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.
• English Standard Version (ESV)I will make you exceedingly fruitful, and I will make you into nations, and kings shall 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.

Context of Genesis 17:6

4As for me, behold, my covenantis with thee, and thou shalt be a father of many nations. 5Neither shall thy name any more be called Abram, but thy name shall be Abraham; for a father of many nations have I made thee. And I will make thee exceedingly fruitful, and I will make nations of thee, and kings shall come forth from thee. 7And I will establish my covenant between me and thee and thy seed after thee in their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be a God to thee, and to thy seed after thee. 8And I will give to thee, and to thy seed after thee, the land in which thou art a stranger, 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

• makeפָּרָהpârâh · be fruitfulH6509
• exceedinglyמְאֹדme'ôd · muchH3966
• makeנָתַןnâthan · to give: makeH5414
• nationsגּוֹיgôy gôy · nationH1471
• kingsמֶ֫לֶךְmelek · kingH4428
• forthיָצָאyâtsâ' · to come out: produceH3318

Cross-references for Genesis 17:6

• Genesis 17:4As for me, behold, my covenantis with thee, and thou shalt be a father of many nations.
• Genesis 35:11And God said to him, I am God Almighty: be fruitful and multiply; a nation and a multitude of nations shall spring from thee, and kings shall come out of thy loins;
• Genesis 17:16And I will bless her, and give thee a son also by her: yea, I will bless her, and she shall be a mother of nations; kings of people shall come from her.
• Genesis 36:31And these are the kings that reigned in the land of Edom, before there reigned any king over the children of Israel.
• Ezra 4:20There have also been mighty kings over Jerusalem, who have ruled over all countries beyond the river; and toll, tribute, and custom, was paid to them.
• Matthew 1:6And Jesse begat David the king; and David the king begat Solomon of her that had been 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