Parallel Verses

Bible in Basic English

As for me, my agreement is made with you, and you will be the father of nations without end.

New American Standard Bible

“As for Me, behold, My covenant is with you,
And you will be the father of a multitude of nations.

King James Version

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

Holman Bible

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

International Standard Version

"Look, I've made a covenant with you. You will be the father of many nations.

A Conservative Version

As for me, behold, my covenant is with thee, and thou shall be the father of a multitude of nations.

American Standard Version

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

Amplified


“As for Me, behold, My covenant is with you,
And [as a result] you shall be the father of many nations.

Darby Translation

It is I: behold, my covenant is with thee, and thou shalt be a father of a multitude of nations.

Julia Smith Translation

I, behold my covenant with thee, thou being father of a multitude of nations.

King James 2000

As for me, behold, my covenant is with you, and you shall be a father of many nations.

Lexham Expanded Bible

"[As for] me, behold, my covenant [shall be] with you, and you shall be the father of a multitude of nations.

Modern King James verseion

As for Me, behold! My covenant is with you, and you shall be a father of many nations.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

"I am. Behold, my covenant is with thee, that thou shalt be a father of many nations.

NET Bible

"As for me, this is my covenant with you: You will be the father of a multitude of nations.

New Heart English Bible

"As for me, behold, my covenant is with you. You will be the father of a multitude of nations.

The Emphasized Bible

As for me, lo! my covenant is with thee, - So shalt thou become - father of a multitude of nations;

Webster

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

World English Bible

"As for me, behold, my covenant is with you. You will be the father of a multitude of nations.

Youngs Literal Translation

I -- lo, My covenant is with thee, and thou hast become father of a multitude of nations;

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
As for me
אני 
'aniy 
I, me, which, for I, mine
Usage: 873

בּרית 
B@riyth 
Usage: 284

is with thee, and thou shalt be a father
H1
אב 
'ab 
Usage: 1214

of many
המן המון 
Hamown 
Usage: 83

References

Context Readings

Abram And Circumcision, The Sign Of The Covenant

3 And Abram went down on his face on the earth, and the Lord God went on talking with him, and said, 4 As for me, my agreement is made with you, and you will be the father of nations without end. 5 No longer will your name be Abram, but Abraham, for I have made you the father of a number of nations.


Cross References

Genesis 35:11

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;

Genesis 12:2

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

Genesis 13:16

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.

Genesis 16:10

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

Genesis 22:17

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;

Genesis 25:1-18

And Abraham took another wife named Keturah.

Genesis 32:12

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.

Genesis 36:1-43

Now these are the generations of Esau, that is to say, Edom.

Genesis 48:19

But his father would not, saying, I am doing it on purpose, my son; he will certainly become a nation and a great one; but his younger brother will be greater than he, and his seed will become a great family of nations.

Numbers 1:1-54

And the Lord said to Moses in the waste land of Sinai, in the Tent of meeting, on the first day of the second month, in the second year after they came out of the land of Egypt,

Numbers 26:1-65

Now after the disease was over, the Lord said to Moses and Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest,

Romans 4:11-18

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;

Galatians 3:28-29

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

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