Genesis 17:4

Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

I am beholde my testamet is with the that thou shalt be a father of many natios.

📖 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 God allmightie growe and multiplye: for people and a multitude of people shall sprynge of the yee ad kynges shall come out of they loynes.
• Gen 12:2 : 2 And I wyll make of the a myghtie people and wyll blesse the and make thy name grete that thou mayst be a blessinge.
• Gen 13:16 : 16 And I wyll make thy seed as the dust of the erth: so that yf a ma can nombre the dust of the erth than shall thy seed also be nombred.
• Gen 16:10 : 10 And the angell of ye LORde sayde vnto her: I will so encrease thy seed that it shall not be numbred for multitude.
• Gen 22:17 : 17 that I will blesse th and multiplye thy seed as the starres of heaven and as the sonde vpo the seesyde. And thy seed shall possesse the gates of hys enymies.
• Gen 25:1-9 : 1 Abraha toke hi another wyfe cald Ketura 2 which bare hi Sunram Iacksam Medan Midia Iesback and Suah. 3 And Iacksan begat Seba and Deda. And the sonnes of sedan were Assurim Letusim and Leumim. 4 And the sonnes of Midian were Epha Epher Hanoch Abida and Elda. All these were the childern of Bethura. 5 But Abraha gaue all that he had vnto Isaac. 6 And vnto the sonnes of his concubines he haue giftes and sent them awaye from Isaac his sonne (while he yet lyved) east ward vnto the east contre. 7 These are the dayes of the life of Abraha which he lyved: an hudred and.lxxv. yer 8 and than fell seke ad dyed in a lustie age (whe he had lyved ynough) ad was put vnto his people. 9 And his sonnes Isaac ad Ismael buried hi in the duble caue in the feld of Ephro sone of Zoar the Hethite before Mamre. 10 Which felde abraha boughte of the sonnes of Heth: There was Abraha buried and Sara hys wife. 11 And after yt deeth of Abraha God blessed Isaac his sonne which dweld by the well of the lyvige and seig 12 These are the generatios of Ismael Abrahas sonne which Hagar the Egiptia Saras hand mayde bare vnto Abraham. 13 And these are the names of the sones of Ismaell with their names in their kireddes. The eldest sone of Ismael Neuatoth the Redar Adbeel Mibsa 14 Misma Duma Masa 15 Hadar Thema Ietur Naphis and Redma. 16 These are the sones of Ismael and these are their names in their townes and castels.xij. princes of natios. 17 And these are the yeres of the lyfe of Ismael: an hudred and.xxxvij yere and than he fell seke and dyed and was layde vnto his people. 18 And he dweld from Euila vnto Sur yt is before Egypte as men go toward the Assirias. And he dyed in the presence of all his brethren.
• Gen 32:12 : 12 Thou saydest that thou woldest surely do me good and woldest make mi seed as the sonde of the see which can not be nombred for multitude.
