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I will make you fruitfulוְהִפְרֵתִי אֹתְךָexceedingly,בִּמְאֹד מְאֹדand I will make youוּנְתַתִּיךָinto nations,לְגוֹיִםand kingsוּמְלָכִיםwill comeיֵצֵאוּfrom you.מִמְּךָ
Genesis 17:6
Study it in the app“I will make you fruitful exceedingly, and I will make you into nations, and kings will come from you.”
God establishes his covenant with Abram and changes his nameFaithfulness
With the Hebrew beneath
Genesis 17:6, word by word
- I will make you fruitfulהִפְרֵתִיhifreti
be fruitful
Bear fruit; be fruitful, have descendants.
Where else “hifreti” appears- exceedinglyמְאֹדmeod
very
To a very high degree: the word that adds force to what is said.
Where else “meod” appears- and I will make youנְתַתִּיnetati
make
To make someone something: "I have made you a father".
Where else “netati” appears- into nationsגוֹיִםgoyim
Gentiles
The peoples other than Israel.
Where else “goyim” appears- and kingsמְלָכִיםmelachim
king
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melachim” appears- will comeיֵצֵאוּyetseu
spring up
To spring up, be born, come from something.
Where else “yetseu” appears
The context
5No longer will your name be called Abram, but your name will be Abraham, for I have made you the father of a multitude of nations.
6 · This verse (above)
7I will establish my covenant between me and you and your offspring after you throughout their generations as an eternal covenant, to be Elohim to you and to your offspring after you.
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?