11 translations · Hebrew
Genesis 17:7
I will establish my covenant between me and you and your offspring after you throughout their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be a God to you and to your offspring after you.
Genesis 17:7 in 11 translations
- WEB World English Bible
- I will establish my covenant between me and you and your offspring after you throughout their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be a God to you and to your offspring after you.
- KJV King James Version
- And I will establish my covenant between me and thee and thy seed after thee in their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be a God unto thee, and to thy seed after thee.
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- I will establish My covenant as an everlasting covenant between Me and you and your descendants after you, to be your God and the God of your descendants after you.
- ASV American Standard Version
- And I will establish my covenant between me and thee and thy seed after thee throughout their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be a God unto thee and to thy seed after thee.
- LSV Literal Standard Version
- And I have established My covenant between Me and you, and your seed after you, throughout their generations, for a perpetual covenant, to become God to you, and to your seed after you;
- FBV Free Bible Version
- I promise to continue my agreement with you, and with your descendants who come after you, for generations to come. This is an eternal agreement. I will always be your God, and the God of your descendants.
- YLT Young’s Literal Translation
- 'And I have established My covenant between Me and thee, and thy seed after thee, to their generations, for a covenant age-during, to become God to thee, and to thy seed after thee;
- DBY Darby Translation
- And I will establish my covenant between me and thee, and thy seed after thee in their generations, for an everlasting covenant, to be a God to thee, and to thy seed after thee.
- WBT Webster’s Bible
- And I will establish my covenant between me and thee, and thy seed after thee, in their generations, for an everlasting covenant; to be a God to thee and to thy seed after thee.
- WEBC World English Bible (Catholic)
- I will establish my covenant between me and you and your offspring after you throughout their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be a God to you and to your offspring after you.
- DRA Douay-Rheims 1899
- And I will establish my covenant between me and thee, and between thy seed after thee in their generations, by a perpetual covenant: to be a God to thee, and to thy seed after thee.
The Hebrew words
Each word of the Hebrew text in order, with its transliteration, the Berean Standard Bible’s English for it, and its Strong’s number and short definition.
| Word | Transliteration | English (BSB) | Strong’s |
|---|---|---|---|
| וַהֲקִמֹתִ֨י | wa·hă·qi·mō·ṯî | I will establish | H6965 קָמָי (Leb)-kamai |
| אֶת־ | ’eṯ- | — | H853 אֵת [Obj.] |
| בְּרִיתִ֜י | bə·rî·ṯî | My covenant | H1285 בְּרִית covenant |
| בֵּינִ֣י | bê·nî | between Me and you | H996 בַּ֫יִן between |
| וּבֵינֶ֗ךָ | ū·ḇê·ne·ḵā | — | H996 בַּ֫יִן between |
| וּבֵ֨ין | ū·ḇên | — | H996 בַּ֫יִן between |
| זַרְעֲךָ֧ | zar·‘ă·ḵā | after you | H2233 זֶ֫רַע seed |
| אַחֲרֶ֛יךָ | ’a·ḥă·re·ḵā | and your descendants | H310 אַחַר after |
| לְדֹרֹתָ֖ם | lə·ḏō·rō·ṯām | — | H1755 דּוֹר generation |
| לִבְרִ֣ית | liḇ·rîṯ | covenant | H1285 בְּרִית covenant |
| עוֹלָ֑ם | ‘ō·w·lām | as an everlasting | H5769 עוֹלָם forever: enduring |
| לִהְי֤וֹת | lih·yō·wṯ | to be | H1961 הָיָה to be |
| לְךָ֙ | lə·ḵā | your | H9005 ל to/for |
| לֵֽאלֹהִ֔ים | lê·lō·hîm | God | H430 אֱלֹהִים God |
| וּֽלְזַרְעֲךָ֖ | ū·lə·zar·‘ă·ḵā | and the God of your descendants | H2233 זֶ֫רַע seed |
| אַחֲרֶֽיךָ׃ | ’a·ḥă·re·ḵā | after you | H310 אַחַר after |
Related verses
- Romans 9:7–9
Neither, because they are Abraham’s offspring, are they all children. But, “your offspring will be accounted as from Isaac.” That is, it is not the children of the flesh who are children of God, but the children of the promise are counted as heirs. For this is a word of promise, “At the appointed time I will come, and Sarah will have a son.”
- Genesis 26:24
Yahweh appeared to him the same night, and said, “I am the God of Abraham your father. Don’t be afraid, for I am with you, and will bless you, and multiply your offspring for my servant Abraham’s sake.”
- Acts 2:39
For the promise is to you, and to your children, and to all who are far off, even as many as the Lord our God will call to himself.”
- Genesis 15:18
In that day Yahweh made a covenant with Abram, saying, “I have given this land to your offspring, from the river of Egypt to the great river, the river Euphrates:
- Genesis 28:13
Behold, Yahweh stood above it, and said, “I am Yahweh, the God of Abraham your father, and the God of Isaac. The land whereon you lie, to you will I give it, and to your offspring.
- Leviticus 26:12
I will walk among you, and will be your God, and you will be my people.
- Hebrews 8:10
“For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel. After those days,” says the Lord; “I will put my laws into their mind, I will also write them on their heart. I will be their God, and they will be my people.
- Galatians 3:16–17
Now the promises were spoken to Abraham and to his offspring. He doesn’t say, “To descendants”, as of many, but as of one, “To your offspring”, which is Christ. 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.
- Hebrews 11:16
But now they desire a better country, that is, a heavenly one. Therefore God is not ashamed of them, to be called their God, for he has prepared a city for them.
- Psalm 105:8–11
He has remembered his covenant forever, the word which he commanded to a thousand generations, the covenant which he made with Abraham, his oath to Isaac, and confirmed the same to Jacob for a statute; to Israel for an everlasting covenant, …
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In context
5 Your name will no more be called Abram, but your name will be Abraham; for I have made you the father of a multitude of nations.
6 I will make you exceedingly fruitful, and I will make nations of you. Kings will come out of you.
7 I will establish my covenant between me and you and your offspring after you throughout their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be a God to you and to your offspring after you.
8 I will give to you, and to your offspring after you, the land where you are traveling, all the land of Canaan, for an everlasting possession. I will be their God.”
9 God said to Abraham, “As for you, you will keep my covenant, you and your offspring after you throughout their generations.
Read all of Genesis 17 in the World English Bible.
Edition and source notes
Each translation is shown as its source prints it, in its own verse numbering; where an edition numbers this verse differently, its own reference is given. The World English Bible, King James Version and Berean Standard Bible link to their chapter pages. Edition notes.
Literal Standard Version (2020) © Covenant Press and the Covenant Christian Coalition, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0. Imported from the checksum-pinned eBible.org USFX source; the extracted verse text is an adaptation shared under the same license. Free Bible Version (2018) © Dr. Jonathan Gallagher, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0. Imported from the checksum-pinned eBible.org USFX source; the extracted verse text is an adaptation shared under the same license.
The original words and their English come from the Berean Standard Bible translation tables (public domain); lemmas and short definitions from STEPBible (CC BY 4.0), with Greek definitions based on Abbott-Smith.
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