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Genesis 48:4

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.

KJV

et ait : Ego te augebo et multiplicabo, et faciam te in turbas populorum : daboque tibi terram hanc, et semini tuo post te in possessionem sempiternam.

Vulgate

καὶ εἶπέν μοι Ἰδοὺ ἐγώ σε αὐξανῶ καὶ πληθυνῶ καὶ ποιήσω σε εἰς συναγωγὰς ἐθνῶν, καὶ δώσω σοι τὴν γῆν ταύτην καὶ τῷ σπέρματί σου μετὰ σὲ εἰς κατάσχεσιν αἰώνιον.

LXX

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.

ASV

וַ/יֹּ֣אמֶר אֵלַ֗/י הִנְ/נִ֤י מַפְרְ/ךָ֙ וְ/הִרְבִּיתִ֔/ךָ וּ/נְתַתִּ֖י/ךָ לִ/קְהַ֣ל עַמִּ֑ים וְ/נָ֨תַתִּ֜י אֶת הָ/אָ֧רֶץ הַ/זֹּ֛את לְ/זַרְעֲ/ךָ֥ אַחֲרֶ֖י/ךָ אֲחֻזַּ֥ת עוֹלָֽם

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

15 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֶ֣רֶץ
'rts
noun · 2484×
אֶל
'l
preposition · 5475×
אֶת
't
pronoun · 10895×
הַרְבֵּ֥ה
hrbh
verb · 233×
ו
v
noun · 717×
וֹ
v
noun · 66×
וֹ
v
noun · 226×
זֹּ֔את
z't
pronoun · 604×
י
y
noun · 1849×
יֹּ֣אמֶר
y'mr
verb · 5290×
ם
m
verb · 1995×
נִ֨י
ny
pronoun · 313×
עוֹלָֽם
'vlm
noun · 427×
פְּר֣וּ
prv
verb · 29×
קְהַ֣ל
qhl
noun · 123×

Historic Christian voices

2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Amos 9:14 — 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 g
  • Deut 32:8 — When the Most High divided to the nations their inheritance, when he separated the sons of Adam, he set the bounds of the people according to the number of the children of Israel.
  • Exod 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.
  • Exod 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.
  • Gen 12:2 — And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great; and thou shalt be a blessing:
  • Gen 13:15 — For all the land which thou seest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed for ever.
  • Gen 13:15 — For all the land which thou seest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed for ever.
  • Gen 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.
  • Gen 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.
  • Gen 17:13 — He that is born in thy house, and he that is bought with thy money, must needs be circumcised: and my covenant shall be in your flesh for an everlasting covenant.
  • Gen 22:17 — That in blessing I will bless thee, and in multiplying I will multiply thy seed as the stars of the heaven, and as the sand which is upon the sea shore; and thy seed shall possess the gate of his enem
  • Gen 26:4 — And I will make thy seed to multiply as the stars of heaven, and will give unto thy seed all these countries; and in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed;
  • Gen 28:3 — And God Almighty bless thee, and make thee fruitful, and multiply thee, that thou mayest be a multitude of people;
  • Gen 28:13 — 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;
  • Gen 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.
  • Gen 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;
  • Gen 35:12 — And the land which I gave Abraham and Isaac, to thee I will give it, and to thy seed after thee will I give the land.
  • Gen 46:3 — And he said, I am God, the God of thy father: fear not to go down into Egypt; for I will there make of thee a great nation:
  • Gen 47:27 — And Israel dwelt in the land of Egypt, in the country of Goshen; and they had possessions therein, and grew, and multiplied exceedingly.
  • Heb 6:14 — Saying, Surely blessing I will bless thee, and multiplying I will multiply thee.
  • Ps 127:3 — Lo, children are an heritage of the LORD: and the fruit of the womb is his reward.