Verse 4

As for me, behold, my covenant is with you, and you shall be a father of many nations.

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  • Gen 35:11 : 11 And God said to him, I am God Almighty: be fruitful and multiply; a nation and a company of nations shall be from you, and kings shall come from your body;
  • Gen 12:2 : 2 And I will make of you a great nation, and I will bless you, and make your name great; and you shall be a blessing:
  • Gen 13:16 : 16 And I will make your descendants as the dust of the earth: so that if a man can number the dust of the earth, then your descendants also shall be numbered.
  • Gen 16:10 : 10 And the angel of the LORD said to her, I will multiply your descendants exceedingly, so that they shall not be counted for multitude.
  • Gen 22:17 : 17 That in blessing I will bless you, and in multiplying I will multiply your descendants as the stars of the heavens, and as the sand which is upon the seashore; and your descendants shall possess the gate of their enemies;
  • Gen 25:1-9 : 1 Then again Abraham took a wife, and her name was Keturah. 2 And she bore him Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Midian, Ishbak, and Shuah. 3 And Jokshan begot Sheba and Dedan. And the sons of Dedan were Asshurim, Letushim, and Leummim. 4 And the sons of Midian were Ephah, Epher, Hanoch, Abida, and Eldaah. All these were the children of Keturah. 5 And Abraham gave all that he had to Isaac. 6 But to the sons of the concubines, which Abraham had, Abraham gave gifts and sent them away from his son Isaac, while he yet lived, eastward, to the east country. 7 These are the days of the years of Abraham's life which he lived: a hundred and seventy-five years. 8 Then Abraham gave up the spirit and died in a good old age, an old man and full of years, and was gathered to his people. 9 And his sons Isaac and Ishmael buried him in the cave of Machpelah, in the field of Ephron, the son of Zohar the Hittite, which is before Mamre; 10 The field which Abraham purchased from the sons of Heth. There Abraham was buried, and Sarah his wife. 11 And it came to pass after the death of Abraham, that God blessed his son Isaac, and Isaac dwelt by the well Lahai Roi. 12 Now these are the generations of Ishmael, Abraham's son, whom Hagar the Egyptian, Sarah's handmaid, bore to Abraham: 13 And these are the names of the sons of Ishmael, by their names, according to their generations: the firstborn of Ishmael, Nebajoth; then Kedar, Adbeel, and Mibsam, 14 Mishma, Dumah, and Massa, 15 Hadar, Tema, Jetur, Naphish, and Kedemah. 16 These are the sons of Ishmael, and these are their names, by their towns and by their castles; twelve princes according to their nations. 17 These are the years of the life of Ishmael: a hundred and thirty-seven years. He gave up the spirit and died, and was gathered to his people. 18 And they dwelt from Havilah to Shur, which is before Egypt, as you go toward Assyria; and he died in the presence of all his brothers.
  • Gen 32:12 : 12 And you said, I will surely do you good, and make your descendants as the sand of the sea, which cannot be numbered for multitude.
  • Gen 36:1-9 : 1 Now these are the descendants of Esau, who is Edom. 2 Esau took his wives from the daughters of Canaan: Adah the daughter of Elon the Hittite, and Aholibamah the daughter of Anah, the daughter of Zibeon the Hivite; 3 And Basemath, Ishmael's daughter, sister of Nebajoth. 4 And Adah bore Eliphaz to Esau; and Basemath bore Reuel; 5 And Aholibamah bore Jeush, Jaalam, and Korah: these are the sons of Esau who were born to him in the land of Canaan. 6 And Esau took his wives, his sons, his daughters, all the persons of his house, and his livestock, all his animals, and all his possessions, which he had obtained in the land of Canaan; and he went into another land away from his brother Jacob. 7 For their riches were too great for them to live together; and the land where they were strangers could not support them because of their livestock. 