Verse (Click for Chapter) Good News Translation He said to me, 'I will give you many children, so that your descendants will become many nations; I will give this land to your descendants as their possession forever.'" New Revised Standard Version Contemporary English Version New American Bible Douay-Rheims Bible Treasury of Scripture Knowledge And said: I will cause thee to increase and multiply, and I will make of thee a multitude of people: and I will give this land to thee, and to thy seed after thee for an everlasting possession. Behold I. Genesis 12:2 And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and magnify thy name, and thou shalt be blessed. Genesis 13:15,16 All the land which thou seest, I will give to thee, and to thy seed for ever. . . . Genesis 22:17 I will bless thee, and I will multiply thy seed as the stars of heaven, and as the sand that is by the sea shore; thy seed shall possess the gates of their enemies. Genesis 26:4 And I will multiply thy seed like the stars of heaven: and I will give to thy posterity all these countries: and in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed. Genesis 28:3,13-15 And God almighty bless thee, and make thee to increase and multiply thee: that thou mayst be a multitude of people. . . . Genesis 32:12 Thou didst say, that thou wouldst do well by me, and multiply my seed like the sand of the sea, which cannot be numbered for multitude. Genesis 35:11 And said to him: I am God almighty, increase thou and be multiplied. Nations and peoples of nations shall be from thee, and kings shall come out of thy loins. Genesis 46:3 God said to him: I am the most mighty God of thy father; fear not, go down into Egypt, for I will make a great nation of thee there. Genesis 47:27 So Israel dwelt in Egypt, that is, in the land of Gessen, and possessed it; and grew, and was multiplied exceedingly. Exodus 1:7,11 The children of Israel increased, and sprung up into multitudes, and growing exceedingly strong they filled the land. . . . will give. Deuteronomy 32:8 When the Most High divided the nations: when he separated the sons of Adam, he appointed the bounds of people according to the number of the children of Israel. Amos 9:14,15 Behold the days come, saith the Lord, when the ploughman shall overtake the reaper, and the treader of grapes him that soweth seed: and the mountains shall drop sweetness, and every hill shall be tilled. . . . everlasting. Genesis 17:8,13 And I will give to thee, and to thy seed, the land of thy sojournment, all the land of Chanaan, for a perpetual possession, and I will be their God. . . . Context Jacob Blesses Ephraim and Manasseh…3And when Joseph was come in to him, he said: God almighty appeared to me at Luza, which is in the land of Chanaan, and he blessed me, 4And said: I will cause thee to increase and multiply, and I will make of thee a multitude of people: and I will give this land to thee, and to thy seed after thee for an everlasting possession.5So thy two sons, who were born to thee in the land of Egypt before I came hither to thee, shall be mine: Ephraim and Manasses shall be reputed to me as Ruben and Simeon.… Cross References Genesis 17:8 And I will give to thee, and to thy seed, the land of thy sojournment, all the land of Chanaan, for a perpetual possession, and I will be their God. Genesis 28:3 And God almighty bless thee, and make thee to increase and multiply thee: that thou mayst be a multitude of people. Genesis 35:11 And said to him: I am God almighty, increase thou and be multiplied. Nations and peoples of nations shall be from thee, and kings shall come out of thy loins. Exodus 1:7 The children of Israel increased, and sprung up into multitudes, and growing exceedingly strong they filled the land. Leviticus 26:9 I will look on you, and make you increase: you shall be multiplied, and I will establish my covenant with you. Psalm 127:3 Behold the inheritance of the Lord are children: the reward, the fruit of the womb. Jump to Previous Age-During Community Company Descendants Everlasting Family Fertile Fruitful Great Heritage Increase Making Multiplied Multiply Multitude Nations Numbers Numerous Peoples Possession SeedJump to Next Age-During Community Company Descendants Everlasting Family Fertile Fruitful Great Heritage Increase Making Multiplied Multiply Multitude Nations Numbers Numerous Peoples Possession SeedLinks Genesis 48:4 NIVGenesis 48:4 NLT Genesis 48:4 ESV Genesis 48:4 NASB Genesis 48:4 Bible Apps Genesis 48:4 Biblia Paralela Genesis 48:4 Chinese Bible Genesis 48:4 French Bible Genesis 48:4 German Bible Alphabetical: a after am an and as Behold community company descendants everlasting for fruitful give going He I increase land make me numbers numerous of peoples possession possession' said this to will you you' your OT Law: Genesis 48:4 And said to me 'Behold I will (Gen. Ge Gn) Bible Study Resources, Dictionary, Concordance and Search Tools |