Genesis 28:3

Bible in Basic English (1941)

And may God, the Ruler of all, give you his blessing, giving you fruit and increase, so that you may become an army of peoples.

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  • Gen 35:11 : 11 And God said to him, I am God, the Ruler of all: be fertile, and have increase; a nation, truly a group of nations, will come from you, and kings will be your offspring;
  • Gen 48:3 : 3 And Jacob said to Joseph, God, the Ruler of all, came to me in a vision at Luz in the land of Canaan, and gave me his blessing,
  • Exod 6:3 : 3 I let myself be seen by Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, as God, the Ruler of all; but they had no knowledge of my name Yahweh.
  • Ps 127:1 : 1 <A Song of the going up. Of Solomon.> If the Lord is not helping the builders, then the building of a house is to no purpose: if the Lord does not keep the town, the watchman keeps his watch for nothing.
  • Ps 127:3-128:6 : 3 See, sons are a heritage from the Lord; the fruit of the body is his reward. 4 Like arrows in the hand of a man of war, are the children of the young. 5 Happy is the man who has a good store of them; he will not be put to shame, but his cause will be supported by them against his haters. 1 <A Song of the going up.> Happy is the worshipper of the Lord, who is walking in his ways. 2 You will have the fruit of the work of your hands: happy will you be, and all will be well for you. 3 Your wife will be like a fertile vine in the inmost parts of your house: your children will be like olive plants round your table. 4 See! this is the blessing of the worshipper of the Lord. 5 May the Lord send you blessing out of Zion: may you see the good of Jerusalem all the days of your life. 6 May you see your children's children. Peace be on Israel.
  • 2 Cor 6:18 : 18 And will be a Father to you; and you will be my sons and daughters, says the Lord, the Ruler of all.
  • Rev 21:22 : 22 And I saw no Temple there; because the Lord God, the Ruler of all, and the Lamb are its Temple.
  • Gen 1:28 : 28 And God gave them his blessing and said to them, Be fertile and have increase, and make the earth full and be masters of it; be rulers over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the air and over every living thing moving on the earth.
  • Gen 9:1 : 1 And God gave his blessing to Noah and his sons, and said, Be fertile, and have increase, and make the earth full.
  • Gen 13:16 : 16 And I will make your children like the dust of the earth, so that if the dust of the earth may be numbered, then will your children be numbered.
  • Gen 17:1-6 : 1 When Abram was ninety-nine years old, the Lord came to him, and said, I am God, Ruler of all; go in my ways and be upright in all things, 2 And I will make an agreement between you and me, and your offspring will be greatly increased. 3 And Abram went down on his face on the earth, and the Lord God went on talking with him, and said, 4 As for me, my agreement is made with you, and you will be the father of nations without end. 5 No longer will your name be Abram, but Abraham, for I have made you the father of a number of nations. 6 I will make you very fertile, so that nations will come from you and kings will be your offspring.
  • Gen 22:17-18 : 17 That I will certainly give you my blessing, and your seed will be increased like the stars of heaven and the sand by the seaside; your seed will take the land of those who are against them; 18 And your seed will be a blessing to all the nations of the earth, because you have done what I gave you orders to do.
  • Gen 24:60 : 60 And they gave Rebekah their blessing, saying, O sister, may you be the mother of thousands and ten thousands; and may your seed overcome all those who make war against them.
  • Gen 41:52 : 52 And to the second he gave the name Ephraim, for he said, God has given me fruit in the land of my sorrow.
  • Gen 43:14 : 14 So they took what their father said for the man, and twice as much money in their hands, and Benjamin, and went on their journey to Egypt, and came before Joseph.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Gen 28:4
    85%

    4 And may God give you the blessing of Abraham, to you and to your seed, so that the land of your wanderings, which God gave to Abraham, may be your heritage.

  • Gen 28:13-14
    2 verses
    82%

    13 And he saw the Lord by his side, saying, I am the Lord, the God of Abraham your father, and the God of Isaac: I will give to you and to your seed this land on which you are sleeping.

    14 Your seed will be like the dust of the earth, covering all the land to the west and to the east, to the north and to the south: you and your seed will be a name of blessing to all the families of the earth.

  • Gen 35:11
    82%

    11 And God said to him, I am God, the Ruler of all: be fertile, and have increase; a nation, truly a group of nations, will come from you, and kings will be your offspring;

  • Heb 6:14
    81%

    14 Saying, Be certain that I will give you my blessing, and make your numbers very great.

  • Gen 26:3-4
    2 verses
    81%

    3 Keep in this land, and I will be with you and give you my blessing; for to you and to your seed will I give all these lands, giving effect to the oath which I made to your father Abraham;

    4 I will make your seed like the stars of heaven in number, and will give them all these lands, and your seed will be a blessing to all the nations of the earth;

  • Gen 48:4
    81%

    4 And said to me, Truly, I will make you fertile and give you increase and will make of you a great family of nations: and I will give this land to your seed after you to be their heritage for ever.

