Genesis 26:4

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;

📖 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

Referenced Verses

• Gen 15:5 : 5 And he brought him forth abroad, and said, Look now toward heaven, and tell the stars, if thou be able to number them: and he said unto him, So shall thy seed be.
• Gen 22:17-18 : 17 That in blessing I will bless thee, and in multiplying I will multiply thy seed as the stars of the heaven, and as the sand which is upon the sea shore; and thy seed shall possess the gate of his enemies; 18 And in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed; because thou hast obeyed my voice.
• Gal 3:8 : 8 And the scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the heathen through faith, preached before the gospel unto Abraham, saying, In thee shall all nations be blessed.
• Acts 3:25 : 25 Ye are the children of the prophets, and of the covenant which God made with our fathers, saying unto Abraham, And in thy seed shall all the kindreds of the earth be blessed.
• Exod 32:13 : 13 Remember Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, thy servants, to whom thou swarest by thine own self, and saidst unto them, I will multiply your seed as the stars of heaven, and all this land that I have spoken of will I give unto your seed, and they shall inherit it for ever.
• Ps 72:17 : 17 His name shall endure for ever: his name shall be continued{H8735)}{H8675)}{H8686)} as long as the sun: and men shall be blessed{H8691)} in him: all nations shall call him blessed{H8762)}.
• Gen 12:2-3 : 2 And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great; and thou shalt be a blessing: 3 And I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee: and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed.
• Gen 13:16 : 16 And I will make thy seed as the dust of the earth: so that if a man can number the dust of the earth, then shall thy seed also be numbered.
• Gen 15:18 : 18 In the same day the LORD made a covenant with Abram, saying, Unto thy seed have I given this land, from the river of Egypt unto the great river, the river Euphrates:
• Gen 17:4-8 : 4 As for me, behold, my covenant 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 shall be Abraham; for a father of many nations have I made thee. 6 And I will make thee exceeding fruitful, and I will make nations of thee, and kings shall come out of thee. 7 And I will establish my covenant between me and thee and thy seed after thee in their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be a God unto thee, and to thy seed after thee. 8 And I will give unto thee, and to thy seed after thee, the land wherein thou art a stranger, all the land of Canaan, for an everlasting possession; and I will be their God.
• Gen 18:18 : 18 Seeing that Abraham shall surely become a great and mighty nation, and all the nations of the earth shall be blessed in him?
• Gal 3:16 : 16 Now to Abraham and his seed were the promises made. He saith not, And to seeds, as of many; but as of one, And to thy seed, which is Christ.
• Heb 11:2 : 2 For by it the elders obtained a good report.