8 Thus Esau dwelt in the mountain of Seir. Esau is Edom. 9 These are the descendants of Esau, the father of the Edomites in the mountain of Seir: 10 These are the names of Esau's sons: Eliphaz the son of Adah, the wife of Esau, and Reuel the son of Basemath, the wife of Esau. 11 The sons of Eliphaz were Teman, Omar, Zepho, Gatam, and Kenaz. 12 And Timna was a concubine to Eliphaz, Esau's son; and she bore Amalek to Eliphaz: these are the sons of Adah, Esau's wife. 13 These are the sons of Reuel: Nahath, Zerah, Shammah, and Mizzah: these are the sons of Basemath, Esau's wife. 14 These are the sons of Aholibamah, the daughter of Anah, the daughter of Zibeon, Esau's wife: and she bore to Esau Jeush, Jaalam, and Korah. 15 These were the chiefs of the sons of Esau: the sons of Eliphaz, the firstborn of Esau: chief Teman, chief Omar, chief Zepho, chief Kenaz, 16 Chief Korah, chief Gatam, and chief Amalek: these are the chiefs that came from Eliphaz in the land of Edom; these are the sons of Adah. 17 These are the sons of Reuel, Esau's son: chief Nahath, chief Zerah, chief Shammah, chief Mizzah: these are the chiefs that came from Reuel in the land of Edom; these are the sons of Basemath, Esau's wife. 18 These are the sons of Aholibamah, Esau's wife: chief Jeush, chief Jaalam, chief Korah: these are the chiefs that came from Aholibamah, the daughter of Anah, Esau's wife. 19 These are the sons of Esau, who is Edom, and these are their chiefs. 20 These are the sons of Seir the Horite, who inhabited the land: Lotan, Shobal, Zibeon, Anah, 21 And Dishon, Ezer, and Dishan: these are the chiefs of the Horites, the children of Seir in the land of Edom. 22 The children of Lotan were Hori and Hemam; Lotan's sister was Timna. 23 The children of Shobal were these: Alvan, Manahath, Ebal, Shepho, and Onam. 24 These are the children of Zibeon: both Ajah and Anah. This is the Anah who found the waters in the wilderness as he shepherded the donkeys of Zibeon his father. 25 The children of Anah were these: Dishon and Aholibamah, the daughter of Anah. 26 These are the children of Dishon: Hemdan, Eshban, Ithran, and Cheran. 27 The children of Ezer are these: Bilhan, Zaavan, and Akan. 28 The children of Dishan are these: Uz and Aran. 29 These are the chiefs that came from the Horites: chief Lotan, chief Shobal, chief Zibeon, chief Anah, 30 Chief Dishon, chief Ezer, chief Dishan: these are the chiefs that came from the Horites, among their chiefs in the land of Seir. 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, and the name of his city was Dinhabah. 33 And Bela died, and Jobab the son of Zerah from Bozrah reigned in his place. 34 And Jobab died, and Husham from the land of the Temanites reigned in his place. 35 And Husham died, and Hadad the son of Bedad, who defeated Midian in the field of Moab, reigned in his place: and the name of his city was Avith. 36 And Hadad died, and Samlah of Masrekah reigned in his place. 37 And Samlah died, and Shaul from Rehoboth by the river reigned in his place. 38 And Shaul died, and Baal-Hanan the son of Achbor reigned in his place. 39 And Baal-Hanan the son of Achbor died, and Hadar reigned in his place, and the name of his city was Pau; and his wife's name was Mehetabel, the daughter of Matred, the daughter of Mezahab. 40 These are the names of the chiefs that came from Esau, according to their families, after their places, by their names: chief Timnah, chief Alvah, chief Jetheth, 41 Chief Aholibamah, chief Elah, chief Pinon, 42 Chief Kenaz, chief Teman, chief Mibzar, 43 Chief Magdiel, chief Iram: these are the chiefs of Edom, according to their settlements in the land of their possession: Esau is the father of the Edomites.
  • Gen 48:19 : 19 And his father refused, and said, I know it, my son, I know it: he also shall become a people, and he also shall be great: but truly his younger brother shall be greater than he, and his descendants shall become a multitude of nations.
