Genesis 17:4

Coverdale Bible (1535)

Beholde, It is I, and haue my couenaut with the, and thou shalt be a father of many people.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

אֲנִ֕י הִנֵּ֥ה בְרִיתִ֖י אִתָּ֑ךְ וְהָיִ֕יתָ לְאַ֖ב הֲמ֥וֹן גּוֹיִֽם׃

Transliteration

ʾănî hinnēh bərîtî ʾittāḵ wə-hāyîtā lə-ʾaḇ hămôn gôyîm

Grammar Details

• *ʾănî*: 1st person singular pronoun - I
• *hinnēh*: interjection - behold/look/see
• *bərîtî*: noun feminine singular + 1st person singular suffix - my covenant
• *ʾittāḵ*: preposition + 2nd person masculine singular suffix - with you
• *wə-hāyîtā*: conjunction + qal perfect 2nd person masculine singular - and you will be/become
• *lə-ʾaḇ*: preposition + noun masculine singular construct - for father of
• *hămôn*: noun masculine singular construct - multitude/crowd of
• *gôyîm*: noun masculine plural - nations/peoples/gentiles

Word Meanings

• *hinnēh*: behold/look/see here (drawing attention)
• *hămôn*: multitude/crowd/abundance/noise
• *gôyîm*: nations/peoples/gentiles/non-Israelites

