Genesis 17:4

17:4 “As for me, ¹  this ²  is my covenant with you: You will be the father of a multitude of nations.

Genesis 17:7

17:7 I will confirm ³  my covenant as a perpetual ⁴  covenant between me and you. It will extend to your descendants after you throughout their generations. I will be your God and the God of your descendants after you. ⁵ 

Genesis 17:21

17:21 But I will establish my covenant with Isaac, whom Sarah will bear to you at this set time next year.”

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¹ tn Heb “I.”

² tn Heb “is” (הִנֵּה, hinneh).

³ tn The verb קוּם (qum, “to arise, to stand up”) in the Hiphil verbal stem means “to confirm, to give effect to, to carry out” (i.e., a covenant or oath; see BDB 878-79 s.v. קוּם).

⁴ tn Or “as an eternal.”

⁵ tn Heb “to be to you for God and to your descendants after you.”