Gen 17:2
And I will make my covenant between me and thee, and will multiply thee exceedingly.
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As for me, behold, my covenant {is} with thee, and thou shalt be a father of many nations. {many...: Heb. multitude of nations}
And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great; and thou shalt be a blessing:
In the same day the LORD made a covenant with Abram, saying, Unto thy seed have I given this land, from the river of Egypt unto the great river, the river Euphrates:
And I will make thy seed as the dust of the earth: so that if a man can number the dust of the earth, {then} shall thy seed also be numbered.
He hath remembered his covenant for ever, the word {which} he commanded to a thousand generations.
That in blessing I will bless thee, and in multiplying I will multiply thy seed as the stars of the heaven, and as the sand which {is} upon the sea shore; and thy seed shall possess the gate of his enemies; {shore: Heb. lip}
And this I say, {that} the covenant, that was confirmed before of God in Christ, the law, which was four hundred and thirty years after, cannot disannul, that it should make the promise of none effect.
And I, behold, I establish my covenant with you, and with your seed after you;
Which {covenant} he made with Abraham, and his oath unto Isaac;
Who are Israelites; to whom {pertaineth} the adoption, and the glory, and the covenants, and the giving of the law, and the service {of God}, and the promises; {covenants: or, testaments}
Saying, Surely blessing I will bless thee, and multiplying I will multiply thee.
{Even of the covenant} which he made with Abraham, and of his oath unto Isaac;
And the LORD was gracious unto them, and had compassion on them, and had respect unto them, because of his covenant with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and would not destroy them, neither cast he them from his presence as yet. {presence: Heb. face}