Genesis 48:4
and said to me, Behold, I will increase thee, and multiply thee, and will make of thee multitudes of nations; and I will give this land to thee, and to thy seed after thee, for an everlasting possession.
Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
In Context
3And Jacob said to Joseph, My God appeared to me in Luza, in the land of Chanaan, and blessed me,
Cross References
Genesis 13:15for all the land which thou seest, I will give it to thee and to thy seed for ever.
Genesis 17:8And I will give to thee and to thy seed after thee the land wherein thou sojournest, even all the land of Chanaan for an everlasting possession, and I will be to them a God.
Genesis 22:17+ 22:17 Heb. 6. 14. surely blessing I will bless thee, and multiplying I will multiply thy seed as the stars of heaven, and as the sand which is by the shore of the sea, and thy seed shall inherit the cities of their enemies.
Genesis 28:3And may my God bless thee, and increase thee, and multiply thee, and thou shalt become gatherings of nations.
Genesis 32:12Deliver me from the hand of my brother, from the hand of Esau, for I am afraid of him, lest haply he should come and smite me, and the mother upon the children.
Genesis 46:3And he says to him, I am the God of thy fathers; fear not to go down into Egypt, for I will make thee there a great nation.
Matthew Henry on Genesis 48:2-8
Jacob's Last Illness. ( b. c. 1689.) 1 And it came to pass after these things, that one told Joseph, Behold, thy father is sick: and he took with him his two sons, Manasseh and Ephraim. 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, 4 And said unto me, Behold, I will make thee fruitful, and multiply thee, and I will make of thee a… Read the whole commentary →