Genesis 48:4
And said to me, Truly, I will make you fertile and give you increase and will make of you a great family of nations: and I will give this land to your seed after you to be their heritage for ever.
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Genesis 13:15For all the land which you see I will give to you and to your seed for ever.
Genesis 17:8And to you and to your seed after you, I will give the land in which you are living, all the land of Canaan for an eternal heritage; and I will be their God.
Genesis 22:17That I will certainly give you my blessing, and your seed will be increased like the stars of heaven and the sand by the seaside; your seed will take the land of those who are against them;
Genesis 28:3And may God, the Ruler of all, give you his blessing, giving you fruit and increase, so that you may become an army of peoples.
Genesis 32:12And you said, Truly, I will be good to you, and make your seed like the sand of the sea which may not be numbered.
Genesis 46:3And he said, I am God, the God of your father: go down to Egypt without fear, for I will make a great nation of you there:
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 →