“ Behold, my covenant is with you, and you shall 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.

“ 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.

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

And God said to him,“ I am God Almighty: be fruitful and multiply. A nation and a company of nations shall come from you, and kings shall come from your own body.

And I will make of you a great nation, and I will bless you and make your name great, so that you will be a blessing.

These are the generations of Esau( that is, Edom).Esau took his wives from the Canaanites: Adah the daughter of Elon the Hittite, Oholibamah the daughter of Anah the daughter of Zibeon the Hivite,and Basemath, Ishmael’s daughter, the sister of Nebaioth.And Adah bore to Esau, Eliphaz; Basemath bore Reuel;and Oholibamah bore Jeush, Jalam, and Korah. These are the sons of Esau who were born to him in the land of Canaan.Then Esau took his wives, his sons, his daughters, and all the members of his household, his livestock, all his beasts, and all his property that he had acquired in the land of Canaan. He went into a land away from his brother Jacob.For their possessions were too great for them to dwell together. The land of their sojournings could not support them because of their livestock.So Esau settled in the hill country of Seir.( Esau is Edom.)These are 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, Reuel the son of Basemath the wife of Esau.The sons of Eliphaz were Teman, Omar, Zepho, Gatam, and Kenaz.( Timna was a concubine of Eliphaz, Esau’s son; she bore Amalek to Eliphaz.) These are the sons of Adah, Esau’s wife.These are the sons of Reuel: Nahath, Zerah, Shammah, and Mizzah. These are the sons of Basemath, Esau’s wife.These are 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: the chiefs Teman, Omar, Zepho, Kenaz,Korah, Gatam, and Amalek; these are the chiefs of Eliphaz in the land of Edom; these are the sons of Adah.These are the sons of Reuel, Esau’s son: the chiefs Nahath, Zerah, Shammah, and Mizzah; these are the chiefs 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: the chiefs Jeush, Jalam, and Korah; these are the chiefs born 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 of the Horites, the sons of Seir in the land of Edom.The sons of Lotan were Hori and Hemam; and Lotan’s sister was Timna.These are the sons of Shobal: Alvan, Manahath, Ebal, Shepho, and Onam.These are the sons of Zibeon: Aiah and Anah; he is the Anah who found the hot springs in the wilderness, as he pastured the donkeys of Zibeon his father.These are the children of Anah: Dishon and Oholibamah the daughter of Anah.These are the sons of Dishon: Hemdan, Eshban, Ithran, and Cheran.These are the sons of Ezer: Bilhan, Zaavan, and Akan.These are the sons of Dishan: Uz and Aran.These are the chiefs of the Horites: the chiefs Lotan, Shobal, Zibeon, Anah,Dishon, Ezer, and Dishan; these are the chiefs of the Horites, chief by chief in the land of Seir.These are the kings who reigned in the land of Edom, before any king reigned over the Israelites.Bela the son of Beor reigned in Edom, the name of his city being 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 defeated Midian in the country of Moab, reigned in his place, the name of his city being Avith.Hadad died, and Samlah of Masrekah reigned in his place.Samlah died, and Shaul of Rehoboth on the Euphrates 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 being Pau; his wife’s name was Mehetabel, the daughter of Matred, daughter of Mezahab.These are the names of the chiefs of Esau, according to their clans and their dwelling places, by their names: the chiefs Timna, Alvah, Jetheth,Oholibamah, Elah, Pinon,Kenaz, Teman, Mibzar,Magdiel, and Iram; these are the chiefs of Edom( that is, Esau, the father of Edom), according to their dwelling places in the land of their possession.

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

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

The angel of the Lord also said to her,“ I will surely multiply your offspring so that they cannot be numbered for multitude.”