Referenced Verses

• Gen 35:11 : 11 And God sayde vnto him: I am the Allmightie God, be frutefull and multiplye: people and a multitude of people shal come of the, and kynges shall come out of thy loynes:
• Gen 12:2 : 2 And I wil make of the a mightie people, and wyll blesse the, and make the a greate name, yee thou shalt be a very blessynge.
• Gen 13:16 : 16 and wyll make thy sede as the dust of the earth: so that yf a man can nombre the dust of the earth, he shall nombre thy sede also.
• Gen 16:10 : 10 And the angel of the LORDE sayde vnto her: Beholde, I wil so encreace yi sede, that it shall not be nombred for multitude.
• Gen 22:17 : 17 I wyll prospere and multiplye thy sede as the starres of heauen, and as the sonde vpon the see shore. And thy sede shall possesse the gates of his enemies:
• Gen 25:1-9 : 1 Abraham toke another wife called Ketura, 2 which bare him Simram & Iaksan, Medan & Midian, Iesbak and Suah. 3 Iaksan begat Seba and Dedan. The children of Dedan were Assurim, Latusim, and Leumim. 4 The children of Midian were Epha, Epher, Hanoch, Abida and Eldaa. All these are the children of Ketura. 5 And Abraham gaue all his goodes vnto Isaac: 6 As for the children that he had of the concubynes, he gaue them giftes, and (whyle he yet lyued) he sent the awaye from his sonne Isaac, eastwarde in to the east countre. 7 This is the age of Abraham which he lyued: euen an hundreth and fyue and seuentye yeare, 8 and fell sicke and dyed in a good age, whan he was olde, & had lyued ynough and was gathered vnto his people. 9 And his sonnes Isaac and Ismael buried him in the dubble caue in the felde of Ephron the sonne of Zoar the Hethite, which lyeth ouer before Mamre, 10 in the felde that Abraham bought of the Hethites. There was Abraham buried with Sara his wife. 11 And after the death of Abraham God blessed his sonne Isaac. And he dwelt by the well of the lyuynge and seynge. 12 This is the generacion of Ismael Abrahams sonne, whom Agar Saras mayde the Egipcian bare vnto him. 13 And these are the names of Ismaels children, of whom their kynredes are named. The eldest sonne of Ismael, Nebaioth, Cedar, Abdeel, Mibsan, 14 Misma, Duma, Masa, 15 Hadar, Thema, Iethur, Naphis and Kedma. 16 These are the childre of Ismael with their names in their courtes and cities twolue londeprynces. 17 And this is the age of Ismael, euen an hundreth and seuen and thirtie yeare, and he fell sicke and dyed, and was gathered vnto his people. 18 He dwelt from Heuila vnto Sur towarde Egipte, as men go to the Assirians And he dyed in the presence of all his brethren.
• Gen 32:12 : 12 Thou saydest: I wyll do the good, and wyll make thy sede as the sonde of ye see, which can not be nombred for multitude.
• Gen 36:1-9 : 1 This is the generacio of Esau, which is called Edom. 2 Esau toke wyues of the doughters of Canaan. Ada the doughter of Elo the Hethite: & Ahalibama the doughter of Ana, the childes childe of Zibeon the Heuyte: 3 And Basmath Ismaels doughter, the sister of Nebaioth. 4 And Ada bare Eliphas vnto Esau. Basmath bare Reguel. 5 Ahalibama bare Ieus, Iaelam, & Korah. These are the childre of Esau, yt were borne vnto him in the lande of Canaan. 6 And Esau toke his wiues sonnes & doughters, and all the soules of his house, his substaunce, and all the catell with all the goodes that he had gotten in the lande of Canaan, and wente in to a countre awaye fro his brother Iacob: 7 for their substaunce was so greate, that they coude not dwell together: and the londe wherin they were straungers, might not holde them because of their goodes. 8 So Esau dwelt vpon mount Seir. And Esau is Edom. 9 This is ye generacio of Esau, of who are come ye Edomites vpon ye mount Seir. 10 And these are ye names of the childre of Esau: Eliphas ye sonne of Ada Esaus wife: Reguel ye sonne of Basmath Esaus wife: 11 The sonnes of Eliphas were these: Theman, Omar, Zepho, Gaetham & Kenas. 12 And Thimna was a concubyne of Elyphas ye sonne of Esau, and bare him Amaleck. These are ye children of Ada Esaus wyfe. 13 The children of Reguel are these: Nahath Serah, Samma, Misa. These are the children of Basmath Esaus wife. 14 The children of Ahalibama Esaus wife the doughter of Ana, that was the childes childe of Zibeon (which she bare vnto Esau) are these: Ieus, Iaelam and Korah. 15 These are the prynces amoge the childre of Esau. The children of Eliphas the first sonne of Esau, were these: The prynce Theman, ye prynce Omar, the prynce Zepho, the prynce Kenas, 16 the prynce Korah, the prynce Gaethan, the prynce Amaleck. These are the prynces of Eliphas in the lade of Edo, and are the children of Ada. 17 And these are the children of Roguel Esaus sonne: ye prynce Nahath, ye prynce Serah, ye prynce Sama, ye prynce Misa. These are ye prynces of Reguel in ye londe of ye Edomites, & they are ye children of Basmath Esaus wife. 18 These are the children of Ahalibama Esaus wife: The prynce Ieus, ye prince Iaelam, the prynce Korah. These are the prynces of Ahalibama, ye doughter of Ana Esaus wife. 19 These are ye childre of Esau and their princes. He is Edom. 20 The children of Seir ye Horite yt dwelt in the londe, are these: Lothan, Sobal, Zibeon, Ana, 21 Dison, Ezer & Disan. These are the prynces of the Horites, all children of Seir in the londe of Idumea. 