Genesis 17:6

World English Bible (2000)

I will make you exceedingly fruitful, and I will make nations of you. Kings will come out of you.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְהִפְרֵתִ֤י אֹֽתְךָ֙ בִּמְאֹ֣ד מְאֹ֔ד וּנְתַתִּ֖יךָ לְגוֹיִ֑ם וּמְלָכִ֖ים מִמְּךָ֥ יֵצֵֽאוּ׃

Transliteration

wə-hip̄rētî ʾōtəḵā bi-məʾōḏ məʾōḏ û-nətattîḵā lə-gôyîm û-məlāḵîm mimməḵā yēṣēʾû

Grammar Details

• *wə-hip̄rētî*: conjunction + hiphil perfect 1st person singular - and I will make fruitful
• *ʾōtəḵā*: direct object marker + 2nd person masculine singular suffix - you
• *bi-məʾōḏ*: preposition + noun - in abundance/exceedingly
• *məʾōḏ*: noun - very much/exceedingly (repetition for emphasis)
• *û-nətattîḵā*: conjunction + qal perfect 1st person singular + 2nd person masculine singular suffix - and I will make you
• *lə-gôyîm*: preposition + noun masculine plural - into nations
• *û-məlāḵîm*: conjunction + noun masculine plural - and kings
• *mimməḵā*: preposition + 2nd person masculine singular suffix - from you
• *yēṣēʾû*: qal imperfect 3rd person masculine plural - they will come out/go forth

Word Meanings

• *hip̄rētî*: make fruitful/make productive/cause to be fertile
• *nətattîḵā*: give you/set you/establish you
• *yēṣēʾû*: come out/go forth/proceed/emerge

Referenced Verses

• Gen 35:11 : 11 God 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 17:16 : 16 I 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."
• Gen 17:20 : 20 As 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 17:4 : 4 "As for me, behold, my covenant is with you. You will be the father of a multitude of nations.
• Gen 36:31-43 : 31 These are the kings who reigned in the land of Edom, before any king reigned over the children of Israel. 32 Bela, the son of Beor, reigned in Edom. The name of his city was Dinhabah. 33 Bela died, and Jobab, the son of Zerah of Bozrah, reigned in his place. 34 Jobab died, and Husham of the land of the Temanites reigned in his place. 35 Husham died, and Hadad, the son of Bedad, who struck Midian in the field of Moab, reigned in his place. The name of his city was Avith. 36 Hadad died, and Samlah of Masrekah reigned in his place. 37 Samlah died, and Shaul of Rehoboth by the river, reigned in his place. 38 Shaul died, and Baal Hanan, the son of Achbor reigned in his place. 39 Baal Hanan the son of Achbor died, and Hadar reigned in his place. The name of his city was Pau. His wife's name was Mehetabel, the daughter of Matred, the daughter of Mezahab. 40 These are the names of the chiefs who came from Esau, according to their families, after their places, and by their names: chief Timna, chief Alvah, chief Jetheth, 41 chief Oholibamah, chief Elah, chief Pinon, 42 chief Kenaz, chief Teman, chief Mibzar, 43 chief Magdiel, and chief Iram. These are the chiefs of Edom, according to their habitations in the land of their possession. This is Esau, the father of the Edomites.
• Ezra 4:20 : 20 There have been mighty kings also over Jerusalem, who have ruled over all [the country] beyond the River; and tribute, custom, and toll, was paid to them.
• Matt 1:6-9 : 6 Jesse became the father of King David. David became the father of Solomon by her who had been the wife of Uriah. 7 Solomon became the father of Rehoboam. Rehoboam became the father of Abijah. Abijah became the father of Asa. 8 Asa became the father of Jehoshaphat. Jehoshaphat became the father of Joram. Joram became the father of Uzziah. 9 Uzziah became the father of Jotham. Jotham became the father of Ahaz. Ahaz became the father of Hezekiah. 10 Hezekiah became the father of Manasseh. Manasseh became the father of Amon. Amon became the father of Josiah. 11 Josiah became the father of Jechoniah and his brothers, at the time of the exile to Babylon. 12 After the exile to Babylon, Jechoniah became the father of Shealtiel. Shealtiel became the father of Zerubbabel. 13 Zerubbabel became the father of Abiud. Abiud became the father of Eliakim. Eliakim became the father of Azor. 14 Azor became the father of Sadoc. Sadoc became the father of Achim. Achim became the father of Eliud. 15 Eliud became the father of Eleazar. Eleazar became the father of Matthan. Matthan became the father of Jacob. 16 Jacob became the father of Joseph, the husband of Mary, from whom was born Jesus, who is called Christ. 17 So all the generations from Abraham to David are fourteen generations; from David to the exile to Babylon fourteen generations; and from the carrying away to Babylon to the Christ, fourteen generations.