Genesis 28:3 KJV
And God Almighty bless thee, and make thee fruitful, and multiply thee, that thou mayest be a multitude of people;
Thou and Ye
- thee, thou one person
In the King James Bible, thee, thou, thy, and thine always mean one person, and ye, you, and your more than one: a difference modern English lost. Why keep these words?
Matthew Henry
- Isaac sends Jacob to Padan-aramJacob had blessings promised both as to this world and that which is to come; yet goes out to a hard service. This corrected him for the fraud on his father....
Thompson Chains
- God's BlessingSee the chain from Deuteronomy 23:5 · 6 links
- Blessings (4)See the chain from Genesis 1:28 · 5 links
Parallel Passages
- Genesis 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:
From Thompson’s Chain-Reference Bible (1908).
Cross References
- 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;
- Genesis 48:3 And Jacob said unto Joseph, God Almighty appeared unto me at Luz in the land of Canaan, and blessed me,
- Genesis 1:28 And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.
- Genesis 9:1 And God blessed Noah and his sons, and said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth.
- Genesis 13:16 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.
- Genesis 17:1–6 And when Abram was ninety years old and nine, the LORD appeared to Abram, and said unto him, I am the Almighty God; walk before me, and be thou perfect. …
- Genesis 22:17–18 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 enemies; …
- Genesis 24:60 And they blessed Rebekah, and said unto her, Thou art our sister, be thou the mother of thousands of millions, and let thy seed possess the gate of those which hate them.
- Genesis 41:52 And the name of the second called he Ephraim: For God hath caused me to be fruitful in the land of my affliction.
- Genesis 43:14 And God Almighty give you mercy before the man, that he may send away your other brother, and Benjamin. If I be bereaved of my children, I am bereaved.
- Exodus 6:3 And I appeared unto Abraham, unto Isaac, and unto Jacob, by the name of God Almighty, but by my name JEHOVAH was I not known to them.
- Psalms 127:1 <A Song of degrees for Solomon.> Except the LORD build the house, they labour in vain that build it: except the LORD keep the city, the watchman waketh but in vain.
- Psalms 127:3–128:6 Lo, children are an heritage of the LORD: and the fruit of the womb is his reward. …
- 2 Corinthians 6:18 And will be a Father unto you, and ye shall be my sons and daughters, saith the Lord Almighty.
- Revelation 21:22 And I saw no temple therein: for the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb are the temple of it.
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Topics
- Benedictions Upon Jacob
- Blessing Temporal, prayer for
- Children The gift of God
- Jacob Esau seeks to kill, escapes to Padan-aram
- Parents Isaac
Timeline
- Timeline of the Bible1836–1689 BC · Jacob
Bible Dictionary
- God(A.S. and Dutch God; Dan. Gud; Ger. Gott), the name of the Divine Being. It is the rendering (1) of the Hebrew ’El, from a word meaning...
Hebrew and Strong’s
- And God וְאֵל wĕʾēl אֵל Proper name · with and
- Almighty שַׁדַּי šadday שַׁדַּי Proper name
- bless יְבָרֵךְ yĕbārēk בָרַךְ Verb · piel jussive, third person masculine singular
- thee, and make thee fruitful אֹתְךָ ʾōtĕkā Object marker · with suffix: second person masculine singular וְיַפְרְךָ wĕyaprĕkā פָּרָה Verb · hiphil jussive, third person masculine singular · with and, suffix: second person masculine singular
- and multiply וְיַרְבֶּךָ wĕyarbekā רָבָה Verb · hiphil jussive, third person masculine singular · with and, suffix: second person masculine singular
- thee, that thou mayest be a multitude וְהָיִיתָ wĕhāyîtā Verb · qal sequential perfect, second person masculine singular · with and לִקְהַל liqhal קָהָל Noun · masculine singular construct · with preposition
- of people עַמִּים ʿammîm עַם Noun · masculine plural
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