Genesis 17:4 meaning and explanation
“As for Me, this is My covenant with you: You will be the father of many nations.
Genesis 17:4, Berean Standard Bible
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God is speaking to Abram, ninety-nine years old and still childless by Sarah, and he opens the covenant promise with a startling word about Abram himself. The Hebrew for "nations" is goyim, the ordinary word for peoples or Gentiles, so the promise stretches far beyond one family line.
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