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I will blessוּבֵרַכְתִּיher,אֹתָהּand alsoוְגַםI will giveנָתַתִּיyouלְךָa sonבֵּןby her;מִמֶּנָּהI will bless her,וּבֵרַכְתִּיהָand she will becomeוְהָיְתָהnations;לְגוֹיִםkingsמַלְכֵיof peoplesעַמִּיםwill comeיִהְיוּfrom her.”מִמֶּנָּה
Genesis 17:16
Study it in the app“I will bless her, and also I will give you a son by her; I will bless her, and she will become nations; kings of peoples will come from her.””
With the Hebrew beneath
Genesis 17:16, word by word
- I will blessבֵרַכְתִּיverachti
bless
God gives good things: life, children, harvests.
Where else “verachti” appears- I will giveנָתַתִּיnatati
give
To hand something over to someone: a gift, a payment, a charge or a land.
Where else “natati” appears- a sonבֵּןben
son
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “ben” appears- and she will becomeהָיְתָהhayta
become
To turn into something new, or fall upon someone.
Where else “hayta” appears- nationsגוֹיִםgoyim
Gentiles
The peoples other than Israel.
Where else “goyim” appears- kingsמַלְכֵיmalche
king
A king who rules a people.
Where else “malche” appears- of peoplesעַמִּיםamim
people
A group of people united by family, land and customs: a nation.
Where else “amim” appears
The context
15Elohim said to Abraham, “As for Sarai your wife, you shall not call her name Sarai, for Sarah will be her name.
16 · This verse (above)
17Abraham fell on his face and laughed, and said in his heart, “Will a son be born to one who is a hundred years old? And Sarah, will she, at ninety years, give birth?”
To study Genesis 17 in a group
1. What it says
What new names did Abram and Sarai receive, and what did Elohim promise Abraham (vv. 5, 15-16)?
2. What it means
What does it show about Elohim’s plan that Abram becomes Abraham, “father of a multitude of nations” (v. 5)?
3. How I live it
What helps you remember each day what Elohim has said about you and your life?