Genesis 17:2

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

Then I will confirm my covenant between me and you, and I will give you a multitude of descendants.”

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  • Gen 12:2 : 2 Then I will make you into a great nation, and I will bless you, and I will make your name great, so that you will exemplify divine blessing.
  • Gen 13:16 : 16 And I will make your descendants like the dust of the earth, so that if anyone is able to count the dust of the earth, then your descendants also can be counted.
  • Gen 15:18 : 18 That day the LORD made a covenant with Abram:“To your descendants I give this land, from the river of Egypt to the great river, the Euphrates River–
  • Gen 17:4-6 : 4 “As for me, this is my covenant with you: You will be the father of a multitude of nations. 5 No longer will your name be Abram. Instead, your name will be Abraham because I will make you the father of a multitude of nations. 6 I will make you extremely fruitful. I will make nations of you, and kings will descend from you.
  • Gen 22:17 : 17 I will indeed bless you, and I will greatly multiply your descendants so that they will be as countless as the stars in the sky or the grains of sand on the seashore. Your descendants will take possession of the strongholds of their enemies.
  • Ps 105:8-9 : 8 He always remembers his covenantal decree, the promise he made to a thousand generations– 9 the promise he made to Abraham, the promise he made by oath to Isaac! 10 He gave it to Jacob as a decree, to Israel as a lasting promise, 11 saying,“To you I will give the land of Canaan as the portion of your inheritance.”
  • Gal 3:17-18 : 17 What I am saying is this: The law that came four hundred thirty years later does not cancel a covenant previously ratified by God, so as to invalidate the promise. 18 For if the inheritance is based on the law, it is no longer based on the promise, but God graciously gave it to Abraham through the promise.
  • Gen 9:9 : 9 “Look! I now confirm my covenant with you and your descendants after you

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Gen 17:3-10
    8 verses
    84%

    3Abram bowed down with his face to the ground, and God said to him,

    4“As for me, this is my covenant with you: You will be the father of a multitude of nations.

    5No longer will your name be Abram. Instead, your name will be Abraham because I will make you the father of a multitude of nations.

    6I will make you extremely fruitful. I will make nations of you, and kings will descend from you.

    7I will confirm my covenant as a perpetual covenant between me and you. It will extend to your descendants after you throughout their generations. I will be your God and the God of your descendants after you.

    8I will give the whole land of Canaan– the land where you are now residing– to you and your descendants after you as a permanent possession. I will be their God.”

    9Then God said to Abraham,“As for you, you must keep the covenantal requirement I am imposing on you and your descendants after you throughout their generations.

    10This is my requirement that you and your descendants after you must keep: Every male among you must be circumcised.

  • Heb 6:14
    82%

    14saying,“Surely I will bless you greatly and multiply your descendants abundantly.”

  • Gen 12:1-3
    3 verses
    81%

    1The Obedience of Abram Now the LORD said to Abram,“Go out from your country, your relatives, and your father’s household to the land that I will show you.

    2Then I will make you into a great nation, and I will bless you, and I will make your name great, so that you will exemplify divine blessing.

    3I will bless those who bless you, but the one who treats you lightly I must curse, so that all the families of the earth may receive blessing through you.”

  • Gen 17:19-21
    3 verses
    80%

    19God said,“No, Sarah your wife is going to bear you a son, and you will name him Isaac. I will confirm my covenant with him as a perpetual covenant for his descendants after him.

    20As for Ishmael, I have heard you. I will indeed bless him, make him fruitful, and give him a multitude of descendants. He will become the father of twelve princes; I will make him into a great nation.

    21But I will establish my covenant with Isaac, whom Sarah will bear to you at this set time next year.”

  • Gen 22:16-18
    3 verses
    79%

    16and said,“‘I solemnly swear by my own name,’ decrees the LORD,‘that because you have done this and have not withheld your son, your only son,

    17I will indeed bless you, and I will greatly multiply your descendants so that they will be as countless as the stars in the sky or the grains of sand on the seashore. Your descendants will take possession of the strongholds of their enemies.

    18Because you have obeyed me, all the nations of the earth will pronounce blessings on one another using the name of your descendants.’”

  • Gen 28:3-4
    2 verses
    78%

    3May the Sovereign God bless you! May he make you fruitful and give you a multitude of descendants! Then you will become a large nation.

    4May he give you and your descendants the blessing he gave to Abraham so that you may possess the land God gave to Abraham, the land where you have been living as a temporary resident.”

  • Gen 17:1
    78%

    1The Sign of the Covenant When Abram was 99 years old, the LORD appeared to him and said,“I am the Sovereign God. Walk before me and be blameless.

  • Gen 26:3-4
    2 verses
    78%

    3Stay in this land. Then I will be with you and will bless you, for I will give all these lands to you and to your descendants, and I will fulfill the solemn promise I made to your father Abraham.

    4I will multiply your descendants so they will be as numerous as the stars in the sky, and I will give them all these lands. All the nations of the earth will pronounce blessings on one another using the name of your descendants.

  • Lev 26:9
    77%

    9I will turn to you, make you fruitful, multiply you, and maintain my covenant with you.

  • Gen 13:16-17
    2 verses
    76%

    16And I will make your descendants like the dust of the earth, so that if anyone is able to count the dust of the earth, then your descendants also can be counted.

    17Get up and walk throughout the land, for I will give it to you.”

  • Gen 35:11-12
    2 verses
    76%

    11Then God said to him,“I am the Sovereign God. Be fruitful and multiply! A nation– even a company of nations– will descend from you; kings will be among your descendants!

    12The land I gave to Abraham and Isaac I will give to you. To your descendants I will also give this land.”

  • Gen 32:12
    76%

    12But you said,‘I will certainly make you prosper and will make your descendants like the sand on the seashore, too numerous to count.’”

  • Gen 17:16
    75%

    16I will bless her and will give you a son through her. I will bless her and she will become a mother of nations. Kings of countries will come from her!”

  • Gen 48:4
    75%

    4He said to me,‘I am going to make you fruitful and will multiply you. I will make you into a group of nations, and I will give this land to your descendants as an everlasting possession.’

  • Gen 18:18
    75%

    18After all, Abraham will surely become a great and powerful nation, and all the nations on the earth may receive blessing through him.

  • Gen 16:10
    75%

    10I will greatly multiply your descendants,” the LORD’s angel added,“so that they will be too numerous to count.”

  • Deut 1:10-11
    2 verses
    74%

    10The LORD your God has increased your population to the point that you are now as numerous as the very stars of the sky.

    11Indeed, may the LORD, the God of your ancestors, make you a thousand times more numerous than you are now, blessing you just as he said he would!

  • Gen 26:24
    74%

    24The LORD appeared to him that night and said,“I am the God of your father Abraham. Do not be afraid, for I am with you. I will bless you and multiply your descendants for the sake of my servant Abraham.”

  • Ezek 16:62
    73%

    62I will establish my covenant with you, and then you will know that I am the LORD.

  • Deut 7:13
    73%

    13He will love and bless you, and make you numerous. He will bless you with many children, with the produce of your soil, your grain, your new wine, your oil, the offspring of your oxen, and the young of your flocks in the land which he promised your ancestors to give you.

  • Gen 15:1
    73%

    1The Cutting of the Covenant After these things the LORD’s message came to Abram in a vision:“Fear not, Abram! I am your shield and the one who will reward you in great abundance.”