• Gen 36:1-9 : 1 These are the generations of Esau which is called Edo. 2 Esau toke his wyues of the doughters of Canaan Ada the doughter of Elon an Hethite and Ahalibama the doughter of Ana which Ana was the sonne of Zibeon an heuyt 3 And Basmath Ismaels doughter and sister of Nebaioth. 4 And Ada bare vnto Esau Eliphas: and Basmath bare Reguel: 5 And Ahalibama bare Ieus Iaelam and Rorah. These are the sonnes of Esau which were borne him in the lande of Canaan. 6 And Esau toke his wyues his sonnes and doughters and all the soules of his house: his goodes and all his catell and all his substance which he had gott in the land of Canaan ad went in to a countre awaye from his brother Iacob: 7 for their ryches was so moch that they coude not dwell together and that the land where in they were straungers coude not receaue the: because of their catell. 8 Thus dwelt Esau in moute Seir which Esau is called Edo 9 These are the generations of Esau father of the Edomytes in mounte Seir 10 and these are the names of Esaus sonnes: Eliphas the sonne of Ada the wife of Esau ad Reguel the sonne of Basmath the wife of Esau also. 11 And the sonnes of Eliphas were. Theman Omar Zepho Gactham and kenas. 12 And thimna was concubyne to Eliphas Esaus sonne and bare vnto Eliphas Amalech. And these be the sonnes of Ada Esaus wyfe. 13 And these are the sonnes of Reguel: Nahath Serah Samma and Misa: these were the sonnes of Basmath Esaus wyfe. 14 And these were the sonnes of Ahalibama Esaus wyfe the doughter of Ana sonne of Zebeo which she bare vnto Esau: Ieus Iealam and Korah. 15 These were dukes of the sonnes of Esau. The childern of Eliphas the first sone of Esau were these: duke Theman duke Omar duke Zepho duke Kenas 16 duke Korah duke Gaetham and duke Amalech: these are ye dukes that came of Eliphas in the lande of Edom ad these were the sonnes of Ada. 17 These were the childern of Requel. Esaus sonne: duke Nahath duke Serah duke Samma duke Misa. These are the dukes that came of Reguel in the lande of Edom ad these were the sonnes of Basmath Esaus wyfe. 18 These were the childern of Ahalibama Esaus wife: duke Ieus duke Iaelam duke Korah these dukes came of Ahalibama ye doughter of Ana Esaus wife. 19 These are the childern of Esau and these are the dukes of them: which Esau is called Edom: 20 These are the childern of Seir the Horite the in habitoure of the lande: Lothan Sobal Zibeon Ana 21 Dison Eser and Disan. These are the dukes of ye horites the childern of Seir in the lande of Edom. 22 And the childern of Lothan were: Hori and Hemam. And Lothans sister was called Thimna. 23 The childern of Sobal were these: Alvan Manahath Ebal Sepho and Onam. 24 These were the childern of Zibeo. Aia and ana this was yt Ana yt foude ye mules in ye wildernes as he fed his father Zibeons asses. 25 The childern of Ana were these. Dison and Ahalibama ye doughter of Ana. 26 These are the childern of Dison. Hemdan Esban Iethran and Chera. 27 The childern of Ezer were these Bilhan Seavan and Akan. 28 The childern of Disan were: Vzand Aran. 29 These are the dukes that came of Hori: duke Lothan duke Sobal duke Zibeo duke Ana 30 duke Dison duke Ezer duke Disan. These be the dukes that came of Hory in their dukedos in the land of Seir. 31 These are the kynges that reigned in the lande of Edom before there reigned any kynge amonge the childern of Israel. 32 Bela the sonne of Beor reigned in Edomea and the name of his cyte was Dinhaba. 33 And when Bela dyed Iobab the sonne of Serah out of Bezara reigned in his steade. 34 When Iobab was dead Husam of the lande of Themany reigned in his steade. 35 And after the deth of Husam Hadad the sonne of Bedad which stewe the Madianytes in the feld of the Moabytes reigned in his steade and the name of his cyte was Avith. 36 Whe Hadad was dead Samla of Masteka reigned in his steade. 37 Whe Samla was dead Saul of the ryver Rehoboth reigned in his steade. 38 When Saul was dead Baalhanan the sonne of Achbor reigned in his steade. 39 And after the deth of Baal Hanan the sonne of Achbor Hadad reigned in his steade and the name of his cyte was Pagu. And his wifes name Mehetabeel the doughter of matred the doughter of Mesaab. 40 These are the names of the dukes that came of Esau in their kynreddds places and names: Duke Thimma duke Alua duke Ietheth 41 duke Ahalibama duke Ela duke Pino 42 duke Kenas duke Theman duke Mibzar 43 duke Magdiel duke Iram. These be the dukes of Edomea in their habitations in the lande of their possessions. This Esau is the father of the Edomytes.
• Gen 48:19 : 19 And his father wold not but sayde: I knowe it well my sonne I knowe it well. He shalbe also a people ad shalbe great. But of a troth his yonger brother shalbe greatter than he and his seed shall be full of people.
