Genesis 17:6
New International Version
I will make you very fruitful; I will make nations of you, and kings will come from you.

New Living Translation
I will make you extremely fruitful. Your descendants will become many nations, and kings will be among them!

English Standard Version
I will make you exceedingly fruitful, and I will make you into nations, and kings shall come from you.

Berean Standard Bible
I will make you exceedingly fruitful; I will make nations of you, and kings will descend from you.

King James Bible
And I will make thee exceeding fruitful, and I will make nations of thee, and kings shall come out of thee.

New King James Version
I will make you exceedingly fruitful; and I will make nations of you, and kings shall come from you.

New American Standard Bible
I will make you exceedingly fruitful, and I will make nations of you, and kings will come from you.

NASB 1995
“I will make you exceedingly fruitful, and I will make nations of you, and kings will come forth from you.

NASB 1977
“And I will make you exceedingly fruitful, and I will make nations of you, and kings shall come forth from you.

Legacy Standard Bible
And I will make you exceedingly fruitful, and I will make nations of you, and kings will go forth from you.

Amplified Bible
I will make you exceedingly fruitful, and I will make nations of you, and kings will come from you.

Christian Standard Bible
I will make you extremely fruitful and will make nations and kings come from you.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
I will make you extremely fruitful and will make nations and kings come from you.

American Standard Version
And I will make thee exceeding fruitful, and I will make nations of thee, and kings shall come out of thee.

Contemporary English Version
I will give you a lot of descendants, and they will become great nations. Some of them will even be kings.

English Revised Version
And I will make thee exceeding fruitful, and I will make nations of thee, and kings shall come out of thee.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
I will give you many descendants. Many nations and kings will come from you.

Good News Translation
I will give you many descendants, and some of them will be kings. You will have so many descendants that they will become nations.

International Standard Version
I'm going to cause you to have many descendants, and I'll bring nations from you. Kings will come from you.

Majority Standard Bible
I will make you exceedingly fruitful; I will make nations of you, and kings will descend from you.

NET Bible
I will make you extremely fruitful. I will make nations of you, and kings will descend from you.

New Heart English Bible
I will make you exceedingly fruitful, and I will make nations of you. Kings will come out of you.

Webster's Bible Translation
And I will make thee exceedingly fruitful, and I will make nations of thee; and kings shall proceed from thee.

World English Bible
I will make you exceedingly fruitful, and I will make nations of you. Kings will come out of you.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
and I have made you exceedingly fruitful, and made you become nations, and kings go out from you.

Young's Literal Translation
and I have made thee exceeding fruitful, and made thee become nations, and kings go out from thee.

Smith's Literal Translation
And I made thee fruitful with might exceedingly, and I gave thee for nations, and kings shall come forth from thee.
Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
And I will make thee increase, exceedingly, and I will make nations of thee, and kings shall come out of thee.

Catholic Public Domain Version
And I will cause you to increase very greatly, and I will set you among the nations, and kings will come forth from you.

New American Bible
I will make you exceedingly fertile; I will make nations of you; kings will stem from you.

New Revised Standard Version
I will make you exceedingly fruitful; and I will make nations of you, and kings shall come from you.
Translations from Aramaic
Lamsa Bible
And I will make you fruitful, and multiply you exceedingly; and I will make you father of many nations, and kings shall come out of your loins.

Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
And I shall establish my covenant between me and you and between your seed after you to their generations for an eternal covenant and I shall be God to you and to your seed after you.
OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
And I will make thee exceeding fruitful, and I will make nations of thee, and kings shall come out of thee.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
And I will increase thee very exceedingly, and I will make nations of thee, and kings shall come out of thee.

Additional Translations ...
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Context
The Renaming of Abraham
5No longer will you be called Abram, but your name will be Abraham, for I have made you a father of many nations. 6I will make you exceedingly fruitful; I will make nations of you, and kings will descend from you. 7I will establish My covenant as an everlasting covenant between Me and you and your descendants after you, to be your God and the God of your descendants after you.…

Cross References
Genesis 35:11
And God told him, “I am God Almighty. Be fruitful and multiply. A nation—even a company of nations—shall come from you, and kings shall descend from you.

Genesis 12:2
I will make you into a great nation, and I will bless you; I will make your name great, so that you will be a blessing.

Genesis 28:3
May God Almighty bless you and make you fruitful and multiply you, so that you may become a company of peoples.

Genesis 48:19
But his father refused. “I know, my son, I know!” he said. “He too shall become a people, and he too shall be great; nevertheless, his younger brother shall be greater than he, and his offspring shall become a multitude of nations.”

Genesis 49:10
The scepter will not depart from Judah, nor the staff from between his feet, until Shiloh comes and the allegiance of the nations is his.

1 Kings 8:25
Therefore now, O LORD, God of Israel, keep for Your servant, my father David, what You promised when You said: ‘You will never fail to have a man to sit before Me on the throne of Israel, if only your descendants guard their way to walk before Me as you have done.’

2 Samuel 7:12-16
And when your days are fulfilled and you rest with your fathers, I will raise up your descendant after you, who will come from your own body, and I will establish his kingdom. / He will build a house for My Name, and I will establish the throne of his kingdom forever. / I will be his Father, and he will be My son. When he does wrong, I will discipline him with the rod of men and with the blows of the sons of men. ...

Psalm 72:8-11
May he rule from sea to sea, and from the Euphrates to the ends of the earth. / May the nomads bow before him, and his enemies lick the dust. / May the kings of Tarshish and distant shores bring tribute; may the kings of Sheba and Seba offer gifts. ...

