GEN 17:4 Parallel Verse View

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OET (OET-RV) “Listen, my agreement with you is that you’ll become the father of many nations,

Key: khaki:verbs.
Note: Automatic aligning of the OET-RV to the LV is done by some temporary software, hence the OET-RV alignments are incomplete (and may occasionally be wrong).

BrLXX Καὶ ἐλάλησεν αὐτῷ ὁ Θεὸς, λέγων, Καὶ ἐγὼ ἰδοὺ ἡ διαθήκη μου μετὰ σοῦ· καὶ ἔσῃ πατὴρ πλήθους ἐθνῶν.
(Kai elalaʸsen autōi ho Theos, legōn, Kai egō idou haʸ diathaʸkaʸ mou meta sou; kai esaʸ pataʸr plaʸthous ethnōn. )

BrTr And I, behold! my covenant is with thee, and thou shalt be a father of a multitude of nations.

ULT “As for me, behold, my covenant with you is that you will be the father of a multitude of nations.

UST “Listen, this is what I will do to fulfill my agreement with you: I will make you the ancestor of many people groups.

BSB “As for Me, this is My covenant with you: You will be the father of many nations.

OEB ‘I make this solemn promise to you: you will be the father of a multitude of nations.

WEBBE “As for me, behold, my covenant is with you. You will be the father of a multitude of nations.

WMBB (Same as above)

NET “As for me, this is my covenant with you: You will be the father of a multitude of nations.

LSV “I—behold, My covenant [is] with you, and you have become father of a multitude of nations;

FBV “Listen! This is the agreement I'm making with you. You will be the father of many nations,

T4T “Listen to this agreement that I am making with you: People of many nations will be your descendants.

LEB “As for me, behold, my covenant shall be with you, and you shall be the father of a multitude of nations.

BBE As for me, my agreement is made with you, and you will be the father of nations without end.

Moff No Moff GEN book available

JPS 'As for Me, behold, My covenant is with thee, and thou shalt be the father of a multitude of nations.

ASV As for me, behold, my covenant is with thee, and thou shalt be the father of a multitude of nations.

DRA And God said to him: I AM, and my covenant is with thee, and thou shalt be a father of many nations.

YLT 'I — lo, My covenant [is] with thee, and thou hast become father of a multitude of nations;

Drby It is I: behold, my covenant is with thee, and thou shalt be a father of a multitude of nations.

RV As for me, behold, my covenant is with thee, and thou shalt be the father of a multitude of nations.

Wbstr As for me, behold, my covenant is with thee, and thou shalt be a father of many nations.

KJB-1769 As for me, behold, my covenant is with thee, and thou shalt be a father of many nations.[fn]
(As for me, behold, my covenant is with thee/you, and thou/you shalt be a father of many nations. )

17.4 many…: Heb. multitude of nations

KJB-1611 [fn]As for me, behold, my couenant is with thee, and thou shalt be a father of many nations.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above apart from footnotes)

17:4 Heb. multitude of nations.

Bshps It is I, behold my couenaut is with thee, and thou shalt be a father of many nations.
(It is I, behold my covenant is with thee/you, and thou/you shalt be a father of many nations.)

Gnva Beholde, I make my couenant with thee, and thou shalt be a father of many nations,
(Behold, I make my covenant with thee/you, and thou/you shalt be a father of many nations, )

Cvdl Beholde, It is I, and haue my couenaut with the, and thou shalt be a father of many people.
(Behold, It is I, and have my covenant with them, and thou/you shalt be a father of many people.)

Wycl And God seide to hym, Y am, and my couenaunt of pees is with thee, and thou schalt be the fadir of many folkis;
(And God said to him, I am, and my covenant of peace is with thee/you, and thou/you shalt be the father of many folks/people;)

Luth Siehe, ich bin‘s und habe meinen Bund mit dir, und du sollst ein Vater vieler Völker werden.
(See, I bin‘s and have my Bund with to_you, and you should a father vieler peoples become.)

ClVg Dixitque ei Deus: Ego sum, et pactum meum tecum, erisque pater multarum gentium.
(And_he_said to_him God: I I_am, and pactum mine tecum, erisque father multarum gentium. )

UTN uW Translation Notes:

אֲנִ֕י הִנֵּ֥ה בְרִיתִ֖⁠י אִתָּ֑⁠ךְ וְ⁠הָיִ֕יתָ

I see/lo/see! covenant,my with,you and,be

In the Hebrew text, the pronoun me is emphatic both in form and in sentence position to emphasize that Yahweh is the one doing this. Alternate translation: “Look, this is my responsibility in my covenant with you: I will cause you to be” or “Look, this is what I will do to fulfill my covenant with you: I will make you”

לְ⁠אַ֖ב

as,father

See how you translated this phrase in Gen 4:20, 21; 10:21.

הֲמ֥וֹן

multitude

Alternate translation: “a large number of”

Note 1 topic: translate-key-terms

גּוֹיִֽם

nations

See how you translated this term in Gen 10:5, 20, 31, 32. Alternate translation: “ethnic groups.”

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