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Genesis 28:3

Covenant and promises

1 So Isaac called for Jacob and blessed him. “Do not take a wife from the Canaanite women,” he commanded.

2 “Go at once to Paddan-aram, to the house of your mother’s father Bethuel, and take a wife from among the daughters of Laban, your mother’s brother.

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

4 And may He give the blessing of Abraham to you and your descendants, so that you may possess the land where you dwell as a foreigner, the land God gave to Abraham.”

5 So Isaac sent Jacob to Paddan-aram, to Laban son of Bethuel the Aramean, the brother of Rebekah, who was the mother of Jacob and Esau.

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Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
May God Almighty bless you and make you fruitful and multiply you, so that you may become a company of peoples.
KJV
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,
ASV
And God Almighty bless thee, and make thee fruitful, and multiply thee, that thou mayest be a company of peoples.
DARBY
And the Almighty God bless thee, and make thee fruitful and multiply thee, that thou mayest become a company of peoples.
BLB
And may El-Shaddai bless you and make you fruitful and multiply you, and you shall be an assembly of peoples.
ÅB
Og Gud den allmektige velsigne deg og gjøre deg fruktbar og gi deg en tallrik slekt, så du blir til en hel skare av folkeslag,
OTB
Må Gud den Allmektige velsigne deg og gjøre deg fruktbar og mangfoldiggjøre ditt antall, så du blir til en mengde folk.
B1930
Og Gud den allmektige velsigne dig og gjøre dig fruktbar og gi dig en tallrik ætt, så du blir til en hel skare av folkeslag,

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Genesis 48:3

    Jacob said to Joseph, “God Almighty appeared to me at Luz in the land of Canaan, and there He blessed me

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  • Genesis 35:11

    And God told him, “I am God Almighty. Be fruitful and multiply. A nation—even a company of nations—shall come from you, and kings shall descend from you.

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  • Genesis 17:1–6

    When Abram was ninety-nine years old, the LORD appeared to him and said, “I am God Almighty. Walk before Me and be blameless.

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  • Genesis 1:28

    God blessed them and said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth and subdue it; rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air and every creature that crawls upon the earth.”

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  • Genesis 22:17–18

    I will surely bless you, and I will multiply your descendants like the stars in the sky and the sand on the seashore. Your descendants will possess the gates of their enemies.

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  • Genesis 9:1

    And God blessed Noah and his sons and said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth.

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  • Genesis 43:14

    May God Almighty grant you mercy before the man, that he may release your other brother along with Benjamin. As for me, if I am bereaved, I am bereaved.”

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  • Genesis 13:16

    I will make your offspring like the dust of the earth, so that if one could count the dust of the earth, then your offspring could be counted.

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