Genesis 48:4
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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.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.’
In other translations
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.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.’
Hebrew words
וַיֹּאמֶרvaiyomerand he saidH559אֵלַי'elaito meH413הִנְנִיhinihere IH2005מַפְרְךָmafrekha[am] about to make fruitful youH6509וְהִרְבִּיתִךָvehirbitikhaand I will multiply youH7235וּנְתַתִּיךָunetatikhaand I will make youH5414לִקְהַלlikhal<into> a company ofH6951עַמִּים'amimpeoplesH5971וְנָתַתִּיvenatatiand I will giveH5414אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853הָאָרֶץha'aretzthe landH776הַזֹּאתhazot<the> thisH2063לְזַרְעֲךָlezar'akhato offspring yourH2233אַחֲרֶיךָ'achareikhaafter youH310אֲחֻזַּת'achuzata possession ofH272עוֹלָם׃olamperpetuityH5769
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Related verses
- Genesis 17:8And 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.And to you and your descendants I will give the land where you are residing—all the land of Canaan—as an eternal possession; and I will be their God.”
- Genesis 35:11And 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;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 26:4And 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;I will make your descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky, and I will give them all these lands, and through your offspring all nations of the earth will be blessed,
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- Genesis 13:15-1615 For all the land which thou seest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed for ever. 16 And I will make thy seed as the dust of the earth: so that if a man can number the dust of the earth, then shall thy seed also be numbered.15 for all the land that you see, I will give to you and your offspring forever. 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.
- Genesis 22:17That 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 enemies;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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Places: Canaan