Genesis 17:6
And I will make thee exceeding fruitful, and I will make nations of thee, and kings shall come out of thee.
KJV
Faciamque te crescere vehementissime, et ponam te in gentibus, regesque ex te egredientur.
Vulgate
καὶ αὐξανῶ σε σφόδρα, καὶ θήσω σε εἰς ἔθνη, καὶ βασιλεῖς ἐκ σοῦ ἐξελεύσονται.
LXX
And I will make thee exceeding fruitful, and I will make nations of thee, and kings shall come out of thee.
ASV
וְ/הִפְרֵתִ֤י אֹֽתְ/ךָ֙ בִּ/מְאֹ֣ד מְאֹ֔ד וּ/נְתַתִּ֖י/ךָ לְ/גוֹיִ֑ם וּ/מְלָכִ֖ים מִמְּ/ךָ֥ יֵצֵֽאוּ
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
8 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
אֶת
't
pronoun · 10895×
גּוֹיִ֔ם
gvym
noun · 557×
ם
m
verb · 1071×
ם
m
verb · 1995×
מְאֹֽד
m'd
noun · 297×
מִן
mn
preposition · 1223×
מֶֽלֶךְ
mlk
noun · 2518×
פְּר֣וּ
prv
verb · 29×
Historic Christian voices
3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
§1819Christian hope takes up and fulfills the hope of the chosen people which has its origin and model in the hope of Abraham, who was blessed abundantly by the promises of God fulfilled in Isaac, and who was purified by the test of the sacrifice.86 "Hoping against hope, he believed, and thus became the father of many nations."87
Chapter 28.—Of the Change of Name in Abraham and Sarah, Who Received the Gift of Fecundity When They Were Incapable of Regeneration Owing to the Barrenness of One, and the Old Age of Both. Now when a promise so great and clear was made to Abraham, in which it was so plainly said to him, “I have made thee a father of many nations, and I will increase thee exceedingly, and I will…
Cross-references
- Ezra 4:20 — There have been mighty kings also over Jerusalem, which have ruled over all countries beyond the river; and toll, tribute, and custom, was paid unto them.
- Gen 17:4 — As for me, behold, my covenant is with thee, and thou shalt be a father of many nations.
- Gen 17:16 — And I will bless her, and give thee a son also of her: yea, I will bless her, and she shall be a mother of nations; kings of people shall be of her.
- Gen 17:16 — And I will bless her, and give thee a son also of her: yea, I will bless her, and she shall be a mother of nations; kings of people shall be of her.
- Gen 17:20 — And as for Ishmael, I have heard thee: Behold, I have blessed him, and will make him fruitful, and will multiply him exceedingly; twelve princes shall he beget, and I will make him a great nation.
- 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
- Gen 26:22 — And he removed from thence, and digged another well; and for that they strove not: and he called the name of it Rehoboth; and he said, For now the LORD hath made room for us, and we shall be fruitful
- Gen 28:4 — And give thee the blessing of Abraham, to thee, and to thy seed with thee; that thou mayest inherit the land wherein thou art a stranger, which God gave unto Abraham.
- Gen 28:13 — And, behold, the LORD stood above it, and said, I am the LORD God of Abraham thy father, and the God of Isaac: the land whereon thou liest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed;
- Gen 35:11 — And God said unto him, I am God Almighty: be fruitful and multiply; a nation and a company of nations shall be of thee, and kings shall come out of thy loins;
- Gen 36:31 — And these are the kings that reigned in the land of Edom, before there reigned any king over the children of Israel.
- Gen 41:52 — And the name of the second called he Ephraim: For God hath caused me to be fruitful in the land of my affliction.
- Lev 26:9 — For I will have respect unto you, and make you fruitful, and multiply you, and establish my covenant with you.
- Matt 1:6 — And Jesse begat David the king; and David the king begat Solomon of her that had been the wife of Urias;