  • Num 1:1-9 : 1 And the LORD spoke to Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, in the tent of meeting, on the first day of the second month, in the second year after they came out of the land of Egypt, saying, 2 Take a census of all the congregation of the children of Israel, by their families, by their fathers' houses, according to the number of names, every male, head by head; 3 From twenty years old and above, all who are able to go to war in Israel: you and Aaron shall number them by their armies. 4 And with you there shall be a man from every tribe, each one the head of his fathers' house. 5 And these are the names of the men who shall stand with you: from the tribe of Reuben, Elizur the son of Shedeur. 6 From Simeon; Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai. 7 From Judah; Nahshon the son of Amminadab. 8 From Issachar; Nethaneel the son of Zuar. 9 From Zebulun; Eliab the son of Helon. 10 From the children of Joseph: from Ephraim; Elishama the son of Ammihud: from Manasseh; Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur. 11 From Benjamin; Abidan the son of Gideoni. 12 From Dan; Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai. 13 From Asher; Pagiel the son of Ocran. 14 From Gad; Eliasaph the son of Deuel. 15 From Naphtali; Ahira the son of Enan. 16 These were the renowned of the congregation, leaders of the tribes of their fathers, heads of thousands in Israel. 17 And Moses and Aaron took these men who were named. 18 And they gathered all the congregation together on the first day of the second month, and they declared their lineage by their families, by their fathers' houses, according to the number of names, from twenty years old and above, by head count. 19 As the LORD commanded Moses, so he numbered them in the wilderness of Sinai. 20 And the children of Reuben, Israel's oldest son, by their generations, by their families, by their fathers' houses, according to the number of names, by head count, every male from twenty years old and above, all who were able to go to war; 21 Those who were numbered from them, even from the tribe of Reuben, were forty-six thousand five hundred. 22 From the children of Simeon, by their generations, by their families, by their fathers' houses, those who were numbered from them, according to the number of names, by head count, every male from twenty years old and above, all who were able to go to war; 23 Those who were numbered from them, even from the tribe of Simeon, were fifty-nine thousand three hundred. 24 From the children of Gad, by their generations, by their families, by their fathers' houses, according to the number of names, from twenty years old and above, all who were able to go to war; 25 Those who were numbered from them, even from the tribe of Gad, were forty-five thousand six hundred fifty. 26 From the children of Judah, by their generations, by their families, by their fathers' houses, according to the number of names, from twenty years old and above, all who were able to go to war; 27 Those who were numbered from them, even from the tribe of Judah, were seventy-four thousand six hundred. 28 From the children of Issachar, by their generations, by their families, by their fathers' houses, according to the number of names, from twenty years old and above, all who were able to go to war; 29 Those who were numbered from them, even from the tribe of Issachar, were fifty-four thousand four hundred. 30 From the children of Zebulun, by their generations, by their families, by their fathers' houses, according to the number of names, from twenty years old and above, all who were able to go to war; 31 Those who were numbered from them, even from the tribe of Zebulun, were fifty-seven thousand four hundred. 32 From the children of Joseph, namely, from the children of Ephraim, by their generations, by their families, by their fathers' houses, according to the number of names, from twenty years old and above, all who were able to go to war; 33 Those who were numbered from them, even from the tribe of Ephraim, were forty thousand five hundred. 34 From the children of Manasseh, by their generations, by their families, by their fathers' houses, according to the number of names, from twenty years old and above, all who were able to go to war; 35 Those who were numbered from them, even from the tribe of Manasseh, were thirty-two thousand two hundred. 36 From the children of Benjamin, by their generations, by their families, by their fathers' houses, according to the number of names, from twenty years old and above, all who were able to go to war; 37 Those who were numbered from them, even from the tribe of Benjamin, were thirty-five thousand four hundred. 38 From the children of Dan, by their generations, by their families, by their fathers' houses, according to the number of names, from twenty years old and above, all who were able to go to war; 39 Those who were numbered from them, even from the tribe of Dan, were sixty-two thousand seven hundred. 40 From the children of Asher, by their generations, by their families, by their fathers' houses, according to the number of names, from twenty years old and above, all who were able to go to war; 41 Those who were numbered from them, even from the tribe of Asher, were forty-one thousand five hundred. 42 From the children of Naphtali, throughout their generations, by their families, by their fathers' houses, according to the number of names, from twenty years old and above, all who were able to go to war; 43 Those who were numbered from them, even from the tribe of Naphtali, were fifty-three thousand four hundred. 44 These are those who were numbered, whom Moses and Aaron numbered, along with the leaders of Israel, being twelve men: each one was for the house of his fathers. 45 Thus all those who were numbered of the children of Israel, by their fathers' houses, from twenty years old and above, all who were able to go to war in Israel; 46 All who were numbered were six hundred three thousand five hundred fifty. 47 But the Levites, by their fathers' tribe, were not numbered among them. 48 For the LORD had spoken to Moses, saying, 49 Only you shall not number the tribe of Levi, nor take a census of them among the children of Israel; 50 But you shall appoint the Levites over the tabernacle of testimony, and over all its vessels, and over all things that belong to it: they shall carry the tabernacle, and all its vessels; and they shall minister unto it, and shall encamp around the tabernacle. 51 And when the tabernacle is set out, the Levites shall take it down: and when the tabernacle is to be set up, the Levites shall set it up: and the outsider who comes near shall be put to death. 52 And the children of Israel shall pitch their tents, every man by his own camp, and every man by his own standard, throughout their armies. 53 But the Levites shall encamp around the tabernacle of testimony, so that no wrath may come upon the congregation of the children of Israel: and the Levites shall keep charge of the tabernacle of testimony. 54 And the children of Israel did according to all that the LORD commanded Moses, so they did.
