Genesis 17:4

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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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A father

And I will make of you a great nation, blessing you and making your name great; and you will be a blessing:

And I will make your children like the dust of the earth, so that if the dust of the earth may be numbered, then will your children be numbered.

And the angel of the Lord said, Your seed will be greatly increased so that it may not be numbered.

That I will certainly give you my blessing, and your seed will be increased like the stars of heaven and the sand by the seaside; your seed will take the land of those who are against them;

And Abraham took another wife named Keturah.

And you said, Truly, I will be good to you, and make your seed like the sand of the sea which may not be numbered.

And God said to him, I am God, the Ruler of all: be fertile, and have increase; a nation, truly a group of nations, will come from you, and kings will be your offspring;

And he was given the sign of circumcision as a witness of the faith which he had before he underwent circumcision: so that he might be the father of all those who have faith, though they have not circumcision, and so that righteousness might be put to their account;

There is no Jew or Greek, servant or free, male or female: because you are all one in Jesus Christ.