Genesis 12:2

Bishops' Bible (1568)

And I will make of thee a great people, and wyll blesse thee, and make thy name great, that thou shalt be euen a blessyng.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְאֶֽעֶשְׂךָ֙ לְג֣וֹי גָּד֔וֹל וַאֲבָ֣רֶכְךָ֔ וַאֲגַדְּלָ֖ה שְׁמֶ֑ךָ וֶהְיֵ֖ה בְּרָכָֽה׃

Transliteration

And-weʾeʿeśkā to-gôy gādôl and-waʾăbārekekā and-waʾăgaddelāh šemekā and-wehyēh berākāh.

Grammar Details

• *weʾeʿeśkā*: conjunction + imperfect 1st person singular + 2nd person masculine singular suffix - and I will make you
• *gôy*: noun masculine singular - nation/people
• *gādôl*: adjective masculine singular - great/large
• *waʾăbārekekā*: conjunction + imperfect 1st person singular + 2nd person masculine singular suffix - and I will bless you
• *waʾăgaddelāh*: conjunction + imperfect 1st person singular cohortative - and I will make great
• *šemekā*: noun masculine + 2nd person masculine singular possessive suffix - your name
• *wehyēh*: conjunction + imperative 2nd person masculine singular - and be
• *berākāh*: noun feminine singular - blessing

Word Meanings

• *gôy*: nation/people/gentiles
• *berākāh*: blessing/benediction/prosperity

Referenced Verses

• Gen 18:18 : 18 Seyng that Abraham shall surely be a great and a myghtie nation, and all the nations of the earth shalbe blessed in hym?
• Gal 3:14 : 14 That the blessyng of Abraham might come on the gentiles through Iesus Christe, that we myght receaue the promise of the spirite through fayth.
• Gen 17:4-6 : 4 It is I, behold my couenaut is with thee, and thou shalt be a father of many nations. 5 Neither shall thy name any more be called Abram, but thy name shalbe called Abraham: for a father of many nations haue I made thee. 6 I wyll make thee exceedyng fruitefull, and wyll make nations of thee, yea and kynges shall spryng out of thee.
• Gen 46:3 : 3 And he sayde: I am God, the God of thy father, feare not to go downe into Egypt: for I wyll there make of thee a great people.
• Gen 28:3-4 : 3 And God almyghtie blesse thee, and make thee to encrease, & multiplie thee, that thou mayest be a number of people: 4 And geue the blessing of Abraham vnto thee, and to thy seede with thee, that thou mayest receaue to inherite ye lande wherein thou art a straunger, whiche God gaue vnto Abraham.
• Gen 24:35 : 35 And God blessed my maister merueylously, that he is become great, and hath geuen him sheepe and oxen, siluer and golde, men seruauntes, and maydeseruauntes, camelles and asses.
• Deut 26:5 : 5 And thou shalt aunswere and say before the Lorde thy God: The Syrians went about to destroy my father, and he went downe into Egypt, and so soiourned there with a fewe folke, and grewe there vnto a nation great, mightie, and full of people.
• 2 Sam 7:9 : 9 And I was with thee in all that thou wentest to, and haue destroyed all thyne enemies out of thy sight, & haue made thee a great name, lyke vnto the name of the great men that are in the earth.
• Gal 3:7 : 7 Knowe ye therfore, that they which are of fayth, the same are the chyldren of Abraham.
• Gen 26:4 : 4 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:
• Gen 15:5 : 5 And he brought hym out, and sayde: loke vp vnto heauen, and tell the starres, if thou be able to number them. And he sayde vnto hym: euen so shall thy seede be.
• Gen 22:17-18 : 17 That in blessing I wyll blesse thee, and in multiplying I wyll multiplie thy seede as the starres of heauen, and as the sande which is vpon the sea side, and thy seede shall possesse the gates of his enemies. 18 And in thy seede shall all the nations of the earth be blessed, because thou hast hearde my voyce.
• Gen 35:11 : 11 And God sayd vnto him: I am God almightie, be fruitefull and multiplie: a nation, and a multitude of nations shall spring of thee, yea and kinges shall come out of thy loynes.
• Exod 32:10 : 10 And nowe suffer me, that my wrath may waxe whot against them, and consume them: and I wyll make of thee a mightie people.
• Num 14:12 : 12 I will smyte them with the pestilence and destroy them, and wyll make of thee a greater nation and mightier then they.
• Num 24:9-9 : 9 He couched hym selfe, and lay downe as a Lion, and as an elder Lion: who shall stirre hym vp? Blessed is he that blesseth thee, and cursed is he that curseth thee. 10 And Balac was wroth with Balaam, and smote his handes together, and Balac said vnto Balaam: I sent for thee to curse mine enemies, and behold thou hast blessed them this three tymes.
• Exod 1:7 : 7 And the children of Israel were fruitfull, encreased, multiplied, & waxed exceedyng myghtie, and the lande was full of them.
• Gen 28:14 : 14 And thy seede shalbe as the dust of the earth, and thou shalt spreade abrode to the west, to the east, to the north, and to the south: and in thee, and in thy seede, shall all the kynredes of the earth be blessed.
• Gen 13:16 : 16 And I wyl make thy seede as the dust of the earth: so that yf a man can number the dust of the earth, then shall thy seede also be numbred.
• Gen 14:14-16 : 14 When Abram hearde that his brother was taken, he armed his exercised seruauntes whiche were borne in his owne house, three hundreth & eyghteen, and folowed on them vntyll Dan. 15 And he and his seruauntes were parted in companies agaynst the by nyght, and smote them, and pursued them vnto Hoba, which lyeth on the left hand of Damascus. 16 And recouered all the goodes, and also brought agayne his brother Lot, & his goodes, the wome also, & the people.
• Gen 27:29 : 29 People be thy seruauntes, and nations bowe to thee: be lorde ouer thy brethren, and thy mothers children stowpe with reuerence vnto thee: cursed be he that curseth thee, and blessed be he that blesseth thee.
• Gen 19:29 : 29 And it came to passe, that when God destroyed the cities of that region, he thought vpon Abraham, and sent Lot out from the middest of the ouerthrow, when he ouerthrewe the cities, in one of the whiche Lot dwelled.
• 1 Kgs 1:47 : 47 And moreouer, the kinges seruauntes came to blesse our lorde king Dauid, saying: God make the name of Solomo more honorable then thy name, & make his seate greater then thy seate. And the king bowed him selfe vpon the bed.
• 1 Kgs 3:8-9 : 8 And thy seruaunt is in the middest of thy people which thou hast chosen: and veryly the people are so many, that they cannot be told nor nubred for multitude. 9 Geue therfore thy seruaunt an vnderstanding heart to iudge thy people, that I may discerne betweene good & bad: For who is able to iudge this thy so mightie a people?
• Mic 7:20 : 20 Thou wilt perfourme to Iacob thy trueth, and thy mercie to Abraham, like as thou hast sworne vnto our fathers in olde time.
• Rom 4:11 : 11 And he receaued the signe of circumcision, as the seale of the ryghteousnesse of fayth, whiche he had yet beyng vncircumcised, that he shoulde be the father of al them that beleue, though they be not circumcised, that ryghteousnes myght be imputed vnto them also.