• Num 1:1-9 : 1 ¶ And the Lorde spake vnto Moses in the wildernesse of Sinai in the tabernacle of witnesse the fyrst daye of the seconde moneth ad in the seconde yere after they were come out of ye londe of Egipte sayenge: 2 take ye the summe of al the multitude of the childern of Israel in their kynredes and housholdes of their fathers and numbre the by name all that are males polle by polle 3 fro.xx. yere and aboue: euen all yt are able to goo forthe in to warre in Israell thou and Aaro shall nubre the in their armies 4 and with you shalbe of euery trybe a heed man in the house of his father. 5 And these are the names of ye me yt shall stode with you: in Rube Elizur ye sonne of Sedeur: 6 In Simeo Selumiel ye sonne of Suri Sadai: 7 In ye trybe of Iuda Nahesson ye sonne of Aminadab: 8 In Isachar Nathaneel ye sonne of Zuar: 9 In Sebulo Eliab ye sonne of Helo. 10 Amoge ye childern of Ioseph: In Ephrai Elisama ye sonne of Amihud: In Manasse Gamaliel ye sone of Pedazur: 11 In Be Iamin Abidan the sonne of Gedeoni: 12 In Dan Ahieser the sonne of Ammi Sadai: 13 In Asser Pagiel the sonne of Ochran: 14 In Gad Eliasaph the sone of Deguel: 15 In Naphtaly Ahira the sonne of Enan. 16 These were councelers of the congregacion and LORdes in the trybes of their fathers and captaynes ouer thousandes in Israel. 17 And Moses and Aaron toke these men aboue named 18 and gathered all the congregacion together the fyrst daye of the seconde moneth and rekened them after their byrth and kinredes and houses of their fathers by name fro.xx. yere and aboue hed by hed: 19 as the Lorde comaunded Moses eue so he numbred them in ye wildernesse of Sinai. 20 And the childern of Ruben Israels eldest sonne in their generacions kynredes ad houses of their fathers whe they were numbred euery man by name all that were males fro xx. yere and aboue as many as were able to goo forth in warre: 21 were numbred in the trybe off Ruben xlvi. thousande and fyue hundred. 22 Among the childern of Simeon: their generacion in their kynredes and housses of their fathers (when euery mans name was tolde) of all the males from.xx. yeres and aboue whatsoeuer was mete for the warre: 23 were numbred in the trybe of Simeon.lix. thousande and.iij. hundred. 24 Amonge the childern of Gad: their generacion in their kynredes and housholdes of their fathers when thei were tolde by name fro xx. yere and aboue all that were mete for the warre: 25 were numbred in the tribe of Gad.xlv. thousande sixe hundred and fyftie. 26 Amonge the childern of Iuda: their generacion in their kinredes and housses of their fathers (by the numbre of names) from.xx. yere and aboue all that were able to warre 27 were tolde in the trybe of Iuda.lxxiiij. thousande and sixe hundred. 28 Amonge the childern of Isachar: their generacion in their kinredes and houses of their fathers (when their names were counted) from.xx. yere ad aboue what soeuer was apte for warre: 29 were numbred in ye trybe of Isachar.liiij. thousande and.iiij. hundred. 30 Among the childern of Sebulon: their generacion in their kynredes and houses of their fathers (after the numbre of names) from xx. yere and aboue whosoeuer was mete for the warre: 31 were counted in ye trybe of Sebulo lvij. thousande and.iiij. hundred. 32 Amonge the childern of Ioseph: fyrst amoge the childern of Ephraim: their generacion in their kynredes and housses of theyre fathers (when the names of all that were apte to the warre were tolde) from.xx. yeres and aboue: 33 were in numbre in the trybe off Ephraim xl. thousande and syxe hundred. 34 Amonge the childern of Manasse: their generacion in their kynredes and houses of their fathers (when the names of all yt were apte to warre 35 were tolde) from.xx. and aboue were numbred in the tribe of Manasse.xxxij thousand and two hundred. 36 Amonge the childern of Ben Iamin: their generacion in their kynredes and housses of their fathers (by the tale of names) from twentye yere and aboue of all that were mete for warre 37 were numbred in the trybe off Ben Iamin.xxxv. thousande and.iiij. hundred. 