22 But ye childre of Lothan were these: Hori, & Hema, & Lothas sister was called Thimna. 23 The children of Sobal were these: Alua, Manahat, Ebal, Sepho & Ona. 24 The childre of Zibeo were: Aia & Ana. This is the same Ana yt foude Mules in ye wyldernes, wha he kepte his fathers Zibeons Asses. 25 The children of Ana were: Dison: & Ahalibama, yt is ye doughter of Ana. 26 The childre of Dison were: Hemdan, Esban, Iethra & Charan. 27 The children of Ezer were: Bilhan, Seana, & Ackan. 28 The children of Disan were: Vz & Aran. 29 These are ye prices of ye Horites: The prince Lothan, ye prynce Sobal, ye prynce Zibeo, ye prynce Ana, 30 ye prynce Dison, ye prince Ezer, ye prynce Disan. These are the prynces of the Horites, which ruled in ye londe of Seir. 31 The kynges that reigned in the londe of Edumea (before the childre of Israel had eny kynge) are these: 32 Bela ye sonne of Beor was kynge in Edumea, & ye name of his cite was Dinhaba. 33 And wha Bela died, Iobab ye sonne of Serah of Bosra was kinge in his steade. 34 When Iobab dyed, Husam out of ye lode of the Themanites was kynge in his steade. 35 Whan Husam dyed, Hadad ye sonne of Bedad) which slewe ye Madianites in ye Moabites felde) was kinge in his steade, & the name of his cite was Auith. 36 Whan Hadad dyed, Samla of Masreck was kinge in his steade. 37 Wha Samla died, Saul of Rehoboth by ye water syde, was kinge in his steade. 38 Whan Saul dyed, Baal Hana the sonne of Achbor was kynge in his steade. 39 Wha Baal Hana the sonne of Achbor dyed, Hadad was kinge in his steade, & the name of his cite was Pagu, & his wifes name was Mehet Abeel, the doughter of Matred, the doughter of Mesahab. 40 Thus are the princes of Esau called in their kynreds, places & names: The prynce Thymna, ye prynce Alua, ye prynce Ietheth, 41 the prynce Ahalibama, the prynce Ela, the prynce Pynon, 42 the prynce Kenas, ye prynce Theman, ye prince Mibzar, 43 the prince Magdiel, ye prynce Ira. These are the prynces in Edumea, like as they dwelt in ye lade of their possessions. And Esau is ye father of ye Edomites.
• Gen 48:19 : 19 Neuertheles his father wolde not, & saide: I knowe it well my sonne, I knowe it well, this shall be a people also, & shalbe greate: but his yonger brother shal be greater the he, & his sede shal be full of people.
• Num 1:1-9 : 1 And the LORDE spake vnto Moses in ye wyldernesse of Sinai, in the Tabernacle of witnesse, the first daye of the secode moneth in the seconde yeare, wha they were gone out of the lade of Egipte, and sayde: 2 Take ye summe of the whole congregacion of the children of Israel, after their kynredes & their fathers houses, with the nombre of the names, all that are males, heade by heade, 3 fro twentye yeare and aboue, as many as are able to go forth in to ye warre in Israel. And ye shal nombre them acordinge to their armyes thou and Aaron, 4 and of euery trybe ye shal take vnto you one captayne ouer his fathers house. 5 These are the names of the captaynes that shal stonde with you. Of Ruben, Elizur the sonne of Sedeur. 6 Of Simeon, Selumiel the sonne of Zuri Sadai. 7 Of Iuda, Nahasson the sonne of Aminadab. 8 Of Isachar, Nathaneel the sonne of Zuar. 9 Of Zabulon, Eliab the sonne of Helon. 10 Amonge the children of Ioseph: Of Ephraim, Elisama ye sonne of Amihud. Of Manasse, Gamaliel the sonne of Pedazur. 11 Of Ben Iamin, Abidam ye sonne of Gedeoni. 12 Of Dan, Ahieser the sonne of Ammi Sadai. 13 Of Asser, Pagiel the sonne of Ochram. 14 Of Gad, Eliasaph ye sonne of Deguel. 15 Of Nephthali, Ahira the sonne of Enan. 16 These are the awncient men of the congregacion, the captaynes amonge the trybes of their fathers, which were heades and prynces in Israel. 17 And Moses & Aaron toke them (like as they are there named by name) 18 and gathered the whole cogregacion together also, ye first daye of the secode moneth, and rekened the after their byrth, acordinge to their kynreds and fathers houses by their names, fro twetye yeare and aboue, heade by heade, 19 as the LORDE commaunded Moses, and nombred them in the wyldernes of Sinai. 20 The children of Ruben Israels first sonne, their kynreds & generacions after their fathers houses, in ye nombre of their names heade by heade, all yt were males, from twentye yeare & aboue, and were able to go forth to the warre, 21 were nombred to the trybe of Ruben, sixe and fourtye thousande, and fyue hundreth. 