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# Then I will confirm
"If you do this, then I will confirm"
# I will confirm my covenant
"I will give my covenant" or "I will make my covenant"
# covenant
In this covenant God promises to bless Abram, but he also requires Abram to obey him.
# multiply you exceedingly
Here "multiply you" is an idiom that means he will give him more descendants. Alternate translation: "greatly increase the number of your descendants" or "give you very many descendants" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-idiom]])