Genesis 28:3

And may my God bless you, and increase you, and multiply you, and you shall become gatherings of nations.

LXX2012 (US English)

In The King James Version

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

In Context

2Rise and depart quickly into Mesopotamia, to the house of Bathuel the father of your mother, and take to yourself thence a wife of the daughters of Laban your mother's brother.

4And may he give you the blessing of my father Abraam, even to you and to your seed after you, to inherit the land of your sojourning, which God gave to Abraam.

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Cross References

Genesis 9:1And God blessed Noe and his sons, and said to them, Increase and multiply, and fill the earth and have dominion over it.

Genesis 17:1And Abram was ninety-nine years old, and the Lord appeared to Abram and said to him, I am your God, be well-pleasing before me, and be blameless.

Genesis 17:4And I, behold! my covenant is with you, and you shall be a father of a multitude of nations.

Genesis 22:17And + 22:17 Acts 3:25 in your seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed, because you have listened to my voice.

Genesis 35:11And God said to him, I am your God; increase and multiply; for nations and gatherings of nations shall be of you, and kings shall come out of your loins.

Genesis 43:14And my God give you favor in the sight of the man, and send away your other brother, and Benjamin, for I accordingly as I have been bereaved, am bereaved.

Matthew Henry on Genesis 28:2-6

Jacob Dismissed with a Blessing. ( b. c. 1760.) 1 And Isaac called Jacob, and blessed him, and charged him, and said unto him, Thou shalt not take a wife of the daughters of Canaan. 2 Arise, go to Padan-aram, to the house of Bethuel thy mother's father; and take thee a wife from thence of the daughters of Laban thy mother's brother. 3 And God Almighty bless thee, and make thee fruitful, and multiply thee, that thou mayest be a multitude of people; 4 And give thee the blessing of Abraham, to thee, and to thy seed… Read the whole commentary →

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