Genesis 28:3 Parallel Translations

May God Almighty bless you, make you fertile, and increase the number of your descendants so that you will become a community of people.(GOD'S WORD®)

KJV:

And God Almighty bless thee, and make thee fruitful, and multiply thee, that thou mayest be a multitude of people;

ASV:

And God Almighty bless thee, and make thee fruitful, and multiply thee, that thou mayest be a company of peoples.

BBE:

And may God, the Ruler of all, give you his blessing, giving you fruit and increase, so that you may become an army of peoples.

DBY:

And the Almighty ùGod bless thee, and make thee fruitful and multiply thee, that thou mayest become a company of peoples.

ERV:

And God Almighty bless thee, and make thee fruitful, and multiply thee, that thou mayest be a company of peoples;

JPS:

And God Almighty bless thee, and make thee fruitful, and multiply thee, that thou mayest be a congregation of peoples;

WBS:

And God Almighty bless thee, and make thee fruitful, and multiply thee, that thou mayest be a multitude of people;

WEB:

May God Almighty bless you, and make you fruitful, and multiply you, that you may be a company of peoples,

YLT:

and God Almighty doth bless thee, and make thee fruitful, and multiply thee, and thou hast become an assembly of peoples;

Genesis 28:3 Cross References

XREF:

Genesis 17:1 Now when Abram was ninety-nine years old, the LORD appeared to Abram and said to him, "I am God Almighty; Walk before Me, and be blameless.

Genesis 17:2 "I will establish My covenant between Me and you, And I will multiply you exceedingly."

Genesis 17:6 "I will make you exceedingly fruitful, and I will make nations of you, and kings will come forth from you.

Genesis 17:20 "As for Ishmael, I have heard you; behold, I will bless him, and will make him fruitful and will multiply him exceedingly. He shall become the father of twelve princes, and I will make him a great nation.

Genesis 22:17 indeed I will greatly bless you, and I will greatly multiply your seed as the stars of the heavens and as the sand which is on the seashore; and your seed shall possess the gate of their enemies.

Genesis 26:4 "I will multiply your descendants as the stars of heaven, and will give your descendants all these lands; and by your descendants all the nations of the earth shall be blessed;

Genesis 26:24 The LORD appeared to him the same night and said, "I am the God of your father Abraham; Do not fear, for I am with you. I will bless you, and multiply your descendants, For the sake of My servant Abraham."

Genesis 35:11 God also 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 forth from you.

Genesis 48:3 Then Jacob said to Joseph, "God Almighty appeared to me at Luz in the land of Canaan and blessed me,

Genesis 48:4 and He said to me, 'Behold, I will make you fruitful and numerous, and I will make you a company of peoples, and will give this land to your descendants after you for an everlasting possession.' (NASB ©1995)

Commentaries and Concordances

WES:

28:3-4 Two great promises Abraham was blessed with, and Isaac here entails them both upon Jacob. The promise of heirs, God make thee fruitful and multiply thee. Through his loins that people should descend from Abraham which should be numerous as the stars of heaven. Through his loins should descend from Abraham that person in whom all the families of the earth should be blessed. The promise of an inheritance for those heirs, Ge 28:4. That thou mayest inherit the land of thy sojournings - (So the Hebrew) Canaan was hereby entailed upon the seed of Jacob, exclusive of the seed of Esau. Isaac was now sending Jacob away into a distant country to settle there for some time; and lest this should look like disinheriting him, he here confirms the settlement of it upon him. This promise looks as high as heaven, of which Canaan was a type. That was the better country which Jacob, with the other patriarchs, had in his eye when he confessed himself a stranger and pilgrim on the earth, Heb 11:16.

MHC:

28:1-5 Jacob had blessings promised both as to this world and that which is to come; yet goes out to a hard service. This corrected him for the fraud on his father. The blessing shall be conferred on him, yet he shall smart for the indirect course taken to obtain it. Jacob is dismissed by his father with a solemn charge. He must not take a wife of the daughters of Canaan: those who profess religion, should not marry with those that care not for religion. Also with a solemn blessing. Isaac had before blessed him unwittingly; now he does it designedly. This blessing is more full than the former; it is a gospel blessing. This promise looks as high as heaven, of which Canaan was a type. That was the better country which Jacob and the other patriarchs had in view.

CONC:

Almighty Army Assembly Bless Blessing Community Company Congregation Fruit Fruitful Giving Hast Increase Mayest Multiply Multitude Numbers Peoples Ruler

Almighty Army Assembly Bless Blessing Community Company Congregation Fruit Fruitful Increase Mayest Multiply Multitude Numbers Peoples Ruler

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