I will surely bless you, and I will surely multiply your offspring as the stars of heaven and as the sand that is on the seashore. And your offspring shall possess the gate of his enemies,

The Lord 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 people of Israel, by clans, by fathers’ houses, according to the number of names, every male, head by head.From twenty years old and upward, all in Israel who are able to go to war, you and Aaron shall list them, company by company.And there shall be with you a man from each tribe, each man being the head of the house of his fathers.And these are the names of the men who shall assist you. From Reuben, Elizur the son of Shedeur;from Simeon, Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai;from Judah, Nahshon the son of Amminadab;from Issachar, Nethanel the son of Zuar;from Zebulun, Eliab the son of Helon;from the sons of Joseph, from Ephraim, Elishama the son of Ammihud, and from Manasseh, Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur;from Benjamin, Abidan the son of Gideoni;from Dan, Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai;from Asher, Pagiel the son of Ochran;from Gad, Eliasaph the son of Deuel;from Naphtali, Ahira the son of Enan.”These were the ones chosen from the congregation, the chiefs of their ancestral tribes, the heads of the clans of Israel.Moses and Aaron took these men who had been named,and on the first day of the second month, they assembled the whole congregation together, who registered themselves by clans, by fathers’ houses, according to the number of names from twenty years old and upward, head by head,as the Lord commanded Moses. So he listed them in the wilderness of Sinai.The people of Reuben, Israel’s firstborn, their generations, by their clans, by their fathers’ houses, according to the number of names, head by head, every male from twenty years old and upward, all who were able to go to war:those listed of the tribe of Reuben were 46,500.Of the people of Simeon, their generations, by their clans, by their fathers’ houses, those of them who were listed, according to the number of names, head by head, every male from twenty years old and upward, all who were able to go to war:those listed of the tribe of Simeon were 59,300.Of the people of Gad, their generations, by their clans, by their fathers’ houses, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all who were able to go to war:those listed of the tribe of Gad were 45,650.Of the people of Judah, their generations, by their clans, by their fathers’ houses, according to the number of names, from twenty years old and upward, every man able to go to war:those listed of the tribe of Judah were 74,600.Of the people of Issachar, their generations, by their clans, by their fathers’ houses, according to the number of names, from twenty years old and upward, every man able to go to war:those listed of the tribe of Issachar were 54,400.Of the people of Zebulun, their generations, by their clans, by their fathers’ houses, according to the number of names, from twenty years old and upward, every man able to go to war:those listed of the tribe of Zebulun were 57,400.Of the people of Joseph, namely, of the people of Ephraim, their generations, by their clans, by their fathers’ houses, according to the number of names, from twenty years old and upward, every man able to go to war:those listed of the tribe of Ephraim were 40,500.Of the people of Manasseh, their generations, by their clans, by their fathers’ houses, according to the number of names, from twenty years old and upward, every man able to go to war:those listed of the tribe of Manasseh were 32,200.Of the people of Benjamin, their generations, by their clans, by their fathers’ houses, according to the number of names, from twenty years old and upward, every man able to go to war:those listed of the tribe of Benjamin were 35,400.Of the people of Dan, their generations, by their clans, by their fathers’ houses, according to the number of names, from twenty years old and upward, every man able to go to war:those listed of the tribe of Dan were 62,700.Of the people of Asher, their generations, by their clans, by their fathers’ houses, according to the number of names, from twenty years old and upward, every man able to go to war:those listed of the tribe of Asher were 41,500.Of the people of Naphtali, their generations, by their clans, by their fathers’ houses, according to the number of names, from twenty years old and upward, every man able to go to war:those listed of the tribe of Naphtali were 53,400.These are those who were listed, whom Moses and Aaron listed with the help of the chiefs of Israel, twelve men, each representing his fathers’ house.So all those listed of the people of Israel, by their fathers’ houses, from twenty years old and upward, every man able to go to war in Israel—all those listed were 603,550.But the Levites were not listed along with them by their ancestral tribe.For the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,“ Only the tribe of Levi you shall not list, and you shall not take a census of them among the people 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 are to carry the tabernacle and all its furnishings, and they shall take care of it and shall camp around the tabernacle.When the tabernacle is to set out, the Levites shall take it down, and when the tabernacle is to be pitched, the Levites shall set it up. And if any outsider comes near, he shall be put to death.The people of Israel shall pitch their tents by their companies, each man in his own camp and each man by his own standard.But the Levites shall camp around the tabernacle of the testimony, so that there may be no wrath on the congregation of the people of Israel. And the Levites shall keep guard over the tabernacle of the testimony.”Thus did the people of Israel; they did according to all that the Lord commanded Moses.

