Genesis 28:3

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Genesis 28:3

And God Almighty bless thee, and make thee fruitful, and multiply thee, that thou mayest be a multitude of people;

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And make

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When Abram was 99 years old, the Lord appeared to him and said, "I am the sovereign God. Walk before me and be blameless.

I will indeed bless you, and I will greatly multiply your descendants so that they will be as countless as the stars in the sky or the grains of sand on the seashore. Your descendants will take possession of the strongholds of their enemies.

Then God said to him, "I am the sovereign God. Be fruitful and multiply! A nation -- even a company of nations -- will descend from you; kings will be among your descendants!

May the sovereign God grant you mercy before the man so that he may release your other brother and Benjamin! As for me, if I lose my children I lose them."

Jacob said to Joseph, "The sovereign God appeared to me at Luz in the land of Canaan and blessed me.

I appeared to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob as God Almighty, but by my name 'the Lord' I was not known to them.

A song of ascents, by Solomon. If the Lord does not build a house, then those who build it work in vain. If the Lord does not guard a city, then the watchman stands guard in vain.

and I will be a father to you, and you will be my sons and daughters," says the All-Powerful Lord.

Now I saw no temple in the city, because the Lord God -- the All-Powerful -- and the Lamb are its temple.

And make

God blessed them and said to them, "Be fruitful and multiply! Fill the earth and subdue it! Rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air and every creature that moves on the ground."

Then God blessed Noah and his sons and said to them, "Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth.

And I will make your descendants like the dust of the earth, so that if anyone is able to count the dust of the earth, then your descendants also can be counted.

They blessed Rebekah with these words: "Our sister, may you become the mother of thousands of ten thousands! May your descendants possess the strongholds of their enemies."

He named the second child Ephraim, saying, "Certainly God has made me fruitful in the land of my suffering."

Yes, sons are a gift from the Lord, the fruit of the womb is a reward.

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Then I will make you into a great nation, and I will bless you, and I will make your name great, so that you will exemplify divine blessing.

And I will make your descendants like the dust of the earth, so that if anyone is able to count the dust of the earth, then your descendants also can be counted.

"Tell Aaron and his sons, 'This is the way you are to bless the Israelites. Say to them:

By faith also Isaac blessed Jacob and Esau concerning the future.