  • Gen 28:1-2
    2 verses
    80%

    1 Then Isaac sent for Jacob, and blessing him, said, Do not take a wife from among the women of Canaan;

    2 But go to Paddan-aram, to the house of Bethuel, your mother's father, and there get yourself a wife from the daughters of Laban, your mother's brother.

  • Gen 12:2-3
    2 verses
    80%

    2 And I will make of you a great nation, blessing you and making your name great; and you will be a blessing:

    3 To them who are good to you will I give blessing, and on him who does you wrong will I put my curse: and you will become a name of blessing to all the families of the earth.

  • Gen 22:17-18
    2 verses
    79%

    17 That I will certainly give you my blessing, and your seed will be increased like the stars of heaven and the sand by the seaside; your seed will take the land of those who are against them;

    18 And your seed will be a blessing to all the nations of the earth, because you have done what I gave you orders to do.

  • Gen 27:28-29
    2 verses
    79%

    28 May God give you the dew of heaven, and the good things of the earth, and grain and wine in full measure:

    29 Let peoples be your servants, and nations go down before you: be lord over your brothers, and let your mother's sons go down before you: a curse be on everyone by whom you are cursed, and a blessing on those who give you a blessing.

  • Deut 1:11
    78%

    11 May the Lord, the God of your fathers, make you a thousand times greater in number than you are, and give you his blessing as he has said!

  • Gen 17:2
    78%

    2 And I will make an agreement between you and me, and your offspring will be greatly increased.

  • Deut 7:13-14
    2 verses
    78%

    13 And he will give you his love, blessing you and increasing you: he will send his blessing on the offspring of your body and the fruit of your land, your grain and your wine and your oil, the increase of your cattle and the young of your flock, in the land which by his oath to your fathers he undertook to give you.

    14 You will have greater blessings than any other people: no male or female among you or among your cattle will be without offspring.

  • Gen 32:12
    78%

    12 And you said, Truly, I will be good to you, and make your seed like the sand of the sea which may not be numbered.

  • Gen 17:6
    78%

    6 I will make you very fertile, so that nations will come from you and kings will be your offspring.

  • Deut 28:3-4
    2 verses
    77%

    3 A blessing will be on you in the town, and a blessing in the field.

    4 A blessing will be on the fruit of your body, and on the fruit of your land, on the fruit of your cattle, the increase of your herd, and the young of your flock.

  • Gen 18:18
    77%

    18 Seeing that Abraham will certainly become a great and strong nation, and his name will be used by all the nations of the earth as a blessing?

  • Deut 28:11
    76%

    11 And the Lord will make you fertile in every good thing, in the fruit of your body, and the fruit of your cattle, and the fruit of your fields, in the land which the Lord, by his oath to your fathers, said he would give you.

  • Gen 26:24
    76%

    24 That night the Lord came to him in a vision, and said, I am the God of your father Abraham: have no fear for I am with you, blessing you, and your seed will be increased because of my servant Abraham.

  • Gen 49:25
    75%

    25 Even by the God of your father, who will be your help, and by the Ruler of all, who will make you full with blessings from heaven on high, blessings of the deep stretched out under the earth, blessings of the breasts and of the fertile body:

  • Gen 9:1
    75%

    1 And God gave his blessing to Noah and his sons, and said, Be fertile, and have increase, and make the earth full.

  • Gen 24:60
    75%

    60 And they gave Rebekah their blessing, saying, O sister, may you be the mother of thousands and ten thousands; and may your seed overcome all those who make war against them.

  • Gen 17:20
    75%

    20 As for Ishmael, I have given ear to your prayer: truly I have given him my blessing and I will make him fertile and give him great increase; he will be the father of twelve chiefs, and I will make him a great nation.

  • Gen 30:30
    75%

    30 For before I came you had little, and it has been greatly increased; and the Lord has given you a blessing in everything I have done; but when am I to do something for my family?

  • Gen 28:6
    75%

    6 So when Esau saw that Isaac had given Jacob his blessing, and sent him away to Paddan-aram to get a wife for himself there, blessing him and saying to him, Do not take a wife from among the women of Canaan;

  • Gen 24:4
    74%

    4 But that you will go into my country and to my relations and get a wife there for my son Isaac.

  • Deut 28:8
    74%

    8 The Lord will send his blessing on your store-houses and on everything to which you put your hand: his blessing will be on you in the land which the Lord your God is giving you.

  • Gen 17:16
    74%

    16 And I will give her a blessing so that you will have a son by her: truly my blessing will be on her, and she will be the mother of nations: kings of peoples will be her offspring.