After the plague, the Lord said to Moses and to Eleazar the son of Aaron, the priest,“ Take a census of all the congregation of the people of Israel, from twenty years old and upward, by their fathers’ houses, all in Israel who are able to go to war.”And Moses and Eleazar the priest spoke with them in the plains of Moab by the Jordan at Jericho, saying,“ Take a census of the people, from twenty years old and upward,” as the Lord commanded Moses. The people of Israel who came out of the land of Egypt were:Reuben, the firstborn of Israel; the sons of Reuben: of Hanoch, the clan of the Hanochites; of Pallu, the clan of the Palluites;of Hezron, the clan of the Hezronites; of Carmi, the clan of the Carmites.These are the clans of the Reubenites, and those listed were 43,730.And the sons of Pallu: Eliab.The sons of Eliab: Nemuel, Dathan, and Abiram. These are the Dathan and Abiram, chosen from the congregation, who contended against Moses and Aaron in the company of Korah, when they contended against the Lordand the earth opened its mouth and swallowed them up together with Korah, when that company died, when the fire devoured 250 men, and they became a warning.But the sons of Korah did not die.The sons of Simeon according to their clans: of Nemuel, the clan of the Nemuelites; of Jamin, the clan of the Jaminites; of Jachin, the clan of the Jachinites;of Zerah, the clan of the Zerahites; of Shaul, the clan of the Shaulites.These are the clans of the Simeonites, 22,200.The sons of Gad according to their clans: of Zephon, the clan of the Zephonites; of Haggi, the clan of the Haggites; of Shuni, the clan of the Shunites;of Ozni, the clan of the Oznites; of Eri, the clan of the Erites;of Arod, the clan of the Arodites; of Areli, the clan of the Arelites.These are the clans of the sons of Gad as they were listed, 40,500.The sons of Judah were Er and Onan; and Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan.And the sons of Judah according to their clans were: of Shelah, the clan of the Shelanites; of Perez, the clan of the Perezites; of Zerah, the clan of the Zerahites.And the sons of Perez were: of Hezron, the clan of the Hezronites; of Hamul, the clan of the Hamulites.These are the clans of Judah as they were listed, 76,500.The sons of Issachar according to their clans: of Tola, the clan of the Tolaites; of Puvah, the clan of the Punites;of Jashub, the clan of the Jashubites; of Shimron, the clan of the Shimronites.These are the clans of Issachar as they were listed, 64,300.The sons of Zebulun, according to their clans: of Sered, the clan of the Seredites; of Elon, the clan of the Elonites; of Jahleel, the clan of the Jahleelites.These are the clans of the Zebulunites as they were listed, 60,500.The sons of Joseph according to their clans: Manasseh and Ephraim.The sons of Manasseh: of Machir, the clan of the Machirites; and Machir was the father of Gilead; of Gilead, the clan of the Gileadites.These are the sons of Gilead: of Iezer, the clan of the Iezerites; of Helek, the clan of the Helekites;and of Asriel, the clan of the Asrielites; and of Shechem, the clan of the Shechemites;and of Shemida, the clan of the Shemidaites; and of Hepher, the clan of the Hepherites.Now 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 clans of Manasseh, and those listed were 52,700.These are the sons of Ephraim according to their clans: of Shuthelah, the clan of the Shuthelahites; of Becher, the clan of the Becherites; of Tahan, the clan of the Tahanites.And these are the sons of Shuthelah: of Eran, the clan of the Eranites.These are the clans of the sons of Ephraim as they were listed, 32,500. These are the sons of Joseph according to their clans.The sons of Benjamin according to their clans: of Bela, the clan of the Belaites; of Ashbel, the clan of the Ashbelites; of Ahiram, the clan of the Ahiramites;of Shephupham, the clan of the Shuphamites; of Hupham, the clan of the Huphamites.And the sons of Bela were Ard and Naaman: of Ard, the clan of the Ardites; of Naaman, the clan of the Naamites.These are the sons of Benjamin according to their clans, and those listed were 45,600.These are the sons of Dan according to their clans: of Shuham, the clan of the Shuhamites. These are the clans of Dan according to their clans.All the clans of the Shuhamites, as they were listed, were 64,400.The sons of Asher according to their clans: of Imnah, the clan of the Imnites; of Ishvi, the clan of the Ishvites; of Beriah, the clan of the Beriites.Of the sons of Beriah: of Heber, the clan of the Heberites; of Malchiel, the clan of the Malchielites.And the name of the daughter of Asher was Serah.These are the clans of the sons of Asher as they were listed, 53,400.The sons of Naphtali according to their clans: of Jahzeel, the clan of the Jahzeelites; of Guni, the clan of the Gunites;of Jezer, the clan of the Jezerites; of Shillem, the clan of the Shillemites.These are the clans of Naphtali according to their clans, and those listed were 45,400.This was the list of the people of Israel, 601,730.The Lord spoke to Moses, saying,“ Among these the land shall be divided for inheritance according to the number of names.To a large tribe you shall give a large inheritance, and to a small tribe you shall give a small inheritance; every tribe shall be given its inheritance in proportion to its list.But the land shall be divided by lot. According to the names of the tribes of their fathers they shall inherit.Their inheritance shall be divided according to lot between the larger and the smaller.”This was the list of the Levites according to their clans: of Gershon, the clan of the Gershonites; of Kohath, the clan of the Kohathites; of Merari, the clan of the Merarites.These are the clans of Levi: the clan of the Libnites, the clan of the Hebronites, the clan of the Mahlites, the clan of the Mushites, the clan of the Korahites. And Kohath was the father of Amram.The name of Amram’s wife was Jochebed the daughter of Levi, who was born to Levi in Egypt. And she bore to Amram Aaron and Moses and Miriam their sister.And to Aaron were born Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.But Nadab and Abihu died when they offered unauthorized fire before the Lord.And those listed were 23,000, every male from a month old and upward. For they were not listed among the people of Israel, because there was no inheritance given to them among the people of Israel.These were those listed by Moses and Eleazar the priest, who listed the people of Israel in the plains of Moab by the Jordan at Jericho.But among these there was not one of those listed by Moses and Aaron the priest, who had listed the people of Israel in the wilderness of Sinai.For the Lord had said of them,“ They shall die in the wilderness.” Not one of them was left, except Caleb the son of Jephunneh and Joshua the son of Nun.

