Revised Version 1895

Genesis 17:2-8

2And I willmakeוְאֶתְּנָ֥הve.'e.te.NahH5414mycovenantבְרִיתִ֖יve.ri.TiH1285betweenH996meH5414and thee, and willmultiplyוְאַרְבֶּ֥הve.'ar.BehH7235theeexceedinglyH3966.

3AndAbramאַבְרָ֖ם'av.RamH87fellוַיִּפֹּ֥לvai.yi.PolH5307on hisfaceפָּנָ֑יוpa.NavH6440: andGodאֱלֹהִ֖ים'E.lo.HimH430talkedוַיְדַבֵּ֥רvay.da.BerH1696with him,sayingלֵאמֹֽר׃le.MorH559,

4As formeאֲנִ֕י'a.NiH589,beholdהִנֵּ֥הhi.NehH2009, mycovenantבְרִיתִ֖יve.ri.TiH1285is with thee, and thou shalt be thefatherלְאַ֖בle.'AvH1of amultitudeהֲמ֥וֹןha.MonH1995ofnationsגּוֹיִֽם׃go.YimH1471.

5Neitherוְלֹא־ve.lo'-H3808shall thynameשִׁמְךָ֖shim.KhaH8034anyH5750moreH5750becalledיִקָּרֵ֥אyi.ka.Re'H7121Abramאַבְרָ֑ם'av.RamH87, but thynameשִׁמְךָ֙shim.KhaH8034shall beAbrahamאַבְרָהָ֔ם'av.ra.HamH85; for thefatherאַב־'av-H1of amultitudeהֲמ֥וֹןha.MonH1995ofnationsגּוֹיִ֖םgo.YimH1471have Imadeנְתַתִּֽיךָ׃ne.ta.Ti.khaH5414thee.

6And I willmakeוּנְתַתִּ֖יךָu.ne.ta.Ti.khaH5414theeexceedingH3966fruitfulוְהִפְרֵתִ֤יve.hif.re.TiH6509, and I willmakeH5414nationsלְגוֹיִ֑םle.go.YimH1471of thee, andkingsוּמְלָכִ֖יםu.me.la.KhimH4428shallcomeיֵצֵֽאוּ׃ye.Tze.'uH3318outH3318of thee.

7And I willestablishוַהֲקִמֹתִ֨יva.ha.ki.mo.TiH6965mycovenantבְּרִיתִ֜יbe.ri.TiH1285betweenH996meH310and thee and thyseedזַרְעֲךָ֧zar.'a.KhaH2233afterH310theethroughoutH1755theirgenerationsלְדֹרֹתָ֖םle.do.ro.TamH1755for aneverlastingעוֹלָ֑םo.LamH5769covenantלִבְרִ֣יתliv.RitH1285, to be aGodלֵֽאלֹהִ֔יםle.lo.HimH430unto thee and to thyseedוּֽלְזַרְעֲךָ֖u.le.zar.'a.KhaH2233afterH310thee.

8And I willgiveוְנָתַתִּ֣יve.na.ta.TiH5414unto thee, and to thyseedוּלְזַרְעֲךָ֨u.le.zar.'a.KhaH2233afterאַחֲרֶ֜יךָ'a.cha.Rei.khaH310thee, thelandאֶ֣רֶץ'E.retzH776of thysojourningsמְגֻרֶ֗יךָme.gu.Rei.khaH4033,allכָּל־kol-H3605thelandאֶ֣רֶץ'E.retzH776ofCanaanכְּנַ֔עַןke.Na.'anH3667, for aneverlastingעוֹלָ֑םo.LamH5769possessionלַאֲחֻזַּ֖תla.'a.chu.ZatH272; and I will be theirGodלֵאלֹהִֽים׃le.lo.HimH430.

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