“ As for me, behold, my covenant is with you. You will be the father of a multitude of nations.

“我与你立约：你要作多国的父。

“看哪，这就是我与你立的约，你要成为多国的父。

“看哪，这就是我与你立的约，你要成为多国的父。

“我要与你立约，你必成为许多民族的始祖。

“看哪，这就是我和你所立的约：你要作多国的父。

“看哪，我的约是与你立的，你将成为多国之父！

「我與你立約：你要作多國的父。

「看哪，這就是我與你立的約，你要成為多國的父。

「看哪，這就是我與你立的約，你要成為多國的父。

「我要與你立約，你必成為許多民族的始祖。

“看哪，這就是我和你所立的約：你要作多國的父。

『論到我，我的約是同你立的；你必做羣國之父。

「看哪，我的約是與你立的，你將成為多國之父！

我與爾約、爾必為多族之父、

我與爾約、命爾為萬民父、

我與爾立約、使爾為多族之祖、

“ As for me, this is my covenant with you: You will be the father of many nations.

“ This is my covenant with you. You will be the father of many nations.

“ Behold, my covenant is with you, and you shall be the father of a multitude of nations.

“ This is my covenant with you: I will make you the father of a multitude of nations!

“ As for me, here is my covenant with you: You will become the father of many nations.

“ As for Me, behold, My covenant is with you, And you will be the father of a multitude of nations.

“ As for Me, behold, My covenant is with you, and you shall be a father of many nations.

As for me, behold, my covenant is with thee, and thou shalt be the father of a multitude of nations.

“ As for Me, My covenant is with you: you will become the father of many nations.

As for me, behold, my covenant[ is] with thee, and thou shalt be a father of many nations.

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

God said to him,“ I am God Almighty. Be fruitful and multiply. A nation and a company of nations will be from you, and kings will come out of your body.

I will make of you a great nation. I will bless you and make your name great. You will be a blessing.

Now this is the history of the generations of Esau( that is, Edom).Esau took his wives from the daughters of Canaan: Adah the daughter of Elon, the Hittite; and Oholibamah the daughter of Anah, the daughter of Zibeon, the Hivite;and Basemath, Ishmael’s daughter, sister of Nebaioth.Adah bore to Esau Eliphaz. Basemath bore Reuel.Oholibamah bore Jeush, Jalam, and Korah. These are the sons of Esau, who were born to him in the land of Canaan.Esau took his wives, his sons, his daughters, and all the members of his household, with his livestock, all his animals, and all his possessions, which he had gathered in the land of Canaan, and went into a land away from his brother Jacob.For their substance was too great for them to dwell together, and the land of their travels couldn’t bear them because of their livestock.Esau lived in the hill country of Seir. Esau is Edom.This is the history of the generations of Esau the father of the Edomites in the hill country of Seir:these are the names of Esau’s sons: Eliphaz, the son of Adah, the wife of Esau; and Reuel, the son of Basemath, the wife of Esau.The sons of Eliphaz were Teman, Omar, Zepho, and Gatam, and Kenaz.Timna was concubine to Eliphaz, Esau’s son; and she bore to Eliphaz Amalek. These are the descendants of Adah, Esau’s wife.These are the sons of Reuel: Nahath, Zerah, Shammah, and Mizzah. These were the descendants of Basemath, Esau’s wife.These were the sons of Oholibamah, the daughter of Anah, the daughter of Zibeon, Esau’s wife: she bore to Esau Jeush, Jalam, and Korah.These are the chiefs of the sons of Esau: the sons of Eliphaz the firstborn of Esau: chief Teman, chief Omar, chief Zepho, chief Kenaz,chief Korah, chief Gatam, chief Amalek. These are the chiefs who came of Eliphaz in the land of Edom. These are the sons of Adah.These are the sons of Reuel, Esau’s son: chief Nahath, chief Zerah, chief Shammah, chief Mizzah. These are the chiefs who came of Reuel in the land of Edom. These are the sons of Basemath, Esau’s wife.These are the sons of Oholibamah, Esau’s wife: chief Jeush, chief Jalam, chief Korah. These are the chiefs who came of Oholibamah the daughter of Anah, Esau’s wife.These are the sons of Esau( that is, Edom), and these are their chiefs.These are the sons of Seir the Horite, the inhabitants of the land: Lotan, Shobal, Zibeon, Anah,Dishon, Ezer, and Dishan. These are the chiefs who came of the Horites, the children of Seir in the land of Edom.The children of Lotan were Hori and Heman. Lotan’s sister was Timna.These are the children of Shobal: Alvan, Manahath, Ebal, Shepho, and Onam.These are the children of Zibeon: Aiah and Anah. This is Anah who found the hot springs in the wilderness, as he fed the donkeys of Zibeon his father.These are the children of Anah: Dishon and Oholibamah, the daughter of Anah.These are the children of Dishon: Hemdan, Eshban, Ithran, and Cheran.These are the children of Ezer: Bilhan, Zaavan, and Akan.These are the children of Dishan: Uz and Aran.These are the chiefs who came of the Horites: chief Lotan, chief Shobal, chief Zibeon, chief Anah,chief Dishon, chief Ezer, and chief Dishan. These are the chiefs who came of the Horites, according to their chiefs in the land of Seir.These are the kings who reigned in the land of Edom, before any king reigned over the children of Israel.Bela, the son of Beor, reigned in Edom. The name of his city was Dinhabah.Bela died, and Jobab, the son of Zerah of Bozrah, reigned in his place.Jobab died, and Husham of the land of the Temanites reigned in his place.Husham died, and Hadad, the son of Bedad, who struck Midian in the field of Moab, reigned in his place. The name of his city was Avith.Hadad died, and Samlah of Masrekah reigned in his place.Samlah died, and Shaul of Rehoboth by the river, reigned in his place.Shaul died, and Baal Hanan the son of Achbor reigned in his place.Baal Hanan the son of Achbor died, and Hadar reigned in his place. The name of his city was Pau. His wife’s name was Mehetabel, the daughter of Matred, the daughter of Mezahab.These are the names of the chiefs who came from Esau, according to their families, after their places, and by their names: chief Timna, chief Alvah, chief Jetheth,chief Oholibamah, chief Elah, chief Pinon,chief Kenaz, chief Teman, chief Mibzar,chief Magdiel, and chief Iram. These are the chiefs of Edom, according to their habitations in the land of their possession. This is Esau, the father of the Edomites.

