Verse 4

And said to me, Behold, I will make you fruitful, and multiply you, and I will make of you a multitude of people; and will give this land to your descendants after you for an everlasting possession.

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  Han sa til meg: 'Se, jeg vil gjøre deg fruktbar og tallrik; jeg vil gjøre deg til folkeslag, og jeg vil gi dette landet til din ætt etter deg som en evig eiendom.'

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  Han sa til meg: 'Se, jeg vil gjøre deg fruktbar og mangfoldig, og jeg vil gjøre deg til en mengde av folk. Jeg vil gi ditt avkom dette landet som en evig eiendom.'»

• Norsk King James

  Og sa til meg: Se, jeg vil gjøre deg fruktbar og mange deg, og jeg vil gjøre deg til et stort folk; og jeg vil gi dette landet til dine etterkommere etter deg som en evig arv.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Han sa til meg: 'Se, jeg vil gjøre deg fruktbar og mange, gjøre deg til en stor folkemengde, og gi dine etterkommere dette landet til eiendom for alltid.'

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  Han sa til meg: 'Se, jeg vil gjøre deg fruktbar og tallrik, og gi deg til folkeslag, og jeg skal gi dette landet til din ætt etter deg som en evig eiendom.'"

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  Og han sa til meg: Se, jeg vil gjøre deg fruktbar og tallrik, og jeg vil gjøre deg til en mengde folk; og jeg vil gi dette landet til din ætt etter deg som en evig eiendom.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  Han sa til meg: 'Se, jeg vil gjøre deg fruktbar, multiplisere din ætt og gjøre deg til en stor nasjon. Jeg skal gi dette landet til din ætt som en evig besittelse.'

• En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611 (mar 2025)

  Og han sa til meg: Se, jeg vil gjøre deg fruktbar og tallrik, og jeg vil gjøre deg til en mengde folk; og jeg vil gi dette landet til din ætt etter deg som en evig eiendom.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  Han sa til meg: 'Se, jeg vil gjøre deg fruktbar og mangfoldig og gjøre deg til en folkegruppe. Jeg vil gi dette land til din ætt etter deg som en evig eiendom.'

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  He said to me, 'I am about to make you fruitful and multiply you. I will make you a community of peoples, and I will give this land to your descendants after you as a permanent possession.'

• biblecontext

  { "verseID": "Genesis.48.4", "source": "וַיֹּ֣אמֶר אֵלַ֗י הִנְנִ֤י מַפְרְךָ֙ וְהִרְבִּיתִ֔ךָ וּנְתַתִּ֖יךָ לִקְהַ֣ל עַמִּ֑ים וְנָ֨תַתִּ֜י אֶת־הָאָ֧רֶץ הַזֹּ֛את לְזַרְעֲךָ֥ אַחֲרֶ֖יךָ אֲחֻזַּ֥ת עוֹלָֽם", "text": "And *wayyōʾmer* to *ʾēlay* *hinnĕnî* *maprĕkā* and *hirbîtîkā* and *ûnĕtattîkā* to *liqhal* *ʿammîm* and *wĕnātattî* *ʾet*-*hāʾāreṣ* *hazzōʾt* to *lĕzarʿăkā* after *ʾaḥăreykā* *ʾăḥuzzat* *ʿôlām*", "grammar": { "*wayyōʾmer*": "waw-consecutive + Qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - and he said", "*ʾēlay*": "preposition + 1st person singular suffix - to me", "*hinnĕnî*": "demonstrative particle + 1st person singular suffix - behold me/here I am", "*maprĕkā*": "Hiphil participle, masculine singular + 2nd person masculine singular suffix - making you fruitful", "*hirbîtîkā*": "Hiphil perfect, 1st person singular + 2nd person masculine singular suffix - I will multiply you", "*ûnĕtattîkā*": "conjunction + Qal perfect, 1st person singular + 2nd person masculine singular suffix - and I will make you", "*liqhal*": "preposition + noun, masculine singular construct - into a congregation/assembly of", "*ʿammîm*": "noun, masculine plural - peoples/nations", "*wĕnātattî*": "conjunction + Qal perfect, 1st person singular - and I will give", "*hāʾāreṣ*": "definite article + noun, feminine singular - the land", "*hazzōʾt*": "definite article + demonstrative pronoun, feminine singular - this", "*lĕzarʿăkā*": "preposition + noun, masculine singular + 2nd person masculine singular suffix - to your seed/offspring", "*ʾaḥăreykā*": "preposition + 2nd person masculine singular suffix - after you", "*ʾăḥuzzat*": "noun, feminine singular construct - possession of", "*ʿôlām*": "noun, masculine singular - everlasting/forever" }, "variants": { "*hinnĕnî*": "behold me/here I am/I am about to", "*maprĕkā*": "making you fruitful/causing you to be fruitful", "*hirbîtîkā*": "I will multiply you/increase you greatly", "*liqhal*": "into a company/assembly/congregation of", "*ʿammîm*": "peoples/nations/tribes", "*hāʾāreṣ*": "the land/territory/earth", "*lĕzarʿăkā*": "to your seed/offspring/descendants", "*ʾăḥuzzat*": "possession/property/holding", "*ʿôlām*": "everlasting/perpetual/eternal" } }

• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  Han sa til meg: 'Se, jeg vil gjøre deg fruktbar og mangfoldig, og jeg vil gjøre deg til en samling av folkeslag og gi dette landet til din ætt etter deg som en evig eiendom.'