22 The children of Simeon their kynreds & generacions after their fathers houses in the nombre of the names heade by heade, all that were males from twetye yeare and aboue, and were able to go forth to the warre, 23 were nombred to the trybe of Symeon, nyne and fiftye thousande and thre hundreth. 24 The children of Gad their kynreds and generacions after their fathers houses in ye nombre of the names, from twentye yeare and aboue, all that were able to go forth to the warre, 25 were nombre to the trybe of Gad, fyue and fourtye thousande, sixe hundreth and fiftie. 26 The children of Iuda their kynreds and generacions after their fathers houses in ye nombre of the names, from twentye yeare and aboue, all that were able to go forth to the warre, 27 were nombred to the trybe of Iuda, foure and seuentye thousande, & sixe hundreth. 28 The children of Isachar their kynreds & generacions, after their fathers houses in ye nombre of the names from twentye yeare & aboue, all that were able to go forth to the warre, 29 were nombred to ye trybe of Isachar, foure and fiftye thousande and foure hundreth. 30 The children of Zabulon their kynreds and generacions after their fathers houses in the nombre of the names from twentye yeare & aboue, all that were able to go forth to the warre, 31 were nombred to the trybe of Zabulon, seuen and fiftye thousande and foure hundreth. 32 Iosephs children of Ephraim, their kynreds & generacions after their fathers houses in ye nombre of the names, from twetye yeare and aboue, 33 all yt were able to go forth to ye warre, were nobred to the trybe of Ephraim, fourtye thousande & fyue hundreth. 34 The children of Manasse their kynreds & generacions, after their fathers houses in ye nombre of the names from twentye yeare & aboue, all yt were able to go forth to the warre, 35 were nombred to the trybe of Manasse, two & thirtie thousande & two hundreth. 36 The childre of Ben Iamin their kynreds and generacions, after their fathers houses, in the nombre of the names from twentye yeare & aboue, all that were able to go forth to the warre, 37 were nombred to the trybe of Ben Iamin, fyue and thirtie thousande and foure hundreth. 38 The children of Dan their kynreds and generacions after their fathers houses, in the nombre of the names, 39 from twentye yeares and aboue, all that were able to go forth to the warre, were nombred to the trybe of Dan, two and thre score thousande, and seuen hundreth. 40 The children of Asser their kynreds & generacions, after their fathers houses in the nombre of the names, from twentye yeare & aboue, all yt were able to go forth to ye warre, 41 were nombred to the trybe of Asser, one & fourtye thousande and fyue hundreth. 42 The childre of Nephthali, their kynreds and generacions after their fathers houses in the nombre of the names, from twentye yeare & aboue, all that were able to go forth vnto the warre, 43 were nombred to the trybe of Nephthali, thre and fiftie thousande and foure hundreth. 44 These are they whom Moses and Aaron nombred with ye twolue prynces of Israel, wherof euery one was ouer ye house of their fathers. 45 And the summe of the children of Israel after their fathers houses, from twentye yeare and aboue (what so euer was able to go forth to the warre in Israel) 46 was sixe C. thousande, thre thousande, fyue C. & fiftie. 47 But the Leuites after the trybe of their fathers, were not nombred amonge them. 48 And the LORDE spake vnto Moses, and saide: 49 The trybe of Leui shalt thou not nombre, ner take the summe of them amonge ye children of Israel: 50 but shalt appoynte them to the Habitacion of wytnesse, and to all ye apparell therof, and to all that belongeth therto. And they shall beare the Tabernacle & all the ordinaunce therof, and shal wayte vpon it, and shal pitch their tentes rounde aboute it. 51 And whan men shal go on their iourney, the Leuites shal take downe ye Tabernacle. And whan the hoost pitch their tetes, they shal set vp the Tabernacle. And yf a straunger preasse nye vnto it, he shall dye. 52 The children of Israel shal pitch their tentes, euery one in his awne armye, and by the baner of his awne companye. 53 But the Leuites shall pitch rounde aboute the Tabernacle of wytnesse, that there come no wrath vpon ye congregacion of the children of Israel: therfore shal the Leuites wayte vpon the Habitacion of wytnesse. 54 And the children of Israel dyd all, as the LORDE commaunded Moses.