His father refused, and said,“ I know, my son, I know. He also will become a people, and he also will be great. However, his younger brother will be greater than he, and his offspring will become a multitude of nations.”

I will make your offspring as the dust of the earth, so that if a man can count the dust of the earth, then your offspring may also be counted.

Yahweh’s angel said to her,“ I will greatly multiply your offspring, that they will not be counted for multitude.”

that I will bless you greatly, and I will multiply your offspring greatly like the stars of the heavens, and like the sand which is on the seashore. Your offspring will possess the gate of his enemies.

Yahweh spoke to Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, in the Tent of Meeting, on the first day of the second month, in the second year after they had come out of the land of Egypt, saying,“ Take a census of all the congregation of the children of Israel, by their families, by their fathers’ houses, according to the number of the names, every male, one by one,from twenty years old and upward, all who are able to go out to war in Israel. You and Aaron shall count them by their divisions.With you there shall be a man of every tribe, each one head of his fathers’ house.These are the names of the men who shall stand with you: Of Reuben: Elizur the son of Shedeur.Of Simeon: Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai.Of Judah: Nahshon the son of Amminadab.Of Issachar: Nethanel the son of Zuar.Of Zebulun: Eliab the son of Helon.Of the children of Joseph: of Ephraim: Elishama the son of Ammihud; of Manasseh: Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur.Of Benjamin: Abidan the son of Gideoni.Of Dan: Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai.Of Asher: Pagiel the son of Ochran.Of Gad: Eliasaph the son of Deuel.Of Naphtali: Ahira the son of Enan.”These are those who were called of the congregation, the princes of the tribes of their fathers; they were the heads of the thousands of Israel.Moses and Aaron took these men who are mentioned by name.They assembled all the congregation together on the first day of the second month; and they declared their ancestry by their families, by their fathers’ houses, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, one by one.As Yahweh commanded Moses, so he counted them in the wilderness of Sinai.The children of Reuben, Israel’s firstborn, their generations, by their families, by their fathers’ houses, according to the number of the names, one by one, every male from twenty years old and upward, all who were able to go out to war:those who were counted of them, of the tribe of Reuben, were forty- six thousand five hundred.Of the children of Simeon, their generations, by their families, by their fathers’ houses, those who were counted of it, according to the number of the names, one by one, every male from twenty years old and upward, all who were able to go out to war:those who were counted of them, of the tribe of Simeon, were fifty- nine thousand three hundred.Of the children of Gad, their generations, by their families, by their fathers’ houses, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all who were able to go out to war:those who were counted of them, of the tribe of Gad, were forty- five thousand six hundred fifty.Of the children of Judah, their generations, by their families, by their fathers’ houses, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all who were able to go out to war:those who were counted of them, of the tribe of Judah, were seventy- four thousand six hundred.Of the children of Issachar, their generations, by their families, by their fathers’ houses, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all who were able to go out to war:those who were counted of them, of the tribe of Issachar, were fifty- four thousand four hundred.Of the children of Zebulun, their generations, by their families, by their fathers’ houses, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all who were able to go out to war:those who were counted of them, of the tribe of Zebulun, were fifty- seven thousand four hundred.Of the children of Joseph: of the children of Ephraim, their generations, by their families, by their fathers’ houses, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all who were able to go out to war:those who were counted of them, of the tribe of Ephraim, were forty thousand five hundred.Of the children of Manasseh, their generations, by their families, by their fathers’ houses, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all who were able to go out to war:those who were counted of them, of the tribe of Manasseh, were thirty- two thousand two hundred.Of the children of Benjamin, their generations, by their families, by their fathers’ houses, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all who were able to go out to war:those who were counted of them, of the tribe of Benjamin, were thirty- five thousand four hundred.Of the children of Dan, their generations, by their families, by their fathers’ houses, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all who were able to go out to war:those who were counted of them, of the tribe of Dan, were sixty- two thousand seven hundred.Of the children of Asher, their generations, by their families, by their fathers’ houses, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all who were able to go out to war:those who were counted of them, of the tribe of Asher, were forty- one thousand five hundred.Of the children of Naphtali, their generations, by their families, by their fathers’ houses, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all who were able to go out to war:those who were counted of them, of the tribe of Naphtali, were fifty- three thousand four hundred.These are those who were counted, whom Moses and Aaron counted, and the twelve men who were princes of Israel, each one for his fathers’ house.So all those who were counted of the children of Israel by their fathers’ houses, from twenty years old and upward, all who were able to go out to war in Israel—all those who were counted were six hundred three thousand five hundred fifty.But the Levites after the tribe of their fathers were not counted among them.For Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,“ Only the tribe of Levi you shall not count, neither shall you take a census of them among the children of Israel;but appoint the Levites over the Tabernacle of the Testimony, and over all its furnishings, and over all that belongs to it. They shall carry the tabernacle and all its furnishings; and they shall take care of it, and shall encamp around it.When the tabernacle is to move, the Levites shall take it down; and when the tabernacle is to be set up, the Levites shall set it up. The stranger who comes near shall be put to death.The children of Israel shall pitch their tents, every man by his own camp, and every man by his own standard, according to their divisions.But the Levites shall encamp around the Tabernacle of the Testimony, that there may be no wrath on the congregation of the children of Israel. The Levites shall be responsible for the Tabernacle of the Testimony.”Thus the children of Israel did. According to all that Yahweh commanded Moses, so they did.

