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Genesis 48:4

Covenant and promises

2 And one told Jacob, and said, Behold, thy son Joseph cometh unto thee: and Israel strengthened himself, and sat upon the bed.

3 And Jacob said unto Joseph, God Almighty appeared unto me at Luz in the land of Canaan, and blessed me,

And said unto me, Behold, I will make thee fruitful, and multiply thee, and I will make of thee a multitude of people; and will give this land to thy seed after thee for an everlasting possession.

5 And now thy two sons, Ephraim and Manasseh, which were born unto thee in the land of Egypt before I came unto thee into Egypt, are mine; as Reuben and Simeon, they shall be mine.

6 And thy issue, which thou begettest after them, shall be thine, and shall be called after the name of their brethren in their inheritance.

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BSB
and told me, ‘Behold, I will make you fruitful and multiply you; I will make you a multitude of peoples, and will give this land to your descendants after you as an everlasting possession.’
KJV
And said unto me, Behold, I will make thee fruitful, and multiply thee, and I will make of thee a multitude of people; and will give this land to thy seed after thee for an everlasting possession.
WEB
and said to me, ‘Behold, I will make you fruitful, and multiply you, and I will make of you a company of peoples, and will give this land to your offspring after you for an everlasting possession.’
ASV
and said unto me, Behold, I will make thee fruitful, and multiply thee, and I will make of thee a company of peoples, and will give this land to thy seed after thee for an everlasting possession.
DARBY
and he said to me, Behold, I will make thee fruitful and multiply thee, and I will make of thee a company of peoples; and will give this land to thy seed after thee [for] an everlasting possession.
BLB
and He said to me, ‘Behold, I am making you fruitful, and I will multiply you, and I will give you to [be] an assembly of peoples, and I will give this land to your seed after you [as] an everlasting possession.’
ÅB
og sa til meg: Se, jeg vil gjøre deg fruktbar og tallrik og gjøre deg til en mengde folkeslag, og jeg vil gi dine etterkommere dette landet til evig eiendom.
OTB
og sa til meg: 'Jeg vil gjøre deg fruktbar og mangfoldiggjøre dine etterkommere. Jeg vil gjøre deg til en mengde folk, og jeg vil gi dette landet til dine etterkommere som en evig eiendom.'
B1930
og sa til mig: Se, jeg vil gjøre dig fruktbar og tallrik og gjøre dig til en mengde folkeslag, og jeg vil gi din ætt efter dig dette land til evig eiendom.

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • Genesis 17:8

    And I will give unto thee, and to thy seed after thee, the land wherein thou art a stranger, all the land of Canaan, for an everlasting possession; and I will be their God.

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  • Genesis 35:11

    And God said unto him, I am God Almighty: be fruitful and multiply; a nation and a company of nations shall be of thee, and kings shall come out of thy loins;

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  • Genesis 28:3

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

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  • Genesis 28:13–15

    And, behold, the LORD stood above it, and said, I am the LORD God of Abraham thy father, and the God of Isaac: the land whereon thou liest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed;

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  • Amos 9:14–15

    And I will bring again the captivity of my people of Israel, and they shall build the waste cities, and inhabit them; and they shall plant vineyards, and drink the wine thereof; they shall also make gardens, and eat the fruit of them.

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  • Genesis 13:15–16

    For all the land which thou seest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed for ever.

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  • Genesis 32:12

    And thou saidst, I will surely do thee good, and make thy seed as the sand of the sea, which cannot be numbered for multitude.

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  • Exodus 1:7

    And the children of Israel were fruitful, and increased abundantly, and multiplied, and waxed exceeding mighty; and the land was filled with them.

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