As for me, behold, my covenant is with thee, and thou shalt be a father of many nations.
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsAs for me, behold, my covenant is with thee, and thou shalt be the father of a multitude of nations.
“As for Me, this is My covenant with you: You will be the father of many nations.
`I--lo, My covenant is with thee, and thou hast become father of a multitude of nations;
It is I: behold, my covenant is with thee, and thou shalt be a father of a multitude of nations.
About this book
Old Testament▾
About this book
Old TestamentGenesis — The book of beginnings. Creation, fall, flood, covenant, election, providence — eleven generational seams stitch one unbroken story from heaven-and-earth to a coffin in Egypt.
- Author
- Moses — by traditional attribution; the book is the first of the Pentateuch
- Date
- Composed c. 15th–13th century BC; draws on older patriarchal sources (the toledoth framework is internal)