After the plague, Yahweh spoke to Moses and to Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest, saying,“ Take a census of all the congregation of the children of Israel, from twenty years old and upward, by their fathers’ houses, all who are able to go out to war in Israel.”Moses and Eleazar the priest spoke with them in the plains of Moab by the Jordan at Jericho, saying,“ Take a census, from twenty years old and upward, as Yahweh commanded Moses and the children of Israel.” These are those that came out of the land of Egypt.Reuben, the firstborn of Israel; the sons of Reuben: of Hanoch, the family of the Hanochites; of Pallu, the family of the Palluites;of Hezron, the family of the Hezronites; of Carmi, the family of the Carmites.These are the families of the Reubenites; and those who were counted of them were forty- three thousand seven hundred thirty.The son of Pallu: Eliab.The sons of Eliab: Nemuel, Dathan, and Abiram. These are that Dathan and Abiram who were called by the congregation, who rebelled against Moses and against Aaron in the company of Korah when they rebelled against Yahweh;and the earth opened its mouth, and swallowed them up together with Korah when that company died; at the time the fire devoured two hundred fifty men, and they became a sign.Notwithstanding, the sons of Korah didn’t die.The sons of Simeon after their families: of Nemuel, the family of the Nemuelites; of Jamin, the family of the Jaminites; of Jachin, the family of the Jachinites;of Zerah, the family of the Zerahites; of Shaul, the family of the Shaulites.These are the families of the Simeonites, twenty- two thousand two hundred.The sons of Gad after their families: of Zephon, the family of the Zephonites; of Haggi, the family of the Haggites; of Shuni, the family of the Shunites;of Ozni, the family of the Oznites; of Eri, the family of the Erites;of Arod, the family of the Arodites; of Areli, the family of the Arelites.These are the families of the sons of Gad according to those who were counted of them, forty thousand and five hundred.The sons of Judah: Er and Onan. Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan.The sons of Judah after their families were: of Shelah, the family of the Shelanites; of Perez, the family of the Perezites; of Zerah, the family of the Zerahites.The sons of Perez were: of Hezron, the family of the Hezronites; of Hamul, the family of the Hamulites.These are the families of Judah according to those who were counted of them, seventy- six thousand five hundred.The sons of Issachar after their families: of Tola, the family of the Tolaites; of Puvah, the family of the Punites;of Jashub, the family of the Jashubites; of Shimron, the family of the Shimronites.These are the families of Issachar according to those who were counted of them, sixty- four thousand three hundred.The sons of Zebulun after their families: of Sered, the family of the Seredites; of Elon, the family of the Elonites; of Jahleel, the family of the Jahleelites.These are the families of the Zebulunites according to those who were counted of them, sixty thousand five hundred.The sons of Joseph after their families: Manasseh and Ephraim.The sons of Manasseh: of Machir, the family of the Machirites; and Machir became the father of Gilead; of Gilead, the family of the Gileadites.These are the sons of Gilead: of Iezer, the family of the Iezerites; of Helek, the family of the Helekites;and Asriel, the family of the Asrielites; and Shechem, the family of the Shechemites;and Shemida, the family of the Shemidaites; and Hepher, the family of the Hepherites.Zelophehad the son of Hepher had no sons, but daughters: and the names of the daughters of Zelophehad were Mahlah, Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah.These are the families of Manasseh. Those who were counted of them were fifty- two thousand seven hundred.These are the sons of Ephraim after their families: