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Genesis 17:6

In Genesis 17 of Genesis.

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

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וְהִפְרֵתִ֤יvehifretiand bearפָּרָהconjunction, verb, hiphil, sequential perfect, 1st person, common, singular — “and bear”, a completed action in a sequenceH6509to bear fruit (literally or figuratively)bear, bring forth (fruit), (be, cause to be, make) fruitful, grow, increase.אֹֽתְךָ֙otekhaobject markerאֵתparticle, direct object marker, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “object marker”H853properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)(as such unrepresented in English).בִּמְאֹ֣דbimodin especiallyמְאֹדpreposition, adverb — “in especially”H3966properly, vehemence, i.e. (with or without preposition) vehemently; by implication, wholly, speedily, etc. (often with other words as an intensive or superlative; especially when repeated)diligently, especially, exceeding(-ly), far, fast, good, great(-ly), [idiom] louder and louder, might(-ily, -y), (so) much, quickly, (so) sore, utterly, very ([phrase] much, sore), well.מְאֹ֔דmeodespeciallyמְאֹדadverb — “especially”H3966properly, vehemence, i.e. (with or without preposition) vehemently; by implication, wholly, speedily, etc. (often with other words as an intensive or superlative; especially when repeated)diligently, especially, exceeding(-ly), far, fast, good, great(-ly), [idiom] louder and louder, might(-ily, -y), (so) much, quickly, (so) sore, utterly, very ([phrase] much, sore), well.וּנְתַתִּ֖יךָunetatikhaand giveנָתַןconjunction, verb, qal, sequential perfect, 1st person, common, singular, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “and give”, a completed action in a sequenceH5414to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)add, apply, appoint, ascribe, assign, [idiom] avenge, [idiom] be (healed), bestow, bring (forth, hither), cast, cause, charge, come, commit, consider, count, [phrase] cry, deliver (up), direct, distribute, do, [idiom] doubtless, [idiom] wi…לְגוֹיִ֑םlegoyimto Gentileגּוֹיpreposition, noun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “to Gentile”, the ordinary formH1471a foreign nation; hence, a Gentile; also (figuratively) a troop of animals, or a flight of locustsGentile, heathen, nation, people.וּמְלָכִ֖יםumelakhimand kingמֶלֶךְconjunction, noun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “and king”, the ordinary formH4428a kingking, royal.מִמְּךָ֥mimkhafromמִןpreposition, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “from”H4480properly, a part of; hence (prepositionally), from or out of in many sensesabove, after, among, at, because of, by (reason of), from (among), in, [idiom] neither, [idiom] nor, (out) of, over, since, [idiom] then, through, [idiom] whether, with.יֵצֵֽאוּyetsevbring forthיָצָאverb, qal, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “bring forth”, an unfinished actionH3318to go (causatively, bring) out, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively, direct and proxim.[idiom] after, appear, [idiom] assuredly, bear out, [idiom] begotten, break out, bring forth (out, up), carry out, come (abroad, out, thereat, without), [phrase] be condemned, depart(-ing, -ure), draw forth, in the end, escape, exact, fail…

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

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

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American Standard Version (1901)

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

Young’s Literal Translation

and I have made thee exceeding fruitful, and made thee become nations, and kings go out from thee.

World English Bible

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

Darby Translation

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

Douay-Rheims

And I will make thee increase, exceedingly, and I will make nations of thee, and kings shall come out of thee.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

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

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

And I will increase thee very exceedingly, and I will make nations of thee, and kings shall come out of thee.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Καὶ αὐξανῶ σε σφόδρα σφόδρα, καὶ θήσω σε εἰς ἔθνη· καὶ βασιλεῖς ἐκ σοῦ ἐξελεύσονται.

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