Genesis 48:4
and said to me, Behold, I will increase you, and multiply you, and will make of you multitudes of nations; and I will give this land to you, and to your seed after you, for an everlasting possession.
LXX2012 (US English)
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 you see, I will give it to you and to your seed for ever.
Genesis 17:8And I will give to you and to your seed after you the land wherein you sojourn, even all the land of Chanaan for an everlasting possession, and I will be to them a God.
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 28:3And may my God bless you, and increase you, and multiply you, and you shall become gatherings of nations.
Genesis 32:12But you said, I will do you good, and will make your seed as the sand of the sea, which shall not be numbered for multitude.
Genesis 46:3And he says to him, I am the God of your fathers; fear not to go down into Egypt, for I will make you 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 →