Genesis 48:4

and said to me, ‘Behold, I will make you fruitful, and multiply you, and I will make of you a company of peoples, and will give this land to your offspring after you for an everlasting possession.’ + 48:4. Quoted in Acts 7:5

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In The King James Version

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.

In Context

3Jacob [Supplanter] said to Joseph [May he add], “ El Shaddai [God Almighty] appeared to me at Luz in the land of Canaan [Humbled], and blessed me,

5Now your two sons, who were born to you in the land of Egypt [Abode of slavery] before I came to you into Egypt [Abode of slavery], are mine; Ephraim [Fruit] and Manasseh [Causing to forget], even as Reuben [See, a son!] and Simeon [Hearing], will be mine.

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Cross References

Genesis 13:15for all the land which you see, I will give to you, and to your offspring forever. + 13:15. Quoted in Luke 1:55; Acts 7:5; Gal 3:16

Genesis 17:8I will give to you, and to your offspring after you, the land where you are traveling, all the land of Canaan [Humbled], for an everlasting possession. + 17:8. Quoted in Acts 7:5 I will be their God.”

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.

Genesis 28:3May El Shaddai [God Almighty] bless you, and make you fruitful, and multiply you, that you may be a company of peoples,

Genesis 32:12You said, ‘I will surely do you good, and make your offspring as the sand of the sea, which can’t be counted because there are so many.’” (2)

Genesis 46:3He said, “I am God, the God of your father. Don’t be afraid to go down into Egypt [Abode of slavery], for there I will make of you 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 →

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