Genesis 17
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Genesis 17:3-8

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

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Notes

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

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