² And I will make my covenant between me and thee, and will multiply thee exceedingly.

² and I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make they name great; and be thou a blessing;

¹⁶ And I will make thy seed as the dust of the earth: So that if a man can number the dust of the earth, then may thy seed also be numbered.

¹⁸ In that day Jehovah made a covenant with Abram, saying, Unto thy seed have I given this land, from the river of Egypt unto the great river, the river Euphrates:

⁹ And I, behold, I establish my covenant with you, and with your seed after you;

⁴ As for me, behold, my covenant is with thee, and thou shalt be the father of a multitude of nations.

⁵ Neither shall thy name any more be called Abram, but thy name shall be Abraham; for the father of a multitude of nations have I made thee.

⁶ And I will make thee exceeding fruitful, and I will make nations of thee, and kings shall come out of thee.

¹⁷ that in blessing I will bless thee, and in multiplying I will multiply thy seed as the stars of the heavens, and as the sand which is upon the seashore. And thy seed shall possess the gate of his enemies.

⁸ He hath remembered his covenant for ever, The word which he commanded to a thousand generations,

⁹ `The covenant' which he made with Abraham, And his oath unto Isaac,

¹⁰ And confirmed the same unto Jacob for a statute, To Israel for an everlasting covenant,

¹¹ Saying, Unto thee will I give the land of Canaan, The lot of your inheritance;

¹⁷ Now this I say: A covenant confirmed beforehand by God, the law, which came four hundred and thirty years after, doth not disannul, so as to make the promise of none effect.

¹⁸ For if the inheritance is of the law, it is no more of promise: but God hath granted it to Abraham by promise.