Genesis 17:2
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2 I will make a covenant with you, by which I will guarantee to give you countless descendants.”
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Genesis 17:4-6
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4 “This is my covenant with you: I will make you the father of a multitude of nations! 5 What’s more, I am changing your name. It will no longer be Abram. Instead, you will be called Abraham,[a] for you will be the father of many nations. 6 I will make you extremely fruitful. Your descendants will become many nations, and kings will be among them!
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- 17:5 Abram means “exalted father”; Abraham sounds like a Hebrew term that means “father of many.”
Genesis 12:2
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2 I will make you into a great nation. I will bless you and make you famous, and you will be a blessing to others.
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Genesis 15:18
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18 So the Lord made a covenant with Abram that day and said, “I have given this land to your descendants, all the way from the border of Egypt[a] to the great Euphrates River—
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Genesis 13:16
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16 And I will give you so many descendants that, like the dust of the earth, they cannot be counted!
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Psalm 105:8-11
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8 He always stands by his covenant—
the commitment he made to a thousand generations.
9 This is the covenant he made with Abraham
and the oath he swore to Isaac.
10 He confirmed it to Jacob as a decree,
and to the people of Israel as a never-ending covenant:
11 “I will give you the land of Canaan
as your special possession.”
Genesis 22:17
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17 I will certainly bless you. I will multiply your descendants[a] beyond number, like the stars in the sky and the sand on the seashore. Your descendants will conquer the cities of their enemies.
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Galatians 3:17-18
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17 This is what I am trying to say: The agreement God made with Abraham could not be canceled 430 years later when God gave the law to Moses. God would be breaking his promise. 18 For if the inheritance could be received by keeping the law, then it would not be the result of accepting God’s promise. But God graciously gave it to Abraham as a promise.
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Genesis 9:9
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9 “I hereby confirm my covenant with you and your descendants,
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