Genesis17:7

Translation

And I will establish

my covenant between me and you and your seed after you in their generations as an everlasting covenant; to be God to you and you descendants after you.

Paraphrase

And I will establish my covenant between myself and yourself

and your descendants after you,

throughout their generations,

as an everlasting covenant;

to be your God and the God of your descendants after you.

Footnotes

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“I will establish” means “to stand, to rise or raise up.” To “establish” is a secondary usage and is similar to our phrase “to set up.”