Genesis 48:4

Webster's Bible (1833)

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

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  • Gen 17:8 : 8 I will give to you, and to your seed after you, the land where you are traveling, all the land of Canaan, for an everlasting possession. I will be their God."
  • Gen 35:11 : 11 God said to him, "I am God Almighty. Be fruitful and multiply. A nation and a company of nations will be from you, and kings will come out of your loins.
  • Gen 46:3 : 3 He said, "I am God, the God of your father. Don't be afraid to go down into Egypt; for there I will make of you a great nation.
  • Gen 47:27 : 27 Israel lived in the land of Egypt, in the land of Goshen; and they got themselves possessions therein, and were fruitful, and multiplied exceedingly.
  • Exod 1:7 : 7 The children of Israel were fruitful, and increased abundantly, and multiplied, and grew exceedingly mighty; and the land was filled with them.
  • Exod 1:11 : 11 Therefore they set taskmasters over them to afflict them with their burdens. They built storage cities for Pharaoh: Pithom and Raamses.
  • Deut 32:8 : 8 When the Most High gave to the nations their inheritance, When he separated the children of men, He set the bounds of the peoples According to the number of the children of Israel.
  • Amos 9:14-15 : 14 I will bring back the captivity of my people Israel, And they will rebuild the ruined cities, and inhabit them; and they will plant vineyards, and drink wine from them. They shall also make gardens, And eat the fruit of them. 15 I will plant them on their land, And they will no more be plucked up out of their land which I have given them," says Yahweh your God.
  • Gen 17:13 : 13 He who is born in your house, and he who is bought with your money, must be circumcised. My covenant will be in your flesh for an everlasting covenant.
  • Gen 22:17 : 17 that in blessing I will bless you, and in multiplying I will multiply your seed as the stars of the heavens, and as the sand which is on the seashore. Your seed will possess the gate of his enemies.
  • Gen 26:4 : 4 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,
  • Gen 28:3 : 3 May God Almighty bless you, and make you fruitful, and multiply you, that you may be a company of peoples,
  • Gen 28:13-15 : 13 Behold, Yahweh stood above it, and said, "I am Yahweh, the God of Abraham your father, and the God of Isaac. The land whereon you lie, to you will I give it, and to your seed. 14 Your seed will be as the dust of the earth, and you will spread abroad to the west, and to the east, and to the north, and to the south. In you and in your seed will all the families of the earth be blessed. 15 Behold, I am with you, and will keep you, wherever you go, and will bring you again into this land. For I will not leave you, until I have done that which I have spoken of to you."
  • Gen 32:12 : 12 You said, 'I will surely do you good, and make your seed as the sand of the sea, which can't be numbered because there are so many.'"
  • Gen 12:2 : 2 I will make of you a great nation. I will bless you, and make your name great. You will be a blessing.
  • Gen 13:15-16 : 15 for all the land which you see, I will give to you, and to your offspring forever. 16 I will make your offspring as the dust of the earth, so that if a man can number the dust of the earth, then your seed may also be numbered.

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  • Gen 26:3-4
    2 verses
    83%

    3 Sojourn in this land, and I will be with you, and will bless you. For to you, and to your seed, I will give all these lands, and I will establish the oath which I swore to Abraham your father.

    4 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,

  • Gen 28:3-4
    2 verses
    81%

    3 May God Almighty bless you, and make you fruitful, and multiply you, that you may be a company of peoples,

    4 and give you the blessing of Abraham, to you, and to your seed with you, that you may inherit the land where you travel, which God gave to Abraham."

  • Gen 35:11-12
    2 verses
    80%

    11 God said to him, "I am God Almighty. Be fruitful and multiply. A nation and a company of nations will be from you, and kings will come out of your loins.

    12 The land which I gave to Abraham and Isaac, I will give it to you, and to your seed after you will I give the land."

  • Gen 17:6-8
    3 verses
    79%

    6 I will make you exceeding fruitful, and I will make nations of you. Kings will come out of you.

    7 I will establish my covenant between me and you and your seed after you throughout their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be a God to you and to your seed after you.

    8 I will give to you, and to your seed after you, the land where you are traveling, all the land of Canaan, for an everlasting possession. I will be their God."