38 Amonge the childern of Dan: their generacion in theyr kynreddes and housses off theyr fathers (in the summe of names) off all that was apte to warre 39 from twentye yere and aboue were numbred in the trybe of Dan.lxij. thousande and.vij. hundred. 40 Amonge the childern of Aser: their generacyon in their kynredes and houses of their fathers (when thei were summed by name) from.xx. yeres and aboue all that were apte to warre 41 were numbred in the tribe of Aser.xli. thousande and.v. hundred. 42 Amoge the childern of Nepthali: their generacion in their kynredes and housses of their fathere (when their names were tolde) from xx. yeres ad aboue what soeuer was mete to warre: 43 were numbred in the trybe of Nephtali.liij. thousande and.iiij. hundred. 44 These are the numbres which Moses ad Aaro numbred with ye.xij. princes of Israel: of euery housse of their fathers a man. 45 And all the numbres of the childern of Israel in the housses of their fathers from twentye yere and aboue what soeuer was mete for the warre in Israell 46 drewe vnto the summe of syxe hundred thousande fyue hundred and.l. 47 But the leuites in the tribe off their fathers were not numbred amonge them. 48 And the Lorde spake vnto Moses sayenge: 49 only se that thou numbre not the trybe of Leui nether take the summe of them amonge the childern of Israel. 50 But thou shalt appoynte the leuites vnto the habitacio of witnesse and to all the apparell thereof and vnto all that longeth thereto. For they shall bere the tabernacle and all the ordinaunce thereof and they shall ministre it and shall pitche their tentes rounde aboute it. 51 And when the tabernacle goeth forth the leuites shall take it doune: and when the tabernacle is pitched they shall sett it vpp: for yf any straunger come nere he shall dye. 52 And the childern of Israel shall pitch their tentes euery man in his owne companye and euery ma by his awne standert thorow out all their hostes. 53 But the leuites shall pitche rounde aboute the habitacion of witnesse that there fall no wrath vpon the congregacion of the childre of Israel and the leuites shall wayte apon the habitacion of witnesse. 54 And the childern of Israel dyd acordinge to all that the Lord commaunded Moses.
• Num 26:1-9 : 1 And after the plage ye Lorde spake vnto Moses and vnto Eleazer sayenge: 2 take the number of all the multitude of the childern of Israel from.xx. yere ad aboue thorow out their fathers housses all that are able to goo to warre in Israel. 3 And Moses and Eleazer the preast tolde them in the feldes of Moab by Iordane fast by Iericho 4 from xx. yere and aboue as the Lorde commaunded Moses. And the childern of Israel that came out of Egipte were. 5 Ruben the eldest sonne of Israel. The childern of Ruben were Hanoch of whome cometh the kynred of the Hanochites: and of Palu cometh the kynred of the Paluites: 6 And of Hesron cometh the kynred of the Hesronites: and of Carmi cometh the kynred of the Carmites. 7 These are the kynredes of the Rubenites which were in numbre.xliij. thousande. vij. hudred an.xxx. 8 And the sonnes of Palu were Eliab. 9 And the sonnes of Eliab were: Nemuel Dathan and Abiram. This is that Dathan and Abiram councelers in the cogregacion which stroue agest Moses and Aaron in the companye of Corah when they stroue agenst the Lorde. 10 And the erth opened hir mouth ad swalowed the and Corah also when the multitude dyed what tyme the fyre consumed.ij. hundred and fiftie men and they became a signe: 11 Notwithstondynge the childern of Corah dyed not. 12 And the childern of Simeon in their kynredes were: Nemuel of whom cometh ye kynred of the Nemuelites: Iamin of whom cometh the kynred of the Iaminytes: Iachin of whom cometh the kynred of the Iachinites: 13 Serah of whome cometh the kynred of the Serahites: Saul of whom cometh the kynred of the Saulites. 14 These are the kynredes of the Simeonites: in numbre. xxij. thousande and.ij. hundred. 