Genesis 17:6
Context17:6 I will make you 1 extremely 2 fruitful. I will make nations of you, and kings will descend from you. 3
Isaiah 49:23
Context49:23 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.”