Psalm 89:3-4
You said, “I have made a covenant with My chosen one, I have sworn to David My servant: / ‘I will establish your offspring forever and build up your throne for all generations.’” Selah

Psalm 89:27-29
I will indeed appoint him as My firstborn, the highest of the kings of the earth. / I will forever preserve My loving devotion for him, and My covenant with him will stand fast. / I will establish his line forever, his throne as long as the heavens endure.

Isaiah 9:6-7
For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given, and the government will be upon His shoulders. And He will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. / Of the increase of His government and peace there will be no end. He will reign on the throne of David and over his kingdom, to establish and sustain it with justice and righteousness from that time and forevermore. The zeal of the LORD of Hosts will accomplish this.

Isaiah 49:23
Kings will be your foster fathers, and their queens your nursing mothers. They will bow to you facedown and lick the dust at your feet. Then you will know that I am the LORD; those who hope in Me will never be put to shame.”

Jeremiah 33:17
For this is what the LORD says: David will never lack a man to sit on the throne of the house of Israel,

Ezekiel 37:24-25
My servant David will be king over them, and there will be one shepherd for all of them. They will follow My ordinances and keep and observe My statutes. / They will live in the land that I gave to My servant Jacob, where your fathers lived. They will live there forever with their children and grandchildren, and My servant David will be their prince forever.

Romans 4:11-12
And he received the sign of circumcision as a seal of the righteousness that he had by faith while he was still uncircumcised. So then, he is the father of all who believe but are not circumcised, in order that righteousness might be credited to them. / And he is also the father of the circumcised who not only are circumcised, but who also walk in the footsteps of the faith that our father Abraham had before he was circumcised.


Treasury of Scripture

And I will make you exceeding fruitful, and I will make nations of you, and kings shall come out of you.

nations.

Genesis 17:4,20
As for me, behold, my covenant is with thee, and thou shalt be a father of many nations…

Genesis 35:11
And God said unto him, I am God Almighty: be fruitful and multiply; a nation and a company of nations shall be of thee, and kings shall come out of thy loins;

kings.

Genesis 17:16
And I will bless her, and give thee a son also of her: yea, I will bless her, and she shall be a mother of nations; kings of people shall be of her.

Genesis 36:31
And these are the kings that reigned in the land of Edom, before there reigned any king over the children of Israel.

Ezra 4:20
There have been mighty kings also over Jerusalem, which have ruled over all countries beyond the river; and toll, tribute, and custom, was paid unto them.

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Genesis 17
1. God renews the covenant with Abram,
5. and changes his name to Abraham, in token of a greater blessing.
9. Circumcision is instituted.
15. Sarai's name is changed to Sarah, and she is blessed.
17. Isaac is promised, and the time of his birth fixed.
23. Abraham and Ishmael are circumcised.














I will make you exceedingly fruitful
This phrase is a divine promise from God to Abram, later named Abraham, signifying a covenantal blessing of abundant progeny and prosperity. The Hebrew root for "fruitful" is "parah," which conveys the idea of bearing fruit, multiplying, and increasing. In the ancient Near Eastern context, fruitfulness was a sign of divine favor and blessing. It was not only about physical descendants but also about the prosperity and success of one's lineage. This promise is foundational to the Abrahamic covenant, emphasizing God's intention to establish a great nation through Abraham, which would ultimately lead to the coming of the Messiah, fulfilling God's redemptive plan for humanity.

I will make nations of you
Here, God expands the promise to include not just a single nation but multiple nations. The Hebrew word for "nations" is "goyim," which often refers to Gentile nations. This indicates that Abraham's influence and legacy would transcend ethnic and geographical boundaries, impacting the entire world. Historically, this has been fulfilled as Abraham is recognized as a patriarch in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. Theologically, this points to the inclusion of all peoples in God's redemptive plan, as seen in the New Testament where believers in Christ, regardless of their ethnic background, are considered children of Abraham by faith (Galatians 3:7-9).

and kings will come from you
The promise of "kings" coming from Abraham speaks to the establishment of a royal lineage. The Hebrew word for "kings" is "melachim," which denotes rulers and leaders. This prophecy finds its fulfillment in the line of David, from whom Jesus Christ, the King of Kings, descends. In the historical context, the emergence of kings from Abraham's lineage, such as David and Solomon, signifies the establishment of a divinely ordained monarchy in Israel. Spiritually, this points to the ultimate reign of Christ, who is the fulfillment of the Davidic covenant and the eternal King in the Kingdom of God. This promise reassures believers of God's sovereign plan and the ultimate victory of His kingdom.

Verse 6. - And I will make thee exceeding fruitful, and I will make nations of thee, - a promise fulfilled in the Ishmaelites, the descendants of Keturah, the Edomites, and the Israelites - and kings (e.g. David and Solomon) shall come out of thee.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
I will make you exceedingly
בִּמְאֹ֣ד (bim·’ōḏ)
Preposition-b | Adverb
Strong's 3966: Vehemence, vehemently, wholly, speedily

fruitful;
וְהִפְרֵתִ֤י (wə·hip̄·rê·ṯî)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singular
Strong's 6509: To bear fruit, be fruitful

I will make
וּנְתַתִּ֖יךָ (ū·nə·ṯat·tî·ḵā)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singular | second person masculine singular
Strong's 5414: To give, put, set

nations [of you],
לְגוֹיִ֑ם (lə·ḡō·w·yim)
Preposition-l | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 1471: A foreign nation, a Gentile, a troop of animals, a flight of locusts

and kings
וּמְלָכִ֖ים (ū·mə·lā·ḵîm)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 4428: A king

will descend
יֵצֵֽאוּ׃ (yê·ṣê·’ū)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's 3318: To go, bring, out, direct and proxim

from you.
מִמְּךָ֥ (mim·mə·ḵā)
Preposition | second person masculine singular
Strong's 4480: A part of, from, out of


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