• Num 26:1-9 : 1 And whan the giltye bloude was shed, the LORDE sayde vnto Moses & vnto Eleasar ye sonne of Aaron ye prest: 2 Take the summe of the whole cogregacion of the childre of Israel from twentye yeare & aboue, after their fathers houses, all yt are able to go forth to the warre in Israel. 3 And Moses & Eleasar the prest spake vnto them (in the felde of the Moabites besyde Iordane ouer against Iericho) 4 namely vnto all the that were twentye yeare olde & aboue, as the LORDE comaunded Moses. And these are ye childre of Israel, that came out of Egipte. 5 Ruben ye first borne sonne of Israel. The childree of Ruben were, Hanoch: of whom cometh ye kynred of the Hanochites. Pallu: of whom cometh the kynred of the Palluites. 6 Hesron: of whom cometh the kynred of the Hesronites. Carmi: of whom cometh ye kynred of the Carmites. 7 These are the kynreds of the Rubenites. And the nombre of the was, thre & fourtye thousande, seuen hundreth & thirtye. 8 But the childre of Pallu were, Eliab. 9 And the children of Eliab were Nemuel, and Dathan and Abiram. This is yt Dathan & Abira, those famous men in the congregacion, which stode vp agaynst Moses and Aaron in the copany of Corah, whan they rose vp agaynst the LORDE, 10 & the earth opened hir mouth, and swalowed the wt Corah, wha the copany dyed, what tyme as the fyre consumed two hundreth & fiftye men, & they became a toke. 11 But the children of Corah dyed not. 12 The childre of Simeon in their kynreds were, Nemuel: of who cometh the kynred of ye Nemuelites. Iamin: of whom cometh ye kynred of ye Iaminites. Iachin: of who cometh the kynred of the Iachinites. 13 Sera: of whom cometh ye kynred of the Sarahites. Saul: of whom commeth the kynred of the Saulites. 14 These are the kynreds of the Simeonites, two & xx.M. & two hundreth. 15 The childre of Gad in their kynreds were Zephon: of whom cometh ye kynred of ye Zephonites. Haggi: of whom cometh the kynred of ye Haggites. Suni: of whom cometh ye kynred of ye Sunites. 16 Aseni: of whom commeth ye kynred of the Asenites. Eri: of who cometh the kynred of the Erinites. 17 Arod: of whom cometh the kynred of the Arodites. Ariel: of whom cometh ye kynred of ye Arielites. 18 These are the children of Gad, in their nombre fourtye thousande and fyue C. 19 The children of Iuda, Er & Onan, which both dyed in the lade of Canaan. 20 But ye children of Iuda in their kyndreds, were, Sela: of whom cometh the kynred of the Selanites. Phares: of whom cometh the kynred of the Pharesites. Serah: of whom cometh ye kynred of ye Serahites. 21 The childre of Phares, were Hesron: of whom commeth the kynred of the Hesronites. Hamul: of whom cometh the kynred of the Hamulites. 22 These are the kynreds of Iuda, in their nombre, sixe and seuentye thousande and fyue hundreth. 23 The children of Isachar in their kynreds were, Thola: of whom commeth the kynred of the Tholaites. Phuua: of whom cometh ye kynred of the Phuuaites. 24 Iasub: of who commeth the kynred of the Iasubites. Simron: of whom cometh the kynred of ye Simronites. 25 These are the kynreds of Isachar, in nombre, foure and thre score thousande, & thre hundreth. 26 The children of Zabulon in their kynreds were, Sered, of whom cometh the kynred of ye Seredites. Elon: of whom cometh ye kynred of ye Elonites. Iahelel: of whom cometh the kynred of the Iahelites. 27 These are ye kynreds of Zabulon, in their nobre, thre score thousande, and fyue hundreth. 28 The children of Ioseph in their kynreds were, Manasses & Ephraim. 29 The childre of Manasse were, Machir: of whom commeth the kynred of the Machirites. And Machir begat Gilead: of whom cometh ye kynred of ye Gileadites. 30 And these are ye childre of Gilead, Hieser: of whom cometh the kynred of ye Hieserites. Helech: of whom cometh ye kynred of the Helechites. 31 Asriel: of whom commeth the kynred of the Asrielites. Siche: of whom cometh the kynred of ye Sichemites. 32 Simida: of who cometh ye kynred of ye Simidites. Hepher: of whom cometh ye kynred of ye Hepherites. 33 And Zelaphead was ye sonne of Hepher, & had no sonnes, but doughters, whose names were: Mahela, Noa, Hagla, Milca and Thyrza. 34 These are the kynreds of Manasse, in their nombre, two and fiftye thousande and seuen hundreth. 35 The childre of Ephraim in their kynreds were, Suthelah: of whom cometh ye kynred of the Suthelahites. Becher: of whom cometh ye kynred of the Becherites. Thahan: of whom cometh the kynred of the Thahanites. 36 The childre of Suthelah were, Eran: of whom cometh ye kynred of ye Eranites. 37 These are ye kynreds of the childre of Ephraim, in their nombre, two and thirtie thousande and fyue hundreth. These are the childre of Ioseph in their kynreds. 38 The childre of Ben Iamin in their kynreds were, Bela: of whom cometh ye kynred of the Belaites. A?bel: of whom cometh ye kynred of the A?belites. Ahiram: of whom cometh the kynred of the Ahiramites. 39 Supham: of whom cometh the kynred of the Suphamites. Hupham: of whom commeth the kynred of the Huphamites. 40 And the childre of Bela were, Ard & Naeman: of whom commeth the kynred of the Aroites & Naemanites. 