of Shuthelah, the family of the Shuthelahites; of Becher, the family of the Becherites; of Tahan, the family of the Tahanites.These are the sons of Shuthelah: of Eran, the family of the Eranites.These are the families of the sons of Ephraim according to those who were counted of them, thirty- two thousand five hundred. These are the sons of Joseph after their families.The sons of Benjamin after their families: of Bela, the family of the Belaites; of Ashbel, the family of the Ashbelites; of Ahiram, the family of the Ahiramites;of Shephupham, the family of the Shuphamites; of Hupham, the family of the Huphamites.The sons of Bela were Ard and Naaman: the family of the Ardites; and of Naaman, the family of the Naamites.These are the sons of Benjamin after their families; and those who were counted of them were forty- five thousand six hundred.These are the sons of Dan after their families: of Shuham, the family of the Shuhamites. These are the families of Dan after their families.All the families of the Shuhamites, according to those who were counted of them, were sixty- four thousand four hundred.The sons of Asher after their families: of Imnah, the family of the Imnites; of Ishvi, the family of the Ishvites; of Beriah, the family of the Berites.Of the sons of Beriah: of Heber, the family of the Heberites; of Malchiel, the family of the Malchielites.The name of the daughter of Asher was Serah.These are the families of the sons of Asher according to those who were counted of them, fifty- three thousand and four hundred.The sons of Naphtali after their families: of Jahzeel, the family of the Jahzeelites; of Guni, the family of the Gunites;of Jezer, the family of the Jezerites; of Shillem, the family of the Shillemites.These are the families of Naphtali according to their families; and those who were counted of them were forty- five thousand four hundred.These are those who were counted of the children of Israel, six hundred one thousand seven hundred thirty.Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,“ To these the land shall be divided for an inheritance according to the number of names.To the more you shall give the more inheritance, and to the fewer you shall give the less inheritance. To everyone according to those who were counted of him shall his inheritance be given.Notwithstanding, the land shall be divided by lot. According to the names of the tribes of their fathers they shall inherit.According to the lot shall their inheritance be divided between the more and the fewer.”These are those who were counted of the Levites after their families: of Gershon, the family of the Gershonites; of Kohath, the family of the Kohathites; of Merari, the family of the Merarites.These are the families of Levi: the family of the Libnites, the family of the Hebronites, the family of the Mahlites, the family of the Mushites, and the family of the Korahites. Kohath became the father of Amram.The name of Amram’s wife was Jochebed, the daughter of Levi, who was born to Levi in Egypt. She bore to Amram Aaron and Moses, and Miriam their sister.To Aaron were born Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar.Nadab and Abihu died when they offered strange fire before Yahweh.Those who were counted of them were twenty- three thousand, every male from a month old and upward; for they were not counted among the children of Israel, because there was no inheritance given them among the children of Israel.These are those who were counted by Moses and Eleazar the priest, who counted the children of Israel in the plains of Moab by the Jordan at Jericho.But among these there was not a man of them who were counted by Moses and Aaron the priest, who counted the children of Israel in the wilderness of Sinai.For Yahweh had said of them,“ They shall surely die in the wilderness.” There was not a man left of them, except Caleb the son of Jephunneh, and Joshua the son of Nun.

