Genesis 17:2 Cross References
Genesis 17:2
2: I will make a covenant with you, by which I will guarantee to make you into a mighty nation."
Genesis 17:4
- "This is my covenant with you: I will make you the father of not just one nation, but a multitude of nations!
- What's more, I am changing your name. It will no longer be Abram; now you will be known as Abraham, for you will be the father of many nations.
- I will give you millions of descendants who will represent many nations. Kings will be among them!
Genesis 12:2
- I will cause you to become the father of a great nation. I will bless you and make you famous, and I will make you a blessing to others.
Genesis 15:18
- 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 to the great Euphrates River--
Genesis 13:16
- And I am going to give you so many descendants that, like dust, they cannot be counted!
Genesis 22:17
- I will bless you richly. I will multiply your descendants into countless millions, like the stars of the sky and the sand on the seashore. They will conquer their enemies,
Galatians 3:17
- 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.
- For if the inheritance could be received only by keeping the law, then it would not be the result of accepting God's promise. But God gave it to Abraham as a promise.
Genesis 9:9
- "I am making a covenant with you and your descendants,
Psalms 105:8
- He always stands by his covenant--the commitment he made to a thousand generations.
- This is the covenant he made with Abraham and the oath he swore to Isaac.
- He confirmed it to Jacob as a decree, to the people of Israel as a never-ending treaty:
- "I will give you the land of Canaan as your special possession."