  • Num 26:1-9 : 1 And it came to pass after the plague, that the LORD spoke to Moses and to Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest, saying, 2 Take the sum of all the congregation of the children of Israel, from twenty years old and upward, throughout their fathers' house, all that are able to go to war in Israel. 3 And Moses and Eleazar the priest spoke with them in the plains of Moab by Jordan near Jericho, saying, 4 Take the sum of the people, from twenty years old and upward; as the LORD commanded Moses and the children of Israel, who came out of the land of Egypt. 5 Reuben, the eldest son of Israel: the children of Reuben; Hanoch, of whom comes the family of the Hanochites: of Pallu, the family of the Palluites: 6 Of Hezron, the family of the Hezronites: of Carmi, the family of the Carmites. 7 These are the families of the Reubenites: and those that were numbered of them were forty-three thousand seven hundred and thirty. 8 And the sons of Pallu; Eliab. 9 And the sons of Eliab; Nemuel, and Dathan, and Abiram. This is the Dathan and Abiram, who were famous in the congregation, who strove against Moses and against Aaron in the company of Korah, when they strove against the LORD: 10 And the earth opened its mouth, and swallowed them up together with Korah, when that company died, when the fire devoured two hundred and fifty men: and they became a sign. 11 Yet the children of Korah did not die. 12 The sons of Simeon after their families: of Nemuel, the family of the Nemuelites: of Jamin, the family of the Jaminites: of Jachin, the family of the Jachinites: 13 Of Zerah, the family of the Zarhites: of Shaul, the family of the Shaulites. 14 These are the families of the Simeonites, twenty-two thousand two hundred. 15 The children of Gad after their families: of Zephon, the family of the Zephonites: of Haggi, the family of the Haggites: of Shuni, the family of the Shunites: 16 Of Ozni, the family of the Oznites: of Eri, the family of the Erites: 17 Of Arod, the family of the Arodites: of Areli, the family of the Arelites. 18 These are the families of the children of Gad according to those that were numbered of them, forty thousand five hundred. 19 The sons of Judah were Er and Onan: and Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan. 20 And the sons of Judah after their families were; of Shelah, the family of the Shelanites: of Pharez, the family of the Pharzites: of Zerah, the family of the Zarhites. 21 And the sons of Pharez were; of Hezron, the family of the Hezronites: of Hamul, the family of the Hamulites. 22 These are the families of Judah according to those that were numbered of them, seventy-six thousand five hundred. 23 Of the sons of Issachar after their families: of Tola, the family of the Tolaites: of Pua, the family of the Punites: 24 Of Jashub, the family of the Jashubites: of Shimron, the family of the Shimronites. 25 These are the families of Issachar according to those that were numbered of them, sixty-four thousand three hundred. 26 Of the sons of Zebulun after their families: of Sered, the family of the Sardites: of Elon, the family of the Elonites: of Jahleel, the family of the Jahleelites. 27 These are the families of the Zebulunites according to those that were numbered of them, sixty thousand five hundred. 28 The sons of Joseph after their families were Manasseh and Ephraim. 29 Of the sons of Manasseh: of Machir, the family of the Machirites: and Machir begot Gilead: of Gilead came the family of the Gileadites. 30 These are the sons of Gilead: of Jeezer, the family of the Jeezerites: of Helek, the family of the Helekites: 31 And of Asriel, the family of the Asrielites: and of Shechem, the family of the Shechemites: 32 And of Shemida, the family of the Shemidaites: and of Hepher, the family of the Hepherites. 33 And Zelophehad the son of Hepher had no sons, but daughters: and the names of the daughters of Zelophehad were Mahlah, Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah. 34 These are the families of Manasseh, and those that were numbered of them, fifty-two thousand seven hundred. 35 These are the sons of Ephraim after their families: of Shuthelah, the family of the Shuthalhites: of Becher, the family of the Bachrites: of Tahan, the family of the Tahanites. 36 And these are the sons of Shuthelah: of Eran, the family of the Eranites. 37 These are the families of the sons of Ephraim according to those that were numbered of them, thirty-two thousand five hundred. These are the sons of Joseph after their families. 38 The sons of Benjamin after their families: of Bela, the family of the Belaites: of Ashbel, the family of the Ashbelites: of Ahiram, the family of the Ahiramites: 39 Of Shupham, the family of the Shuphamites: of Hupham, the family of the Huphamites. 40 And the sons of Bela were Ard and Naaman: of Ard, the family of the Ardites: and of Naaman, the family of the Naamites. 