Genesis 35:11

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“And 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.”

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BSBPD

“And 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.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“And God said unto him, I am God Almighty: be fruitful and multiply; a nation and a company of nations shall be of thee, and kings shall come out of thy loins;”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“And God said unto him, I am God Almighty: be fruitful and multiply; a nation and a company of nations shall be of thee, and kings shall come out of thy loins;”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“And God saith to him, `I <FI>am<Fi> God Almighty; be fruitful and multiply, a nation and an assembly of nations is from thee, and kings from thy loins go out;”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Genesis 35:11 — 24 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Genesis 9:1And God blessed Noah and his sons and said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth.
  2. Genesis 12:2I will make you into a great nation, and I will bless you; I will make your name great, so that you will be a blessing.
  3. 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.
  4. Genesis 15:5And the LORD took him outside and said, “Now look to the heavens and count the stars, if you are able.” Then He told him, “So shall your offspring be.”
  5. 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.
  6. Genesis 17:5No longer will you be called Abram, but your name will be Abraham, for I have made you a father of many nations.
  7. Genesis 17:6I will make you exceedingly fruitful; I will make nations of you, and kings will descend from you.
  8. Genesis 17:16And I will bless her and will surely give you a son by her. I will bless her, and she will be the mother of nations; kings of peoples will descend from her.”
  9. Genesis 18:14Is anything too difficult for the LORD? At the appointed time I will return to you—in about a year—and Sarah will have a son.”
  10. Genesis 18:18Abraham will surely become a great and powerful nation, and through him all the nations of the earth will be blessed.
  11. 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.
  12. Genesis 28:3May God Almighty bless you and make you fruitful and multiply you, so that you may become a company of peoples.
  13. Genesis 28:14Your descendants will be like the dust of the earth, and you will spread out to the west and east and north and south. All the families of the earth will be blessed through you and your offspring.
  14. Genesis 32:12But You have said, ‘I will surely make you prosper, and I will make your offspring like the sand of the sea, too numerous to count.’”
  15. 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.”
  16. Genesis 46:3“I am God,” He said, “the God of your father. Do not be afraid to go down to Egypt, for I will make you into a great nation there.
  17. Genesis 48:3Jacob said to Joseph, “God Almighty appeared to me at Luz in the land of Canaan, and there He blessed me
  18. Exodus 1:7but the Israelites were fruitful and increased rapidly; they multiplied and became exceedingly numerous, so that the land was filled with them.
  19. Exodus 2:24So God heard their groaning, and He remembered His covenant with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.
  20. 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.
  21. Numbers 1:1On the first day of the second month of the second year after the Israelites had come out of the land of Egypt, the LORD spoke to Moses in the Tent of Meeting in the Wilderness of Sinai. He said:
  22. 1 Samuel 1:1Now there was a man named Elkanah who was from Ramathaim-zophim in the hill country of Ephraim. He was the son of Jeroham, the son of Elihu, the son of Tohu, the son of Zuph, an Ephraimite.
  23. 1 Chronicles 16:16the covenant He made with Abraham, and the oath He swore to Isaac.
  24. 1 Chronicles 16:18‘I will give you the land of Canaan as the portion of your inheritance.’

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