² I will make my covenant between me and you, and will multiply you exceedingly."

² I will make of you a great nation. I will bless you, and make your name great. You will be a blessing.

¹⁶ I will make your offspring as the dust of the earth, so that if a man can number the dust of the earth, then your seed may also be numbered.

¹⁸ In that day Yahweh made a covenant with Abram, saying, "To your seed have I given this land, from the river of Egypt to the great river, the river Euphrates:

⁹ "As for me, behold, I establish my covenant with you, and with your offspring after you,

⁴ "As for me, behold, my covenant is with you. You will be the father of a multitude of nations.

⁵ Neither will your name any more be called Abram, but your name will be Abraham; for the father of a multitude of nations have I made you.

⁶ I will make you exceeding fruitful, and I will make nations of you. Kings will come out of you.

¹⁷ that in blessing I will bless you, and in multiplying I will multiply your seed as the stars of the heavens, and as the sand which is on the seashore. Your seed will possess the gate of his enemies.

⁸ He has remembered his covenant forever, The word which he commanded to a thousand generations,

⁹ The covenant which he made with Abraham, His oath to Isaac,

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

¹¹ Saying, "To you I will give the land of Canaan, The lot of your inheritance;"

¹⁷ Now I say this. A covenant confirmed beforehand by God in Christ, the law, which came four hundred thirty years after, does not annul, so as to make the promise of no effect.

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