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Genesis 48:4

and told me, ‘Behold, I will make you fruitful and multiply you; I will make you a multitude of peoples, and will give this land to your descendants after you as an everlasting possession.’

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ASV

and said unto me, Behold, I will make thee fruitful, and multiply thee, and I will make of thee a company of peoples, and will give this land to thy seed after thee for an everlasting possession.

KJV

And said unto me, Behold, I will make thee fruitful, and multiply thee, and I will make of thee a multitude of people; and will give this land to thy seed after thee for an everlasting possession.

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16 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וַיֹּ֣אמֶרvai.Yo.merand he saidH559 →
אֵלַ֗י'e.Laito meH413 →
הִנְנִ֤יhi.Nihere IH2005 →
מַפְרְךָ֙maf.re.Kha[am] about to make fruitful youH6509 →
וְהִרְבִּיתִ֔ךָve.hir.bi.Ti.khaand I will multiply youH7235 →
וּנְתַתִּ֖יךָu.ne.ta.Ti.khaand I will make youH5414 →
לִקְהַ֣לlik.Hal<into> a company ofH6951 →
עַמִּ֑ים'a.MimpeoplesH5971 →
וְנָ֨תַתִּ֜יve.Na.ta.Tiand I will giveH5414 →
אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853 →
הָאָ֧רֶץha.'A.retzthe landH776 →
הַזֹּ֛אתha.Zot<the> thisH2063 →
לְזַרְעֲךָ֥le.zar.'a.Khato offspring yourH2233 →
אַחֲרֶ֖יךָ'a.cha.Rei.khaafter youH310 →
אֲחֻזַּ֥ת'a.chu.Zata possession ofH272 →
עוֹלָֽם׃o.LamperpetuityH5769 →

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Psalms 127:3Children are indeed a heritage from the LORD, and the fruit of the womb is His reward.Genesis 17:8And to you and your descendants I will give the land where you are residing—all the land of Canaan—as an eternal possession; and I will be their God.”Genesis 13:15for all the land that you see, I will give to you and your offspring forever.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 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.’”Amos 9:14–15I will restore My people Israel from captivity; they will rebuild and inhabit the ruined cities. They will plant vineyards and drink their wine; they will make gardens and eat their fruit.Genesis 28:3May God Almighty bless you and make you fruitful and multiply you, so that you may become a company of peoples.Genesis 28:13–15And there at the top the LORD was standing and saying, “I am the LORD, the God of your father Abraham and the God of Isaac. I will give you and your descendants the land on which you now lie.Genesis 47:27Now the Israelites settled in the land of Egypt, in the region of Goshen. They acquired property there and became fruitful and increased greatly in number.Genesis 13:15–16for all the land that you see, I will give to you and your offspring forever.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.Genesis 17:13Whether they are born in your household or purchased, they must be circumcised. My covenant in your flesh will be an everlasting covenant.Genesis 26:4I will make your descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky, and I will give them all these lands, and through your offspring all nations of the earth will be blessed,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.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.Exodus 1:7but the Israelites were fruitful and increased rapidly; they multiplied and became exceedingly numerous, so that the land was filled with them.Deuteronomy 32:8When the Most High gave the nations their inheritance, when He divided the sons of man, He set the boundaries of the peoples according to the number of the sons of God.Genesis 35:12The land that I gave to Abraham and Isaac I will give to you, and I will give this land to your descendants after you.”

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