2 Then I will make my covenant between me and you and will greatly increase your numbers."
2 And I will make my covenant between me and thee, and will multiply thee exceedingly.
2 that I may make my covenant between me and you, and may multiply you greatly."
2 I'll make a covenant between us and I'll give you a huge family."
2 And I will make My covenant between Me and you, and will multiply you exceedingly."
2 I will make a covenant with you, by which I will guarantee to give you countless descendants."
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Genesis 17:2
Commentary on Genesis 17:1-6
(Read Genesis 17:1-6)
The covenant was to be accomplished in due time. The promised Seed was Christ, and Christians in him. And all who are of faith are blessed with faithful Abram, being partakers of the same covenant blessings. In token of this covenant his name was changed from Abram, "a high father," to Abraham, "the father of a multitude." All that the Christian world enjoys, it is indebted for to Abraham and his Seed.