Genesis 17:6
in Genesis 17I will make you exceedingly fruitful; I will make nations of you, and kings will descend from you.
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ASV
And I will make thee exceeding fruitful, and I will make nations of thee, and kings shall come out of thee.
KJV
And I will make thee exceeding fruitful, and I will make nations of thee, and kings shall come out of thee.
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This verse in Genesis 17
Commentary
3 notes on this verseThis site's exposition
kings will descend from you
on Genesis 17:6-7
Kings are promised to a man who has one son by a servant and no child by his wife. Sarah receives the same promise in verse 16. Matthew opens his gospel by tracing that line from Abraham through David to Jesus Christ. God calls this covenant everlasting here and again in verses 8, 13 and 19.
The record, by era
The Church Fathers1 voice
Hence, the Stoic philosophers drew their doctrine as if from a source, saying that all things belong to the wise. For the East and the West, the North and the South are parts of the universe. The whole world is enclosed in them. When God promised Abraham that He would give him these things, what else does He declare but that He will provide everything to the wise and faithful, leaving nothing lacking? Thus, Solomon also says in Proverbs: the whole world of riches belongs to the faithful.
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
And I will make thee exceeding fruitful,....
The words behind it
9 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְהִפְרֵתִ֤י | vehifreti | and I will make fruitful | H6509 → | 29 times |
| אֹֽתְךָ֙ | ʾotekha | <obj.> you | H853 → | 10935 times |
| בִּמְאֹ֣ד | bimod | with muchness | H3966 → | 300 times |
| מְאֹ֔ד | meod | muchness | H3966 → | 300 times |
| וּנְתַתִּ֖יךָ | unetatikha | and I will make you | H5414 → | 2011 times |
| לְגוֹיִ֑ם | legoyim | into nations | H1471 → | 561 times |
| וּמְלָכִ֖ים | umelakhim | and kings | H4428 → | 2525 times |
| מִמְּךָ֥ | mimekha | from you | H4480 → | 1188 times |
| יֵצֵֽאוּ׃ | yetzeu | they will come out | H3318 → | 1067 times |
וְהִפְרֵתִ֤יand I will make fruitful
vehifretiH6509 →29 times
אֹֽתְךָ֙<obj.> you
ʾotekhaH853 →10935 times
בִּמְאֹ֣דwith muchness
bimodH3966 →300 times
מְאֹ֔דmuchness
meodH3966 →300 times
וּנְתַתִּ֖יךָand I will make you
unetatikhaH5414 →2011 times
לְגוֹיִ֑םinto nations
legoyimH1471 →561 times
וּמְלָכִ֖יםand kings
umelakhimH4428 →2525 times
מִמְּךָ֥from you
mimekhaH4480 →1188 times
יֵצֵֽאוּ׃they will come out
yetzeuH3318 →1067 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Genesis 17:4“As for Me, this is My covenant with you: You will be the father of many nations.
it leads to
- Genesis 35:11
And God told him, “I am God Almighty. Be fruitful and multiply. A nation—even a company of nations—shall come from you, and kings shall descend from you.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Romans 4:11–18
And he received the sign of circumcision as a seal of the righteousness that he had by faith while he was still uncircumcised. So then, he is the father of all who believe but…
- Genesis 35:11
Through
Genesis 35:11And God told him, “I am God Almighty. Be fruitful and multiply. A nation—even a company of nations—shall come from you, and kings shall descend from you.
it leads to
- Genesis 17:1
When Abram was ninety-nine years old, the LORD appeared to him and said, “I am God Almighty. Walk before Me and be blameless.
- Genesis 9:1
And God blessed Noah and his sons and said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth.
- Genesis 22:17
I will surely bless you, and I will multiply your descendants like the stars in the sky and the sand on the seashore. Your descendants will possess the gates of their enemies.
- Exodus 6:3
I appeared to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob as God Almighty, but by My name the LORD I did not make Myself known to them.
- Genesis 17:5–7
No longer will you be called Abram, but your name will be Abraham, for I have made you a father of many nations.
- Genesis 17:1
Through
Ezra 4:20And mighty kings have ruled over Jerusalem and exercised authority over the whole region west of the Euphrates; and tribute, duty, and toll were paid to them.
it leads to
- 1 Kings 4:21
And Solomon reigned over all the kingdoms from the Euphrates to the land of the Philistines, as far as the border of Egypt. These kingdoms offered tribute and served Solomon all the days of…
- 1 Kings 4:21
Where this verse is studied
On this page
Studies6
About Genesis
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Ambrose of Milan, On Abraham; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.