15 And the childern of Gad in their kynredes were: Zephon of whom cometh the kynred of the Zephonites: and of Haggi cometh the kynred of the Haggites: and of Suni cometh the kynred of the Sunites: 16 and of Aseni cometh the kynred of the Asenites: and of Eri cometh the kynred of the Erites: 17 and of Arod cometh the kynred of the Arodites: and of Ariel cometh the kynred of the Arielites. 18 These are the kynredes of the children of Gad in numbre.xl. thousande and.v. hundred. 19 The childern of Iuda: Er and Ona whiche dyed in the londe of Canaan. 20 But the childern of Iuda in their kynred were: Sela of whom cometh the kynred of the Selamites: and of Phares cometh the kynred of ye Pharesites: and of Serah cometh the kynred of the Serahites. 21 And the childern of Phares were Hesron of whom cometh the kynred of the Hesronites: and of Hamul cometh ye kynred of the Hamulites. 22 These are the kynredes of Iuda in numbre.lxxvi. thousande and.v. hundred. 23 And the childern of Isachar in their kyndes were: Tola of who cometh ye kynred of the Tolaites: and Phuva of who cometh ye kinred of the Phuuaites: 24 and of Iasub cometh the kynred of the Iasubites: and of Symron cometh the kynred of the Simronites. 25 These are ye kynredes of Isachar in numbre.lxiiij thousande and.iij. hundred. 26 The childern of Zabulon in their kynredes were: Sered of whom cometh the kynred of the Seredites: and Elon of whom cometh the kynred of the Elonites: and of Iaheliel cometh the kynred of the Iehalclites. 27 These are the kynredes of Zabulon: in numbre.lx. thousand and.v. hundred. 28 The childern of Ioseph in their kinredes were: Manasse ad Ephraim. 29 The childern of Manasse: Machir of whom cometh the kynred of the Machirites. And Machir begat Gilcad of whom cometh the kinred off the Gileadites. 30 And these are the childern of Gilead: Hieser of whom cometh the kynred of the Hieserites: and of Helech cometh the kynred of the Helechites: 31 and of Asriel ye kinred of the Asrielites: and of Sichem cometh the kinred of the Sichimites: 32 and of Simida cometh the kinred of the Simidites: and of Hepher cometh the kinred of the Hepherites. 33 And Zelaphead the sonne of Hepher had no sonnes but doughters And ye names of ye doughters of Zelaphead were: Mahela Noa Hagla Milcha ad Thirza. 34 These are the kinredes of Manasse in numbre lij. thousande and seuen hundred. 35 These are the childern of Ephraim in their kinredes: Suthelah of whom cometh the kinred of the Suthelahites: and Becher of whom cometh the kinred of the Becherites: and of Thaha cometh the kynred of the Thahanites. 36 And these are the childern of Suthelah: Eran of whom cometh the kynred of the Eranites. 37 These are the kynredes of the childern of Ephraim in numbre.xxxij. thousande and v. hundred. And these are the childern of Ioseph in their kinredes. 38 These are the childern of Ben Iamin in their kinredes: Bela of whom cometh the kinred of the Belaites: and of Asbel cometh the kinred of the Asbelites: and of Ahiram the kinred of the Ahiramites: 39 and of Supha the kinred of the Suphamites: and of Hupham the kinred of the Suphamites. 40 And the childern of Bela were Ard and Naama fro whence come the kinredes of the Ardites and of the Naamites. 41 These are the childern of Ben Iamin in their kinreddes and in numbre.xlv. thousande and syxe hundred. 42 These are the childern of Dan in their kynreddes: Suham of whom cometh the kynred of the Suhamites. These are the kynreddes of Dan in their generacyons. 43 And all the kynreddes of the Suhamites were in numbre.lxiiij. thousand ad iiij. hundred. 44 The childern of Asser in their kynredes were: Iemna of whom cometh the kynred of the Iemnites: ad Isui of whom cometh the kinred of the Isuites: and of Bria cometh the kinred of the Briites. 45 And the childern of bria were Heber of whom cometh ye kynred of the Heberites: and of Malchiel came the kynred of the Malchielites. 46 And ye doughter of Asser was called Sarah. 47 These are the kinredes of Asser in numbre.liij. thousande and.iiij. hundred. 