Abraham took another wife, and her name was Keturah.She bore him Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Midian, Ishbak, and Shuah.Jokshan became the father of Sheba, and Dedan. The sons of Dedan were Asshurim, Letushim, and Leummim.The sons of Midian were Ephah, Epher, Hanoch, Abida, and Eldaah. All these were the children of Keturah.Abraham gave all that he had to Isaac,but Abraham gave gifts to the sons of Abraham’s concubines. While he still lived, he sent them away from Isaac his son, eastward, to the east country.These are the days of the years of Abraham’s life which he lived: one hundred seventy- five years.Abraham gave up his spirit, and died at a good old age, an old man, and full of years, and was gathered to his people.Isaac and Ishmael, his sons, buried him in the cave of Machpelah, in the field of Ephron, the son of Zohar the Hittite, which is near Mamre,the field which Abraham purchased from the children of Heth. Abraham was buried there with Sarah, his wife.After the death of Abraham, God blessed Isaac, his son. Isaac lived by Beer Lahai Roi.Now this is the history of the generations of Ishmael, Abraham’s son, whom Hagar the Egyptian, Sarah’s servant, bore to Abraham.These are the names of the sons of Ishmael, by their names, according to the order of their birth: the firstborn of Ishmael, Nebaioth, then Kedar, Adbeel, Mibsam,Mishma, Dumah, Massa,Hadad, Tema, Jetur, Naphish, and Kedemah.These are the sons of Ishmael, and these are their names, by their villages, and by their encampments: twelve princes, according to their nations.These are the years of the life of Ishmael: one hundred thirty- seven years. He gave up his spirit and died, and was gathered to his people.They lived from Havilah to Shur that is before Egypt, as you go toward Assyria. He lived opposite all his relatives.

He received the sign of circumcision, a seal of the righteousness of the faith which he had while he was in uncircumcision, that he might be the father of all those who believe, though they might be in uncircumcision, that righteousness might also be accounted to them.He is the father of circumcision to those who not only are of the circumcision, but who also walk in the steps of that faith of our father Abraham, which he had in uncircumcision.For the promise to Abraham and to his offspring that he should be heir of the world wasn’t through the law, but through the righteousness of faith.For if those who are of the law are heirs, faith is made void, and the promise is made of no effect.For the law produces wrath, for where there is no law, neither is there disobedience.For this cause it is of faith, that it may be according to grace, to the end that the promise may be sure to all the offspring, not to that only which is of the law, but to that also which is of the faith of Abraham, who is the father of us all.As it is written,“ I have made you a father of many nations.” This is in the presence of him whom he believed: God, who gives life to the dead, and calls the things that are not, as though they were.Besides hope, Abraham in hope believed, to the end that he might become a father of many nations, according to that which had been spoken,“ So will your offspring be.”

You said,‘ I will surely do you good, and make your offspring as the sand of the sea, which can’t be counted because there are so many.’”

There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free man, there is neither male nor female; for you are all one in Christ Jesus.If you are Christ’s, then you are Abraham’s offspring and heirs according to promise.