Genesis 17:4

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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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A father

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

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.

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

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.

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

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.’”

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.

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.

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