41 These are the sons of Benjamin after their families: and those that were numbered of them were forty-five thousand six hundred. 42 These are the sons of Dan after their families: of Shuham, the family of the Shuhamites. These are the families of Dan after their families. 43 All the families of the Shuhamites, according to those that were numbered of them, were sixty-four thousand four hundred. 44 Of the children of Asher after their families: of Jimna, the family of the Jimnites: of Jesui, the family of the Jesuites: of Beriah, the family of the Beriites. 45 Of the sons of Beriah: of Heber, the family of the Heberites: of Malchiel, the family of the Malchielites. 46 And the name of the daughter of Asher was Sarah. 47 These are the families of the sons of Asher according to those that were numbered of them; who were fifty-three thousand four hundred. 48 Of the sons of Naphtali after their families: of Jahzeel, the family of the Jahzeelites: of Guni, the family of the Gunites: 49 Of Jezer, the family of the Jezerites: of Shillem, the family of the Shillemites. 50 These are the families of Naphtali according to their families: and those that were numbered of them were forty-five thousand four hundred. 51 These were the numbered of the children of Israel, six hundred thousand one thousand seven hundred and thirty. 52 And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, 53 Unto these the land shall be divided for an inheritance according to the number of names. 54 To many you shall give the more inheritance, and to few you shall give the less inheritance: to every one shall his inheritance be given according to those that were numbered of him. 55 Notwithstanding the land shall be divided by lot: according to the names of the tribes of their fathers they shall inherit. 56 According to the lot shall the possession thereof be divided between many and few. 57 And these are they that were numbered of the Levites after their families: of Gershon, the family of the Gershonites: of Kohath, the family of the Kohathites: of Merari, the family of the Merarites. 58 These are the families of the Levites: the family of the Libnites, the family of the Hebronites, the family of the Mahlites, the family of the Mushites, the family of the Korathites. And Kohath begot Amram. 59 And the name of Amram's wife was Jochebed, the daughter of Levi, whom her mother bore to Levi in Egypt: and she bore to Amram Aaron and Moses, and Miriam their sister. 60 And to Aaron were born Nadab, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar. 61 And Nadab and Abihu died, when they offered strange fire before the LORD. 62 And those that were numbered of them were twenty-three thousand, all males from a month old and upward: for they were not numbered among the children of Israel, because there was no inheritance given them among the children of Israel. 63 These are they that were numbered by Moses and Eleazar the priest, who numbered the children of Israel in the plains of Moab by Jordan near Jericho. 64 But among these there was not a man of those whom Moses and Aaron the priest numbered, when they numbered the children of Israel in the wilderness of Sinai. 65 For the LORD had said of them, They shall surely die in the wilderness. And there was not left a man of them, except Caleb the son of Jephunneh, and Joshua the son of Nun.
  • Rom 4:11-18 : 11 And he received the sign of circumcision, a seal of the righteousness of the faith which he had while still uncircumcised: that he might be the father of all those who believe, though they be not circumcised; that righteousness might be credited to them also; 12 And the father of circumcision to those who are not of the circumcision only, but who also walk in the steps of that faith of our father Abraham, which he had while still uncircumcised. 13 For the promise that he should be the heir of the world was not to Abraham, or to his descendants, through the law, but through the righteousness of faith. 14 For if those who are of the law are heirs, faith is made void and the promise nullified. 15 Because the law produces wrath; for where there is no law, there is no transgression. 16 Therefore it is of faith, that it might be by grace; to the end that the promise might be sure to all the descendants; not to those only who are of the law, but also to those who are of the faith of Abraham, who is the father of us all, 17 As it is written, I have made you a father of many nations, before him whom he believed, even God, who gives life to the dead, and calls those things which do not exist as though they did. 18 Who against hope believed in hope, that he might become the father of many nations, according to what was spoken, So shall your descendants be.
  • Gal 3:28-29 : 28 There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond nor free, there is neither male nor female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus. 29 And if you are Christ's, then you are Abraham's seed, and heirs according to the promise.