Gen 17:7 | NETfull | STEP | I will confirm my covenant as a perpetual covenant between me and you. It will extend to your descendants after you throughout their generations. I will be your God and the God of your descendants after you.

Genesis 17:7

7 I will confirm ^{▼▼ The verb קוּם (qum, “to arise, to stand up”) in the Hiphil verbal stem means “to confirm, to give effect to, to carry out” (i.e., a covenant or oath; see BDB 878-79 s.v. קוּם).} my covenant as a perpetual ^{▼▼ Or “as an eternal.”} covenant between me and you. It will extend to your descendants after you throughout their generations. I will be your God and the God of your descendants after you. ^{▼▼ Heb “to be to you for God and to your descendants after you.”}