Genesis 17:6

17:6 I will make you ¹  extremely ²  fruitful. I will make nations of you, and kings will descend from you. ³ 

Isaiah 49:23

49:23 Kings will be your children’s ⁴  guardians;

their princesses will nurse your children. ⁵ 

With their faces to the ground they will bow down to you

and they will lick the dirt on ⁶  your feet.

Then you will recognize that I am the Lord;

those who wait patiently for me are not put to shame.

[17:6]  ¹ tn This verb starts a series of perfect verbal forms with vav (ו) consecutive to express God’s intentions.

[17:6]  ² tn Heb “exceedingly, exceedingly.” The repetition is emphatic.

[17:6]  ³ tn Heb “and I will make you into nations, and kings will come out from you.”

[49:23]  ⁴ tn Heb “your,” but Zion here stands by metonymy for her children (see v. 22b).

[49:23]  ⁵ tn Heb “you.” See the preceding note.

[49:23]  ⁶ tn Or “at your feet” (NAB, NIV); NLT “from your feet.”