Genesis 17:4

“As for Me, My covenant is with you: you will become the father of many nations.

Genesis 35:11

God also said to him:

I am God Almighty.
Be fruitful and multiply.
A nation, indeed an assembly of nations,
will come from you,
and kings will descend from you.

Genesis 12:2

I will make you into a great nation,
I will bless you,
I will make your name great,
and you will be a blessing.

Genesis 13:16

I will make your offspring like the dust of the earth, so that if anyone could count the dust of the earth, then your offspring could be counted.

Genesis 16:10

The Angel of the Lord also said to her, “I will greatly multiply your offspring, and they will be too many to count.”

Genesis 22:17

I will indeed bless you and make your offspring as numerous as the stars of the sky and the sand on the seashore. Your offspring will possess the gates of their enemies.

Genesis 25:1-18

Now Abraham had taken another wife, whose name was Keturah,

Genesis 32:12

You have said, ‘I will cause you to prosper, and I will make your offspring like the sand of the sea, which cannot be counted.’”

Genesis 36:1-43

These are the family records of Esau (that is, Edom).

But his father refused and said, “I know, my son, I know! He too will become a tribe, and he too will be great; nevertheless, his younger brother will be greater than he, and his offspring will become a populous nation.”

Numbers 1:1-54

The Lord spoke to Moses in the tent of meeting in the Wilderness of Sinai, on the first day of the second month of the second year after Israel’s departure from the land of Egypt:

Numbers 26:1-65

After the plague, the Lord said to Moses and Eleazar son of Aaron the priest,

Romans 4:11-18

And he received the sign of circumcision as a seal of the righteousness that he had by faith while still uncircumcised. This was to make him the father of all who believe but are not circumcised, so that righteousness may be credited to them also.

Galatians 3:28-29

There is no Jew or Greek, slave or free, male or female; for you are all one in Christ Jesus.

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Summary

Genesis 17:4

As for me, behold, my covenant is with thee, and thou shalt be a father of many nations.

A father

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