  • 12 You said, 'I will surely do you good, and make your seed as the sand of the sea, which can't be numbered because there are so many.'"

  • 17 that in blessing I will bless you, and in multiplying I will multiply your seed as the stars of the heavens, and as the sand which is on the seashore. Your seed will possess the gate of his enemies.

  • Gen 28:13-15
    3 verses
    78%

    13 Behold, Yahweh stood above it, and said, "I am Yahweh, the God of Abraham your father, and the God of Isaac. The land whereon you lie, to you will I give it, and to your seed.

    14 Your seed will be as the dust of the earth, and you will spread abroad to the west, and to the east, and to the north, and to the south. In you and in your seed will all the families of the earth be blessed.

    15 Behold, I am with you, and will keep you, wherever you go, and will bring you again into this land. For I will not leave you, until I have done that which I have spoken of to you."

  • Gen 48:5-6
    2 verses
    77%

    5 Now your two sons, who were born to you in the land of Egypt before I came to you into Egypt, are mine; Ephraim and Manasseh, even as Reuben and Simeon, will be mine.

    6 Your issue, who you become the father of after them, will be yours. They will be called after the name of their brothers in their inheritance.

  • 13 Remember Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, your servants, to whom you swore by your own self, and said to them, 'I will multiply your seed as the stars of the sky, and all this land that I have spoken of I will give to your seed, and they shall inherit it forever.'"

  • 14 saying, "Most surely I will bless you, and I will surely multiply you."

  • 11 Israel said to Joseph, "I didn't think I would see your face, and, behold, God has let me see your seed also."

  • Gen 13:15-16
    2 verses
    76%

    15 for all the land which you see, I will give to you, and to your offspring forever.

    16 I will make your offspring as the dust of the earth, so that if a man can number the dust of the earth, then your seed may also be numbered.

  • 3 Jacob said to Joseph, "God Almighty appeared to me at Luz in the land of Canaan, and blessed me,

  • 2 I will make my covenant between me and you, and will multiply you exceedingly."

  • Gen 48:21-22
    2 verses
    75%

    21 Israel said to Joseph, "Behold, I am dying, but God will be with you, and bring you again to the land of your fathers.

    22 Moreover I have given to you one portion above your brothers, which I took out of the hand of the Amorite with my sword and with my bow."

  • 11 Saying, "To you I will give the land of Canaan, The lot of your inheritance;"

  • Josh 24:3-4
    2 verses
    75%

    3 I took your father Abraham from beyond the River, and led him throughout all the land of Canaan, and multiplied his seed, and gave him Isaac.

    4 I gave to Isaac Jacob and Esau: and I gave to Esau Mount Seir, to possess it: and Jacob and his children went down into Egypt.

  • 2 I will make of you a great nation. I will bless you, and make your name great. You will be a blessing.

  • 8 Behold, I have set the land before you: go in and possess the land which Yahweh swore to your fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give to them and to their seed after them.

  • 18 Saying, To you will I give the land of Canaan, The lot of your inheritance;

  • 11 Yahweh will make you plenteous for good, in the fruit of your body, and in the fruit of your cattle, and in the fruit of your ground, in the land which Yahweh swore to your fathers to give you.

  • 19 His father refused, and said, "I know, my son, I know. He also will become a people, and he also will be great. However, his younger brother will be greater than he, and his seed will become a multitude of nations."

  • 4 Yahweh said to him, This is the land which I swore to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, saying, I will give it to your seed: I have caused you to see it with your eyes, but you shall not go over there.

  • 3 He said, "I am God, the God of your father. Don't be afraid to go down into Egypt; for there I will make of you a great nation.

  • 9 "'I will have respect for you, and make you fruitful, and multiply you, and will establish my covenant with you.

  • 16 the angel who has redeemed me from all evil, bless the lads, and let my name be named on them, and the name of my fathers Abraham and Isaac. Let them grow into a multitude in the midst of the earth."

  • 13 and he will love you, and bless you, and multiply you; he will also bless the fruit of your body and the fruit of your ground, your grain and your new wine and your oil, the increase of your cattle and the young of your flock, in the land which he swore to your fathers to give you.