Genesis 35:11
God said to him, “I am El Shaddai [God Almighty]. Be fruitful and multiply. A nation and a company of nations will be from you, and kings will come out of your body. (A:6)
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Genesis 9:1God blessed Noah [Rest] and his sons, and said to them, “Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth.
Genesis 13:16I will make your offspring as the dust of the earth, so that if a man can count the dust of the earth, then your offspring may also be counted.
Genesis 17:1When Avram [Exalted father] was ninety-nine years old, Adonai appeared to Avram [Exalted father], and said to him, “I am El Shaddai [God Almighty]. Walk before me, and be blameless.
Genesis 17:6I will make you exceedingly fruitful, and I will make nations of you. Kings will come out of you. (7)
Genesis 18:14Is anything too hard for Adonai? At the set time I will return to you, when the season comes round, and Sarah [Princess] will have a son.” + 18:14. Quoted in Rom 9:9 (2)
Genesis 22:17I will bless you greatly, and I will multiply your offspring + 22:17. (16-17) Quoted in Heb 6:13-14 greatly like the stars of the heavens, and like the sand which is on the seashore. + 22:17. Quoted in Heb 11:12 Your offspring will possess the gate of his enemies.
Matthew Henry on Genesis 35:7-16
Jacob's Arrival at Bethel. ( b. c. 1732.) 6 So Jacob came to Luz, which is in the land of Canaan, that is, Beth-el, he and all the people that were with him. 7 And he built there an altar, and called the place El-Beth-el: because there God appeared unto him, when he fled from the face of his brother. 8 But Deborah Rebekah's nurse died, and she was buried beneath Beth-el under an oak: and the name of it was called Allon-bachuth. 9 And God appeared unto Jacob again, when he came out of Padan-aram, and blessed him.… Read the whole commentary →