48 The childern of Nephtali in their kynreddes were: Iaheziel of whom came the kynred of the Iahezielites: and Gimi of whom came the kynred of the Gimites: 49 and of Iezer came the kynred of the Iezerites: and of Silem the kynred of the Silemites. 50 These are the kinredes of Naphtali in their generacios in numbre.xlv. thousande and.iiij. hundred. 51 These are the numbres of the childern of Israel: sixe hundred thousande and a thousande vij. hundred and.xxx. 52 And the Lorde spake vnto Moses sayenge: 53 vnto these the londe shalbe deuyded to enherett acordinge to the numbre of names: 54 to many thou shalt geue ye moare enheritaunce and to fewe ye lesse: to euery tribe shall ye enheritauce be geue acordinge to ye numbre therof. 55 Notwithstondinge ye londe shalbe deuyded by lott and acordinge to ye names of ye tribes of their fathers thei shall enherett: 56 and acordinge to their lott thou shalt deuyde their lond both to the many and to the fewe. 57 These are the summes of ye leuites in their kinredes: of Gerson came the kynred of ye Gersonites: and of Cahath came the kinred of the Cahathites: and of Merari came the kinred of the Merarites. 58 These are the kinredes of Leui: the kinred of the Libnites the kynred of the Hebronites the kynred of the Mahelites the kynred of the Musites the kynred of the Karahites. Kahath begate Amra 59 and Amrams wife was called Iochebed a doughter of leui which was borne him in Egipte. And she bare vnto Amram Aaron Moses and Mir Iam their syster. 60 And vnto Aaron were borne Nadab Abihu Eleazer and Ithamar. 61 But Nadab and Abihu dyed as they offered straunge fyre before the Lorde. 62 And the numbre of them was.xxiij. thousande of all the males from a moneth olde and aboue For they were not numbred amonge ye children of Israel because there was no enheritaunce geuen them amonge the childern off Israel. 63 These are the numbres of the childern of Israel which Moses and Eleazer the preast numbred in the feldes of Moab fast by Iordane nye to Iericho. 64 And amonge these there was not a man of the numbre of the children of Israel which Moses and Aaron tolde in the wildernesse of Sinai. 65 For the Lorde sayed vnto them that they shulde dye in ye wildernesse and that there shulde not be lefte a man of them: saue Caleb the sonne of Iephune and Iosua the sonne of Nun.
• Rom 4:11-18 : 11 And he receaved the signe of circumcision as a seale of yt rightewesnes which is by fayth which fayth he had yet beynge vncircucised: that he shuld be the father of all them that beleve though they be not circumcised that rightewesnes myght be imputed to them also: 12 and that he myght be the father of the circumcised not because they are circumcised only: but because they walke also in the steppes of that fayth yt was in oure father Abraham before the tyme of circumcision. 13 For the promes that he shuld be the heyre of the worlde was not geven to Abraha or to his seed thorow the lawe: but thorow ye rightewesnes which cometh of fayth. 14 For yf they which are of the lawe be heyres then is fayth but vayne and the promes of none effecte. 15 Because the lawe causeth wrathe. For where no lawe is there is no trasgression. 16 Therfore by fayth is the inheritauce geven that it myght come of faveour: and the promes myght be sure to all the seed. Not to them only which are of the lawe: but also to them which are of the fayth of Abraham which is the father of vs all. 17 As it is wrytten: I have made the a father to many nacions even before god whom thou hast beleved which quyckeneth the deed and called those thinges which be not as though they were. 18 Which Abraham contrary to hope beleved in hope that he shuld be the father of many nacions accordynge to that which was spoken:
• Gal 3:28-29 : 28 Now is ther no Iewe nether getyle: ther is nether bonde ner fre: ther is nether man ner woman: but ye are all one thinge in Christ Iesu. 29 Yf ye be Christes then are ye Abrahams seed and heyres by promes.