Genesis 26:4

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

I will make your offspring as numerous as the stars of the sky and give them all these lands, and through your descendants all the nations of the earth will be blessed.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְהִרְבֵּיתִ֤י אֶֽת־זַרְעֲךָ֙ כְּכוֹכְבֵ֣י הַשָּׁמַ֔יִם וְנָתַתִּ֣י לְזַרְעֲךָ֔ אֵ֥ת כָּל־הָאֲרָצֹ֖ת הָאֵ֑ל וְהִתְבָּרֲכ֣וּ בְזַרְעֲךָ֔ כֹּ֖ל גּוֹיֵ֥י הָאָֽרֶץ׃

Transliteration

and-hirbêtî ʾet-zarʿăkā like-kôkəbê haš-šāmayim and-nātattî to-zarʿăkā ʾēt all-hā-ʾărāṣōt hā-ʾēl and-hitbārăkû in-zarʿăkā all gôyê hā-ʾāreṣ

Grammar Details

• *hirbêtî*: 1st singular Hiphil perfect of רבה - I will multiply
• *ʾet*: direct object marker
• *zarʿăkā*: masculine singular noun + 2nd masculine singular suffix - your seed/offspring
• *kôkəbê*: masculine plural construct of כוכב - stars of
• *haš-šāmayim*: definite article + masculine plural noun - the heavens
• *nātattî*: 1st singular Qal perfect of נתן - I will give
• *hā-ʾărāṣōt*: definite article + feminine plural noun - the lands
• *hā-ʾēl*: definite article + demonstrative pronoun - these
• *hitbārăkû*: 3rd plural Hithpael perfect of ברך - they will bless themselves
• *gôyê*: masculine plural construct of גוי - nations of
• *hā-ʾāreṣ*: definite article + feminine singular noun - the earth/land

Word Meanings

• *hirbêtî*: I will multiply/I will increase/I will make numerous
• *zarʿăkā*: your seed/your offspring/your descendants
• *hitbārăkû*: they will bless themselves/they will be blessed/they will find blessing

Other Translations

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  And I will make thy seed to multiply as the stars of heaven, and will give unto thy seed all these countries; and in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed;

• KJV1611 – Modern English

  And I will make your descendants multiply as the stars of heaven, and will give to your descendants all these countries; and in your seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed;

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  And I will make thy seed to multiply as the stars of heaven, and will give unto thy seed all these countries; and in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed;

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  and I will multiply thy seed as the stars of heaven, and will give unto thy seed all these lands; and in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed;

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  And I will make thy seed to multiply as the stars of heaven, and will give unto thy seed all these countries; and in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed;

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  and will multiplye thy seed as ye starres of heave and will geue vnto thy seed all these contreis. And thorow thy seed shall all the natios of the erth be blessed

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  And I wyll multiplye thy sede as the starres of heauen, and vnto thy sede wyll I geue all this londe, and thorow thy sede shall all nacions be blessed,

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Also I wil cause thy seede to multiply as the starres of heauen, and will giue vnto thy seede all these countreys: and in thy seede shall all the nanations of the earth be blessed,

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  And wyl make thy seede to multiplie as the starres of heauen, and wyll geue vnto thy seede al these countreys: and in thy seede shall all the nations of the earth be blessed:

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  And I will make thy seed to multiply as the stars of heaven, and will give unto thy seed all these countries; and in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed;

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  I will multiply your seed as the stars of the sky, and will give to your seed all these lands. In your seed will all the nations of the earth be blessed,

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  and I have multiplied thy seed as stars of the heavens, and I have given to thy seed all these lands; and blessed themselves in thy seed have all nations of the earth;

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And I will multiply thy seed as the stars of heaven, and will give unto thy seed all these lands. And in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  and I will multiply thy seed as the stars of heaven, and will give unto thy seed all these lands; and in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed;

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  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;

• World English Bible (2000)

  I will multiply your seed as the stars of the sky, and will give to your seed all these lands. In your seed will all the nations of the earth be blessed,

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  I will multiply your descendants so they will be as numerous as the stars in the sky, and I will give them all these lands. All the nations of the earth will pronounce blessings on one another using the name of your descendants.

Referenced Verses

• Gen 15:5 : 5 He took him outside and said, "Look up at the sky and count the stars, if you are able to count them." Then He added, "So will your descendants be."
• Gen 22:17-18 : 17 I will surely bless you and will greatly multiply your offspring like the stars of the heavens and like the sand on the seashore, and your offspring will possess the gates of their enemies. 18 And through your offspring all the nations of the earth will be blessed, because you have obeyed My voice.'
• Gal 3:8 : 8 The Scripture foresaw that God would justify the Gentiles by faith and announced the gospel in advance to Abraham: 'All nations will be blessed through you.'
• Acts 3:25 : 25 You are the sons of the prophets and of the covenant that God made with your fathers when He said to Abraham: 'Through your offspring, all the families of the earth will be blessed.'
• Exod 32:13 : 13 Remember Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, your servants to whom you swore by yourself: 'I will multiply your descendants as the stars of the heavens, and I will give your descendants all this land that I have promised, and they shall inherit it forever.'
• Ps 72:17 : 17 May his name endure forever; as long as the sun shines, may his name be continued. All nations will be blessed through him, and they will call him blessed.
• Gen 12:2-3 : 2 And I will make you into a great nation, and I will bless you, and I will make your name great, and you will be a blessing. 3 I will bless those who bless you, and whoever curses you, I will curse; and all the families of the earth will be blessed through you.
• Gen 13:16 : 16 I will make your descendants like the dust of the earth, so that if anyone could count the dust of the earth, your descendants could also be counted.
• Gen 15:18 : 18 On that day, the LORD made a covenant with Abram, saying, "To your descendants I have given this land, from the river of Egypt to the great river, the Euphrates River—
• Gen 17:4-8 : 4 "As for Me, this is My covenant with you: You will be the father of a multitude of nations. 5 No longer will you be called Abram; your name will be Abraham, for I have made you the father of many nations. 6 I will make you very fruitful; I will make nations come from you, and kings will be among your descendants. 7 I will establish My covenant as an everlasting covenant between Me and you and your descendants after you for the generations to come, to be your God and the God of your descendants after you. 8 And I will give to you and your descendants after you the land in which you are now living as a foreigner—all the land of Canaan—as an everlasting possession; and I will be their God.
• Gen 18:18 : 18 Abraham will surely become a great and powerful nation, and through him all nations of the earth will be blessed.
• Gal 3:16 : 16 Now to Abraham the promises were spoken, and to his seed. It does not say, 'and to seeds,' as if referring to many, but, 'and to your seed,' meaning one, who is Christ.
• Heb 11:2 : 2 For by it the ancients were commended.