Genesis 17:6

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

Genesis 17:6 Meaning and Commentary

Genesis 17:6

And I will make thee exceeding fruitful
In children, for he had not only a son by Sarai, from whom sprung a numerous offspring, but he had six sons by Keturah, who became the heads of large nations:

and I will make nations of thee;
as the nations of Israel and Judah, of the Midianites and Edomites, of the Arabs, Saracens, and Turks:

and kings shall come out of thee;
as the twelve princes of Ishmael, the kings of Edom and Midian, of the Arabs, Saracens, and Turks, and of Israel and Judah, and especially, as observed by Grotius, and others, the King Messiah: to which may be added, in a mystical sense, all Christian kings and princes of the same faith with him; nay, all believers, who are all kings and priests unto God.

Genesis 17:6 In-Context

4 "[As for] me, behold, my covenant [shall be] with you, and you shall be the father of a multitude of nations.
5 Your name shall no longer be called Abram, but your name shall be Abraham, for I will make you the father of a multitude of nations.
6 And I will make you {exceedingly} fruitful. I will make you a nation, and kings shall go out from you.
7 And I will establish my covenant between me and you, and between your offspring after you, throughout their generations as an everlasting covenant to be as God for you and to your offspring after you.
8 And I will give to you and to your offspring after you {the land in which you are living as an alien}, all the land of Canaan, as an everlasting property. And I will be to them as God."

Footnotes 1

  • [a]. Literally "with very very"
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