Genesis 28:3 “May God Almighty bless you and make you fruitful and multiply you, so…”

Genesis 28:3

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

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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

World English Bible

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

American Standard Version

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

Geneva Bible 1599

And God all sufficient blesse thee, and make thee to encrease, and multiplie thee, that thou mayest be a multitude of people,

Darby Translation

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

Young's Literal Translation

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

Bible in Basic English

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.

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Cross references

“God”

Genesis 48:3 Genesis 35:11 Genesis 17:1–6 Genesis 43:14 Exodus 6:3 2 Corinthians 6:18

Genesis 48:3 · BSB

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

Genesis 35:11 · BSB

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.

Genesis 17:1–6 · BSB

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

Genesis 43:14 · BSB

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.”

Exodus 6:3 · BSB

I appeared to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob as God Almighty, but by My name the LORD I did not make Myself known to them.

2 Corinthians 6:18 · BSB

And: “I will be a Father to you, and you will be My sons and daughters, says the Lord Almighty.”

“and make”

Genesis 1:28 Genesis 9:1 Genesis 13:16 Genesis 41:52 Genesis 24:60 Psalm 127:3–5

Genesis 1:28 · BSB

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.”

Genesis 9:1 · BSB

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

Genesis 13:16 · BSB

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 41:52 · BSB

And the second son he named Ephraim, saying, “God has made me fruitful in the land of my affliction.”

Genesis 24:60 · BSB

And they blessed Rebekah and said to her, “Our sister, may you become the mother of thousands upon thousands. May your offspring possess the gates of their enemies.”

Psalm 127:3–5 · BSB

Children are indeed a heritage from the LORD, and the fruit of the womb is His reward.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

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.

4And 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.”

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