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Og han sagde til mig: See, jeg vil gjøre dig frugtbar og formere dig, og gjøre dig til en Hob Folk, og give din Sæd efter dig dette Land til Eiendom evindeligen.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  And said unto me, Behold, I will make thee fruitful, and multiply thee, and I will make of thee a multitude of people; and will give this land to thy seed after thee for an everlasting possession.

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Og han sa til meg: Se, jeg vil gjøre deg fruktbar og tallrik, og jeg vil gjøre deg til en stor folkemengde; og jeg vil gi dette landet til din ætt etter deg som en evig eiendom.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  og sa til meg: 'Se, jeg vil gjøre deg fruktbar og mangfoldig, og jeg vil gjøre deg til en folkegruppe, og jeg vil gi dette landet til din ætt etter deg som en evig eiendom.'

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  Han sa til meg: 'Se, jeg vil gjøre deg fruktbar, og jeg vil mangfoldiggjøre deg og gi deg til en samling av folk. Jeg vil gi dette landet til din ætt etter deg som en evig eiendom.'

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  og sa til meg: Se, jeg vil gjøre deg fruktbar og mangfoldig, og jeg vil gjøre deg til en mengde folk, og jeg vil gi dette landet til ditt avkom etter deg som en evig eiendom.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Og sa til meg: Jeg skal gjøre deg fruktbar og gi deg mange etterkommere, og gjøre deg til en stor folkeslekt. Jeg vil gi dette landet til din ætt etter deg som en evig arv.

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  and sayde vnto me: beholde I will make the growe and will multiplye the and will make a great nombre of people of the and will geue this lande vnto the and vnto thy seed after ye vnto an euerlastinge possession.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  & saide vnto me: Beholde, I wil cause ye to growe & increase & wyll make a multitude of people of ye, & wil geue this lade vnto yi sede after ye for an euerlastinge possession.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  And he sayde vnto me, Behold, I wil make thee fruitefull, and will multiplie thee, and will make a great number of people of thee, and will giue this lande vnto thy seede after thee for an euerlasting possession.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  Beholde, I wyll make thee fruiteful, and cause thee to multiplie, and wyll make a great number of people of thee, and wyll geue this lande vnto thy seede after thee vnto an euerlastyng possession.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  And said unto me, Behold, I will make thee fruitful, and multiply thee, and I will make of thee a multitude of people; and will give this land to thy seed after thee [for] an everlasting possession.

• 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.'

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  and saith unto me, Lo, I am making thee fruitful, and have multiplied thee, and given thee for an assembly of peoples, and given this land to thy seed after thee, a possession age-during.

• American Standard Version (1901)

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

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  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.

• World English Bible (2000)

  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.'

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  He said to me,‘I am going to make you fruitful and will multiply you. I will make you into a group of nations, and I will give this land to your descendants as an everlasting possession.’

Referenced Verses

• Gen 17:8 : 8 And I will give to you, and to your descendants after you, the land in which you are a stranger, all the land of Canaan, for an everlasting possession; and I will be their God.
• Gen 35:11 : 11 And God said to him, I am God Almighty: be fruitful and multiply; a nation and a company of nations shall be from you, and kings shall come from your body;
• Gen 46:3 : 3 And He said, I am God, the God of your father; do not fear to go down into Egypt, for I will make of you a great nation there.
• Gen 47:27 : 27 And Israel dwelt in the land of Egypt, in the country of Goshen; and they had possessions there, and grew, and multiplied exceedingly.
• Exod 1:7 : 7 And the children of Israel were fruitful and increased abundantly, and multiplied, and became exceedingly mighty; and the land was filled with them.
• Exod 1:11 : 11 Therefore they set over them taskmasters to afflict them with their burdens. And they built for Pharaoh treasure cities, Pithom and Raamses.
• Deut 32:8 : 8 When the Most High divided to the nations their inheritance, when he separated the sons of Adam, he set the boundaries of the people according to the number of the children of Israel.
• Amos 9:14-15 : 14 And I will bring again the captivity of my people of Israel, and they shall build the waste cities and inhabit them; they shall plant vineyards, and drink the wine thereof; they shall also make gardens and eat the fruit of them. 15 And I will plant them upon their land, and they shall no more be pulled up out of their land which I have given them, says the LORD your God.
• Gen 17:13 : 13 He who is born in your house and he who is bought with your money must be circumcised, and my covenant shall 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 descendants as the stars of the heavens, and as the sand which is upon the seashore; and your descendants shall possess the gate of their enemies;
• Gen 26:4 : 4 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;
• Gen 28:3 : 3 And God Almighty bless you, and make you fruitful, and multiply you, that you may be a multitude of people;
• Gen 28:13-15 : 13 And behold, the LORD stood above it, and said, I am the LORD God of Abraham your father, and the God of Isaac: the land where you lie, I will give to you and to your descendants; 14 And your descendants shall be as the dust of the earth, and you shall spread abroad to the west, and to the east, and to the north, and to the south: and in you and in your descendants shall all the families of the earth be blessed. 15 And behold, I am with you, and will keep you in all places wherever you go, and will bring you again into this land; for I will not leave you, until I have done what I have spoken to you of.
• Gen 32:12 : 12 And you said, I will surely do you good, and make your descendants as the sand of the sea, which cannot be numbered for multitude.
• Gen 12:2 : 2 And I will make of you a great nation, and I will bless you, and make your name great; and you shall be a blessing:
• Gen 13:15-16 : 15 For all the land which you see, to you will I give it, and to your descendants forever. 16 And I will make your descendants as the dust of the earth: so that if a man can number the dust of the earth, then your descendants also shall be numbered.