I will make you exceedingly fruitful, and I will make nations of you. Kings will come out of you.
Parallel translations
- KJV And I will make thee exceeding fruitful, and I will make nations of thee, and kings shall come out of thee.
- BSB I will make you exceedingly fruitful; I will make nations of you, and kings will descend from you.
- NKJV I will make you exceedingly fruitful; and I will make nations of you, and kings shall come from you.
- NASB I will make you exceedingly fruitful, and I will make nations of you, and kings will come from you.
- NLT I will make you extremely fruitful. Your descendants will become many nations, and kings will be among them!
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Cross-references · 7
- Gen 17:4“As for me, behold, my covenant is with you. You will be the father of a multitude of nations.
- Matt 1:6–17Jesse became the father of King David. David became the father of Solomon by her who had been Uriah’s wife.
- Gen 35:11God said to him, “I am God Almighty. Be fruitful and multiply. A nation and a company of nations will be from you, and kings will come out of your body.
- Gen 17:16I will bless her, and moreover I will give you a son by her. Yes, I will bless her, and she will be a mother of nations. Kings of peoples will come from her.”
- Ezra 4:20There have also been mighty kings over Jerusalem, who have ruled over all the country beyond the River; and tribute, custom, and toll, was paid to them.
- Gen 17:20As for Ishmael, I have heard you. Behold, I have blessed him, and will make him fruitful, and will multiply him exceedingly. He will become the father of twelve princes, and I will make him a great nation.
- Gen 36:31–43These are the kings who reigned in the land of Edom, before any king reigned over the children of Israel.
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