87I will giveH5414 to you and to your 8descendantsH2233 afterH310 you, the landH776 of your sojourningsH4033, allH3605 the landH776 of CanaanH3667, for an everlastingH5769 possessionH272; and 9I will be their GodH430.”

Read all of Genesis 17

Notes

  1. 1. Genesis 17:6 Gen 17:16; 35:11 ↩
  2. 2. Genesis 17:7 Lit seed ↩
  3. 3. Genesis 17:7 Gen 17:13, 19; Ps 105:9, 10; Luke 1:55 ↩
  4. 4. Genesis 17:7 Gen 26:24; Lev 11:45; 26:12, 45; Heb 11:16 ↩
  5. 5. Genesis 17:7 Gen 28:13; Gal 3:16 ↩
  6. 6. Genesis 17:7 Lit seed ↩
  7. 7. Genesis 17:8 Gen 12:7; 13:15, 17; Acts 7:5 ↩
  8. 8. Genesis 17:8 Lit seed ↩
  9. 9. Genesis 17:8 Ex 6:7; 29:45; Lev 26:12; Deut 29:13; Rev 21:7 ↩

Commentaries on Genesis 17

New American Standard Bible 1995 — © 1960–1995 The Lockman Foundation. All rights reserved.