Genesis 17
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Genesis 17:2-8

2I will 1makeH5414 My 2covenantH1285 betweenH996 Me and you, And I will 3multiplyH7235 you exceedinglyH3966.” 3AbramH87 4fellH5307 on his faceH6440, and GodH430 talkedH1696 with him, sayingH559,4“As for Me, beholdH2009, My covenantH1285 is with you, And you will be the fatherH1 of a 5multitudeH1995 of nationsH1471.5NoH3808 longerH5750 shall you be namedH7121H8034 6AbramH87, But 7your nameH8034 shall be 8AbrahamH85; For 9I have madeH5414 you the fatherH1 of a multitudeH1995 of nationsH1471. 6I will makeH6509 you exceedinglyH3966 fruitfulH6509, and I will makeH5414 nationsH1471 of you, and 10kingsH4428 will comeH3318 from you. 7I will establishH6965 My covenantH1285 betweenH996 Me and you and your 11descendantsH2233 afterH310 you throughout their generationsH1755 as an 12everlastingH5769 covenantH1285, 13to be GodH430 to you and 14to your 15descendantsH2233 afterH310 you. 8And 16I will giveH5414 to you and to your 17descendantsH2233 afterH310 you the landH776 whereH4033 you liveH4033 asH4033 aH4033 strangerH4033, allH3605 the landH776 of CanaanH3667, as an everlastingH5769 possessionH272; and 18I will be their GodH430.”

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Notes

  1. 1. Genesis 17:2 Lit give ↩
  2. 2. Genesis 17:2 Gen 15:18 ↩
  3. 3. Genesis 17:2 Gen 13:16; 15:5 ↩
  4. 4. Genesis 17:3 Gen 17:17; 18:2 ↩
  5. 5. Genesis 17:4 Gen 35:11; 48:19 ↩
  6. 6. Genesis 17:5 I.e., exalted father ↩
  7. 7. Genesis 17:5 Neh 9:7 ↩
  8. 8. Genesis 17:5 I.e., father of a multitude ↩
  9. 9. Genesis 17:5 Rom 4:17 ↩
  10. 10. Genesis 17:6 Gen 17:16; 35:11 ↩
  11. 11. Genesis 17:7 Lit seed ↩
  12. 12. Genesis 17:7 Gen 17:13, 19; Ps 105:9, 10; Luke 1:55 ↩
  13. 13. Genesis 17:7 Gen 26:24; Lev 11:45; 26:12, 45; Heb 11:16 ↩
  14. 14. Genesis 17:7 Gen 28:13; Gal 3:16 ↩
  15. 15. Genesis 17:7 Lit seed ↩
  16. 16. Genesis 17:8 Gen 12:7; 13:15, 17; Acts 7:5 ↩
  17. 17. Genesis 17:8 Lit seed ↩
  18. 18. Genesis 17:8 Ex 6:7; 29:45; Lev 26:12; Deut 29:13; Rev 21:7 ↩

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