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Genesis 17:2

And I will make my covenant between me and thee, and will multiply thee exceedingly.

KJV

Ponamque fœdus meum inter me et te, et multiplicabo te vehementer nimis.

Vulgate

καὶ θήσομαι τὴν διαθήκην μου ἀνὰ μέσον ἐμοῦ καὶ ἀνὰ μέσον σοῦ, καὶ πληθυνῶ σε σφόδρα.

LXX

And I will make my covenant between me and thee, and will multiply thee exceedingly.

ASV

וְ/אֶתְּנָ֥ה בְרִיתִ֖/י בֵּינִ֣/י וּ/בֵינֶ֑/ךָ וְ/אַרְבֶּ֥ה אוֹתְ/ךָ֖ בִּ/מְאֹ֥ד מְאֹֽד

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

6 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֶת
't
pronoun · 10895×
בֵּ֥ין
byn
noun · 405×
הַרְבֵּ֥ה
hrbh
verb · 233×
י
y
noun · 280×
ם
m
verb · 1995×
מְאֹֽד
m'd
noun · 297×

Themes

Covenant

Historic Christian voices

1 passage from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 1Chr 16:16 — Even of the covenant which he made with Abraham, and of his oath unto Isaac;
  • 2Kgs 13:23 — And the LORD was gracious unto them, and had compassion on them, and had respect unto them, because of his covenant with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and would not destroy them, neither cast he them fro
  • Gal 3:17 — And this I say, that the covenant, that was confirmed before of God in Christ, the law, which was four hundred and thirty years after, cannot disannul, that it should make the promise of none effect.
  • Gen 9:9 — And I, behold, I establish my covenant with you, and with your seed after you;
  • Gen 12:2 — And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great; and thou shalt be a blessing:
  • Gen 13:16 — And I will make thy seed as the dust of the earth: so that if a man can number the dust of the earth, then shall thy seed also be numbered.
  • Gen 15:18 — In the same day the LORD made a covenant with Abram, saying, Unto thy seed have I given this land, from the river of Egypt unto the great river, the river Euphrates:
  • Gen 17:4 — As for me, behold, my covenant is with thee, and thou shalt be a father of many nations.
  • Gen 22:17 — That in blessing I will bless thee, and in multiplying I will multiply thy seed as the stars of the heaven, and as the sand which is upon the sea shore; and thy seed shall possess the gate of his enem
  • Heb 6:14 — Saying, Surely blessing I will bless thee, and multiplying I will multiply thee.
  • Ps 105:8 — He hath remembered his covenant for ever, the word which he commanded to a thousand generations.
  • Ps 105:9 — Which covenant he made with Abraham, and his oath unto Isaac;
  • Rom 9:4 — Who are Israelites; to whom pertaineth the adoption, and the glory, and the covenants, and the giving of the law, and the service of God, and the promises;