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Genesis 17:4 Interlinear

“As for me behold my covenant is with thee and thou shalt be a father of many nations”

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Genesis 17 with commentary

Word-by-Word Analysis

#	Original	Strong's	English	Definition
1	אֲנִ֕י	H589	As for me	i
2	הִנֵּ֥ה	H2009		lo!
3	בְרִיתִ֖י	H1285	behold my covenant	a compact (because made by passing between pieces of flesh)
4	אִתָּ֑ךְ	H854		properly, nearness (used only as a preposition or an adverb), near; hence, generally, with, by, at, among, etc
5	וְהָיִ֕יתָ	H1961		to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
6	לְאַ֖ב	H1	is with thee and thou shalt be a father	father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application
7	הֲמ֥וֹן	H1995	of many	a noise, tumult, crowd; also disquietude, wealth
8	גּוֹיִֽם׃	H1471	nations	a foreign nation; hence, a gentile; also (figuratively) a troop of animals, or a flight of locusts

Genesis 17:4 (current)As for me behold my covenant is with thee and thou shalt be a father of many nations