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Genesis 17:6

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17:6I will make you16 extremely17 fruitful. I will make nations of you, and kings will descend from you.18

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Footnotes

  1. 16 This verb starts a series of perfect verbal forms with vav (ו) consecutive to express God’s intentions.
  2. 17 Heb “exceedingly, exceedingly.” The repetition is emphatic.
  3. 18 Heb “and I will make you into nations, and kings will come out from you.”

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

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

NIVNew International Version (2011)

I will make you very fruitful; I will make nations of you, and kings will come from you.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

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

NLTNew Living Translation

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

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

And I will make you exceedingly fruitful. I will make you a nation, and kings shall go out from you.

KJV 1900King James Version

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