Abraham took another wife, whose name was Keturah.She bore him Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Midian, Ishbak, and Shuah.Jokshan fathered 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 he had to Isaac.But to the sons of his concubines Abraham gave gifts, and while he was still living he sent them away from his son Isaac, eastward to the east country.These are the days of the years of Abraham’s life, 175 years.Abraham breathed his last and died in 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, east of Mamre,the field that Abraham purchased from the Hittites. There Abraham was buried, with Sarah his wife.After the death of Abraham, God blessed Isaac his son. And Isaac settled at Beer-lahai-roi.These are 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, named in the order of their birth: Nebaioth, the firstborn of Ishmael; and 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 tribes.( These are the years of the life of Ishmael: 137 years. He breathed his last and died, and was gathered to his people.)They settled from Havilah to Shur, which is opposite Egypt in the direction of Assyria. He settled over against all his kinsmen.

He received the sign of circumcision as a seal of the righteousness that he had by faith while he was still uncircumcised. The purpose was to make him the father of all who believe without being circumcised, so that righteousness would be counted to them as well,and to make him the father of the circumcised who are not merely circumcised but who also walk in the footsteps of the faith that our father Abraham had before he was circumcised.For the promise to Abraham and his offspring that he would be heir of the world did not come through the law but through the righteousness of faith.For if it is the adherents of the law who are to be the heirs, faith is null and the promise is void.For the law brings wrath, but where there is no law there is no transgression.That is why it depends on faith, in order that the promise may rest on grace and be guaranteed to all his offspring— not only to the adherent of the law but also to the one who shares the faith of Abraham, who is the father of us all,as it is written,“ I have made you the father of many nations”— in the presence of the God in whom he believed, who gives life to the dead and calls into existence the things that do not exist.In hope he believed against hope, that he should become the father of many nations, as he had been told,“ So shall your offspring be.”

But you said,‘ I will surely do you good, and make your offspring as the sand of the sea, which cannot be numbered for multitude.’”

There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is no male and female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus.And if you are Christ’s, then you are Abraham’s offspring, heirs according to promise.