41 These are the children of Ben Iamin in their kynreds, in nombre, fyue & fourtye thousande and sixe hundreth. 42 The childre of Dan in their kynreds were, Suham: of whom cometh the childre of ye Suhamites. These are ye kynreds of Dan in their generacions, 43 & they were all together in nombre, foure and thre score thousande & foure hundreth. 44 The childre of Asser in their kynreds were, Iemna: of whom cometh the kynred of the Iemnites. Iesui: of whom commeth the kynred of the Iesuites. Bria: of whom cometh the kynred of the Bryites. 45 And ye childre of Bria, were Heber: of whom commeth the kynred of the Hebrites. Melchiel: of who commeth the kynred of the Melchielites. 46 And the doughter of Asser was called Sarah. 47 These are the kynreds of the children of Asser, in their nombre, thre and fiftye thousande and foure hundreth. 48 The childre of Nephtali in their kynreds were, Iaheziel: of whom cometh the kynred of the Iahezielites Guni: of whom cometh ye kynred of ye Gunites. 49 Iezer: of whom cometh ye kynred of the Iezerites. Sillem: of who cometh ye kynred of ye Sillemites. 50 These are ye kynreds of the childre of Nephtali in their generacions, in their nombre, fyue & fourtye thousande and foure hundreth. 51 This is the summe of the children of Israel: sixe hundreth thousande, a thousande seuen hundreth and thirtye. 52 And ye LORDE spake vnto Moses, & sayde: 53 Vnto these shalt thou deuyde the lode to enheritaunce, acordinge to the nombre of ye names. 54 To many shalt thou geue the more enheritaunce, and to few the lesse, vnto euery one shall be geue acordinge to their nombre: 55 yet shall the londe be deuyded by lott. Acordinge to ye names of the trybes of their fathers shal they enheret it: 56 for after the lot shalt thou deuyde their enheritaunce, both betwixte many and fewe. 57 And this is the summe of the Leuites in their kynreds. Gerson: of whom cometh the kynred of the Gersonites. Rahath: of who cometh the kynred of the Rahathites. Merari: of whom cometh ye kynred of ye Merarites. 58 These are ye kynreds of Leui, the kynred of ye Libnites, ye kynred of ye Hebronites, ye kynred of the Mahelites, ye kynred of the Musites, the kynred of the Corahites. Rahath begat Amram. 59 And Amrams wife was called Iochebed a doughter of Leui, which was borne him in Egipte: And vnto Amram she bare Aaron & Moses, & Miriam their sister. 60 And vnto Aaron were borne Nadab, Abihu. Eleasar & Ithamar. 61 As for Nadab & Abihu, they dyed, whan they offred straunge fyre before ye LORDE. 62 And the summe of the was thre & twentye thousande, all males fro fyue monethes & aboue. For they were not nombred amoge the childre of Israel, for there was no enheritaunce geuen the amonge the children of Israel. 63 This is ye summe of ye childre of Israel, who Moses & Eleasar the prest nombred in the felde of the Moabites besyde Iordane ouer agaynst Iericho: 64 Amonge whom there was not one of the summe of those children of Israel, whom Moses & Aaron the prest nombred in the wildernesse of Sinai. 65 For ye LORDE sayde vnto the, yt they shulde dye in the wildernesse. And there was not one of them lefte, saue Caleb the sonne of Iephune and Iosua the sonne of Nun.
• Rom 4:11-18 : 11 As for the toke of circucision he receaued it for a seale off the righteousnes off faith, which he had yet in ye vncircusion, yt he shulde be a father of all the yt beleue, beinge in ye vncircucisio, yt it might be couted vnto the also for righteousnes: 12 & that he might be a father of circumcision, not onely of the that are of ye circumcision, but of them also that walke in the fotesteppes of the faith, which was in the vncircumcision of oure father Abraham. 13 For the promes (that he shulde be ye heyre of the worlde) was not made vnto Abraham or to his sede thorow the lawe, but thorow the righteousnes of faith. 14 For yf they which are of the lawe be heyres, the is faith vayne, and the promes of none effecte, 15 for so moch as the lawe causeth but wrath. For where the lawe is not, there is also no transgression. 16 Therfore was the promes made thorow fayth, that it myght come off fauoure, wherby the promesse myghte be made sure vnto all the sede: not onely vnto him which is off the lawe, but also vnto him that is of the faith of Abraha which is the father of vs all. 17 As it is wrytten: I haue made the a father of many Heythe before God, whom thou hast beleued: which quyckeneth the deed, and calleth it which is not, that it maye be. 18 And he beleued vpo hope, where nothinge was to hope, that he shulde be a father of many Heythen. Acordinge as it was sayde vnto him:
• Gal 3:28-29 : 28 Here is nether Iewe ner Greke: here is nether bode ner fre: here is nether man ner woman, for ye are all one in Christ Iesu. 29 Yf ye be Christes, the are ye Abrahas sede and heyres acordynge to the promes.