Genesis 17:4
As for me, behold, my covenant is with thee, and thou shalt
be a father of many nations.
a. NLT: “This is my covenant with
you: I will make you the father of a multitude of nations!
b. NIV: “As for me, this is my
covenant with you: You will be the father of many nations.
c. YLT: 'I -- lo, My covenant is with
thee, and thou hast become father of a multitude of nations;
d. Amplified Bible: As
for Me, behold, My covenant (solemn pledge) is with you, and you shall be the
father of many nations.
e. Septuagint: And I, behold! my
covenant [is] with thee, and thou shalt be a father of a multitude of nations.
f. Stone Edition
Torah/Writings/Prophets: “As for Me, this is My covenant with you, and I will
increase you most exceedingly.”
1. “As for me, behold, my covenant is with thee…”
a. as for me [589 * ‘aniy]
[Strong: I:--I, (as for) me, mine, myself, we, X which, X who.] [Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon: I (first
pers. sing. - usually used for emphasis)]
b. covenant [1285 * beryith] [Strong: a compact (because made by passing
between pieces of flesh):--confederacy, (con-)feder(-ate), covenant, league.]
2. “…and thou shalt
be a father of many nations.”
a. father [1 * ‘ab] [Strong: a primitive word; father, in a literal and
immediate, or figurative and remote application):--chief, (fore-)father(-less),
X patrimony, principal. Compare names in "Abi-".]
[Brown-Driver-Briggs: father of an individual, of God as father of his people
head or founder of a household, group, family, or clan, ancestor,
grandfather, forefathers — of person, of people, originator or patron of a
class, profession, or art, of producer, generator (fig.), of benevolence and
protection (fig.), term of respect and honour, ruler or chief (spec.)]
b. many [1995 * hamown] [Strong: a noise, tumult, crowd; also
disquietude, wealth:--abundance, company, many, multitude, multiply, noise,
riches, rumbling, sounding, store, tumult.]
c. nations [1471 * gowy] [Strong: rarely (shortened) goy {go'-ee};
apparently from the same root as 1465 (in the sense of massing); a
foreign nation; hence, a Gentile; also (figuratively) a troop of animals, or a
flight of locusts:--Gentile, heathen, nation, people.]
1). This passage cannot be studied accurately unless certain verses of
Romans 4 are also included. Although it is not mentioned in the Genesis
passage, faith was powerfully at work in the spirit world, God’s faith and
Abrahams’s faith. In Genesis 17:5 we will go deeper into comparing Romans 4 and
this passage.
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