Genèse 17:4

4 Voici mon alliance, que je fais avec toi. Tu deviendras père d'une multitude de nations.

Genèse 17:4 Meaning and Commentary

Genesis 17:4

As for me, behold, my covenant [is] with thee
Who was gracious to make it, faithful to keep it, and immutable in it, though Abram was but a man, and sinful:

and thou shalt be a father of many nations:
as he was of many Arabian nations, and of the Turks in the line of Ishmael; and of the Midianites, and others, in the line of his sons by Keturah; and of the Israelites in the line of Isaac, as well as of the Edomites in the line of Esau; and in a spiritual sense the father of all that believe, in all the nations of the world, circumcised or uncircumcised, as the apostle explains it, ( Romans 4:11 Romans 4:12 Romans 4:16-18 ) .

Genèse 17:4 In-Context

2 J'établirai mon alliance entre moi et toi, et je te multiplierai à l'infini.

3 Abram tomba sur sa face; et Dieu lui parla, en disant:

4 Voici mon alliance, que je fais avec toi. Tu deviendras père d'une multitude de nations.

5 On ne t'appellera plus Abram; mais ton nom sera Abraham, car je te rends père d'une multitude de nations.

6 Je te rendrai fécond à l'infini, je ferai de toi des nations; et des rois sortiront de toi.