Parallel Verses

Amplified

May God Almighty bless you and make you fruitful and multiply you, so that you may become a [great] company of peoples.

New American Standard Bible

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

King James Version

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

Holman Bible

May God Almighty bless you and make you fruitful and multiply you so that you become an assembly of peoples.

International Standard Version

May God Almighty bless you and make you fruitful so that your descendants become a whole group of people.

A Conservative Version

And God Almighty bless thee, and make thee fruitful, and multiply thee, that thou may be a company of peoples,

American Standard Version

And God Almighty bless thee, and make thee fruitful, and multiply thee, that thou mayest be a company of peoples.

Bible in Basic English

And may God, the Ruler of all, give you his blessing, giving you fruit and increase, so that you may become an army of peoples.

Darby Translation

And the Almighty God bless thee, and make thee fruitful and multiply thee, that thou mayest become a company of peoples.

Julia Smith Translation

And God Almighty will bless thee, and will make thee fruitful, and will multiply thee, and thou wert for an assembly of nations.

King James 2000

And God Almighty bless you, and make you fruitful, and multiply you, that you may be a multitude of people;

Lexham Expanded Bible

Now, may El-Shaddai bless you, and make you fruitful, and multiply you, so that you become an assembly of peoples.

Modern King James verseion

And may God Almighty bless you, and make you fruitful, and multiply you, so that you may be a multitude of peoples.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

And God almighty bless thee, increase thee, and multiply thee that thou mayest be a number of people,

NET Bible

May the sovereign God bless you! May he make you fruitful and give you a multitude of descendants! Then you will become a large nation.

New Heart English Bible

May El Shaddai bless you, and make you fruitful, and multiply you, that you may be a company of peoples,

The Emphasized Bible

And, GOD Almighty, bless thee, and make thee fruitful, and multiply thee, so shalt thou become a multitude of peoples.

Webster

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

World English Bible

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

Youngs Literal Translation

and God Almighty doth bless thee, and make thee fruitful, and multiply thee, and thou hast become an assembly of peoples;

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
And God
אל 
'el 
Usage: 114

שׁדּי 
Shadday 
Usage: 48

בּרך 
Barak 
Usage: 330

פּרה 
Parah 
Usage: 29

and multiply
רבה 
Rabah 
Usage: 224

thee, that thou mayest be a multitude
קהל 
Qahal 
Usage: 123

References

Easton

Fausets

Hastings

God

Morish

Smith

Watsons

Context Readings

Jacob Flees To Haran

2 Arise, go to Paddan-aram, to the house of Bethuel your mother’s father; and take from there as a wife for yourself one of the daughters of Laban your mother’s brother. 3 May God Almighty bless you and make you fruitful and multiply you, so that you may become a [great] company of peoples. 4 May He also give the blessing of Abraham to you and your descendants with you, that you may inherit the [promised] land of your sojournings, which He gave to Abraham.”


Cross References

Genesis 35:11

And God said to him,

“I am God Almighty.
Be fruitful and multiply;
A nation and a company of nations shall come from you,
And kings shall be born of your loins.

Genesis 48:3

Then Jacob said to Joseph, “God Almighty appeared to me at Luz (Bethel) in the land of Canaan and blessed me,

Genesis 1:28

And God blessed them [granting them certain authority] and said to them, “Be fruitful, multiply, and fill the earth, and subjugate it [putting it under your power]; and rule over (dominate) the fish of the sea, the birds of the air, and every living thing that moves upon the earth.”

Genesis 9:1

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

Genesis 13:16

I will make your descendants [as numerous] as the dust of the earth, so that if a man could count the [grains of] dust of the earth, then your descendants could also be counted.

Genesis 17:1-6

When Abram was ninety-nine years old, the Lord appeared to him and said,

“I am God Almighty;
Walk [habitually] before Me [with integrity, knowing that you are always in My presence], and be blameless and complete [in obedience to Me].

Genesis 22:17-18

indeed I will greatly bless you, and I will greatly multiply your descendants like the stars of the heavens and like the sand on the seashore; and your seed shall possess the gate of their enemies [as conquerors].

Genesis 24:60

They blessed Rebekah and said to her,

“May you, our sister,
Become [the mother of] thousands of ten thousands,
And may your descendants possess (conquer)
The [city] gate of those who hate them.”

Genesis 41:52

He named the second [son] Ephraim (fruitfulness), for “God has caused me to be fruitful and very successful in the land of my suffering.”

Genesis 43:14

and may God Almighty grant you compassion and favor before the man, so that he will release to you your other brother [Simeon] and Benjamin. And as for me, if I am bereaved of my children [Joseph, Simeon, and Benjamin], I am bereaved.”

Exodus 6:3

I appeared to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob (Israel) as God Almighty [El Shaddai], but by My name, Lord, I did not make Myself known to them [in acts and great miracles].

Psalm 127:1

Unless the Lord builds the house,
They labor in vain who build it;
Unless the Lord guards the city,
The watchman keeps awake in vain.

Psalm 127:3-6


Behold, children are a heritage and gift from the Lord,
The fruit of the womb a reward.

2 Corinthians 6:18


And I will be a Father to you,
And you will be My sons and daughters,”
Says the Lord Almighty. Cross references: 2 Corinthians 6:2 : Is 49:8 2 Corinthians 6:11 : Is 60:5; Ezek 33:22 2 Corinthians 6:16 : Ex 25:8; 29:45; Lev 26:12; Jer 31:1; Ezek 37:27 2 Corinthians 6:17 : Is 52:11 2 Corinthians 6:18 : Is 43:6; Hos 1:10 end of crossrefs

Revelation 21:22

I saw no temple in it, for the Lord God Almighty [the Omnipotent, the Ruler of all] and the Lamb are its temple.

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