Genesis 28:3
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“May God Almighty bless you and make you fruitful and multiply you, so that you may become a company of peoples.”
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“May God Almighty bless you and make you fruitful and multiply you, so that you may become a company of peoples.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“And God Almighty bless thee, and make thee fruitful, and multiply thee, that thou mayest be a multitude of people;”
King James Version · Public Domain“And God Almighty bless thee, and make thee fruitful, and multiply thee, that thou mayest be a company of peoples;”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“and God Almighty doth bless thee, and make thee fruitful, and multiply thee, and thou hast become an assembly of peoples;”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Genesis 28:3 — 19 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Genesis 1:28God blessed them and said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth and subdue it; rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air and every creature that crawls upon the earth.”
- Genesis 9:1And God blessed Noah and his sons and said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth.
- Genesis 13:16I will make your offspring like the dust of the earth, so that if one could count the dust of the earth, then your offspring could be counted.
- Genesis 17:1When Abram was ninety-nine years old, the LORD appeared to him and said, “I am God Almighty. Walk before Me and be blameless.
- Genesis 17:2I will establish My covenant between Me and you, and I will multiply you exceedingly.”
- Genesis 17:4“As for Me, this is My covenant with you: You will be the father of many nations.
- Genesis 17:6I will make you exceedingly fruitful; I will make nations of you, and kings will descend from you.
- Genesis 22:17I will surely bless you, and I will multiply your descendants like the stars in the sky and the sand on the seashore. Your descendants will possess the gates of their enemies.
- Genesis 24:60And 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.”
- Genesis 35:11And God told him, “I am God Almighty. Be fruitful and multiply. A nation—even a company of nations—shall come from you, and kings shall descend from you.
- Genesis 41:52And the second son he named Ephraim, saying, “God has made me fruitful in the land of my affliction.”
- Genesis 43:14May God Almighty grant you mercy before the man, that he may release your other brother along with Benjamin. As for me, if I am bereaved, I am bereaved.”
- Genesis 48:3Jacob said to Joseph, “God Almighty appeared to me at Luz in the land of Canaan, and there He blessed me
- Exodus 6:3I appeared to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob as God Almighty, but by My name the LORD I did not make Myself known to them.
- Ruth 2:4Just then Boaz arrived from Bethlehem and said to the harvesters, “The LORD be with you.” “The LORD bless you,” they replied.
- Psalms 127:1Unless the LORD builds the house, its builders labor in vain; unless the LORD protects the city, its watchmen stand guard in vain.
- Psalms 127:3Children are indeed a heritage from the LORD, and the fruit of the womb is His reward.
- 2 Corinthians 6:18And: “I will be a Father to you, and you will be My sons and daughters, says the Lord Almighty.”
- Revelation 21:22But I saw no temple in the city, because the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb are its temple.
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