I will make my covenant between me and you, and will multiply you exceedingly.”
Parallel translations
- KJV And I will make my covenant between me and thee, and will multiply thee exceedingly.
- BSB I will establish My covenant between Me and you, and I will multiply you exceedingly.”
- NKJV And I will make My covenant between Me and you, and will multiply you exceedingly.”
- NASB “I will make My covenant between Me and you, And I will multiply you exceedingly.”
- NLT I will make a covenant with you, by which I will guarantee to give you countless descendants.”
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- Gen 17:4–6“As for me, behold, my covenant is with you. You will be the father of a multitude of nations.
- Gen 12:2I will make of you a great nation. I will bless you and make your name great. You will be a blessing.
- Gen 15:18In that day Yahweh made a covenant with Abram, saying, “I have given this land to your offspring, from the river of Egypt to the great river, the river Euphrates:
- Ps 105:8–11He has remembered his covenant forever, the word which he commanded to a thousand generations,
- Gen 13:16I will make your offspring as the dust of the earth, so that if a man can count the dust of the earth, then your offspring may also be counted.
- Gen 22:17that I will bless you greatly, and I will multiply your offspring greatly like the stars of the heavens, and like the sand which is on the seashore. Your offspring will possess the gate of his enemies.
- Gal 3:17–18Now I say this. A covenant confirmed beforehand by God in Christ, the law, which came four hundred thirty years after, does not annul, so as to make the promise of no effect.
- Gen 9:9“As for me, behold, I establish my covenant with you, and with your offspring after you,
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