Genesis 48:4
and sayde vnto me: beholde I will make the growe and will multiplye the and will make a great nombre of people of the and will geue this lande vnto the and vnto thy seed after ye vnto an euerlastinge possession.
William Tyndale Bible (1525/1530)
In The King James Version
In Context
3and sayde vnto Ioseph: God all mightie appeared vnto me at lus in the lande of Canaan ad blessed me
Cross References
Genesis 13:15for all the lande which thou seiste wyll I gyue vnto the and to thy seed for ever.
Genesis 17:8And I will geue vnto the ad to thy seed after the the lande where in thou arte a straunger: Euen all the lande of Canaan for an everlastynge possession and wil be their God.
Genesis 22:17that I will blesse th and multiplye thy seed as the starres of heaven and as the sonde vpo the seesyde. And thy seed shall possesse the gates of hys enymies.
Genesis 28:3And God allmightie blesse the increase the and multiplie the that thou mayst be a nombre of people
Genesis 32:12Thou saydest that thou woldest surely do me good and woldest make mi seed as the sonde of the see which can not be nombred for multitude.
Genesis 46:3And he sayde: I am that mightie God of thy father feare not to goo downe in to Egipte. For I will make of the there a great people.
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 →