Genesis 24:60
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Wishing prosperity to their sister, and saying: Thou art our sister, mayst thou increase to thousands of thousands; and may thy seed possess the gates of their enemies.

they.

Genesis 1:28 And God blessed them, saying: Increase and multiply, and fill the earth, and subdue it, and rule over the fishes of the sea, and the fowls of the air, and all living creatures that move upon the earth.

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

Genesis 14:19 Blessed him, and said: Blessed be Abram by the most high God, who created heaven and earth.

Genesis 17:16 And I will bless her, and of her I will give thee a son, whom I will bless, and he shall become nations, and kings of people shall spring from him.

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 48:15,16,20 And Jacob blessed the sons of Joseph, and said: God, in whose sight my fathers Abraham and Isaac walked, God that feedeth me from my youth until this day: . . .

Ruth 4:11,12 Then all the people that were in the gate, and the ancients, answered: We are witnesses: The Lord make this woman who cometh into thy house, like Rachel, and Lia, who built up the house of Israel: that she may be an example of virtue in Ephrata, and may have a famous name in Bethlehem: . . .

be thou the mother.

thousands.

Daniel 7:10 A swift stream of fire issued forth from before him: thousands of thousands ministered to him, and ten thousand times a hundred thousand stood before him: the judgment sat, and the books were opened.

thy seed.

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.

Leviticus 25:46 And by right of inheritance shall leave them to your posterity, and shall possess them for ever. But oppress not your brethren the children of Israel by might.

Deuteronomy 21:19 They shall take him and bring him to the ancients of the city, and to the gate of judgment,

Context
Rebekah is Chosen
59So they sent her away, and her nurse, and Abraham's servant, and his company. 60Wishing prosperity to their sister, and saying: Thou art our sister, mayst thou increase to thousands of thousands; and may thy seed possess the gates of their enemies.61So Rebecca and her maids, being set upon camels, followed the man: who with speed returned to his master.…
Cross References
Genesis 17:16
And I will bless her, and of her I will give thee a son, whom I will bless, and he shall become nations, and kings of people shall spring from him.

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 24:61
So Rebecca and her maids, being set upon camels, followed the man: who with speed returned to his master.

Lexicon
And they blessed
וַיְבָרֲכ֤וּ (way·ḇā·ră·ḵū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 1288: To kneel, to bless God, man, to curse

Rebekah
רִבְקָה֙ (riḇ·qāh)
Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7259: Rebekah -- wife of Isaac

and said
וַיֹּ֣אמְרוּ (way·yō·mə·rū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 559: To utter, say

to her,
לָ֔הּ (lāh)
Preposition | third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew

“Our sister,
אֲחֹתֵ֕נוּ (’ă·ḥō·ṯê·nū)
Noun - feminine singular construct | first person common plural
Strong's Hebrew 269: Sister -- a sister

may you
אַ֥תְּ (’at)
Pronoun - second person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 859: Thou and thee, ye and you

become the mother
הֲיִ֖י (hă·yî)
Verb - Qal - Imperative - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1961: To fall out, come to pass, become, be

of thousands
לְאַלְפֵ֣י (lə·’al·p̄ê)
Preposition-l | Number - masculine plural construct
Strong's Hebrew 505: A thousand

upon thousands.
רְבָבָ֑ה (rə·ḇā·ḇāh)
Number - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7233: Multitude, myriad, ten thousand

May your offspring
זַרְעֵ֔ךְ (zar·‘êḵ)
Noun - masculine singular construct | second person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2233: Seed, fruit, plant, sowing-time, posterity

possess
וְיִירַ֣שׁ (wə·yî·raš)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3423: To occupy, to seize, to rob, to inherit, to expel, to impoverish, to ruin

the gates
שַׁ֥עַר (ša·‘ar)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 8179: An opening, door, gate

of their enemies.”
שֹׂנְאָֽיו׃ (śō·nə·’āw)
Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 8130: To hate


Additional Translations
And they blessed Rebekah and said to her, “Our sister, may you become the mother of thousands upon thousands. May your offspring possess the gates of their enemies.”And they blessed Rebekah, and said to her, You are our sister, be you the mother of thousands of millions, and let your seed possess the gate of those which hate them.

And they blessed Rebekah, and said unto her, Our sister, be thou the mother of thousands of ten thousands, and let thy seed possess the gate of those that hate them.

And they blessed Rebecca, and said to her, Thou art our sister; become thou thousands of myriads, and let thy seed possess the cities of their enemies.

And they blessed Rebecca, and said to her, Thou art our sister; mayest thou become thousands of tens of thousands; and may thy seed possess the gate of their enemies!

And they blessed Rebekah, and said unto her, Our sister, be thou the mother of thousands of ten thousands, and let thy seed possess the gate of those which hate them.

And they blessed Rebekah, and said to her, Thou art our sister, be thou the mother of thousands of millions, and let thy seed possess the gate of those who hate them.

They blessed Rebekah, and said to her, "Our sister, may you be the mother of thousands of ten thousands, and let your seed possess the gate of those who hate them."

and they bless Rebekah, and say to her, 'Thou art our sister; become thou thousands of myriads, and thy seed doth possess the gate of those hating it.'
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