Parallel Verses

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.

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.

Amplified

May God Almighty bless you and make you fruitful and multiply you, so that you may become a [great] company 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 But go to Paddan-aram, to the house of Bethuel, your mother's father, and there get yourself a wife from the daughters of Laban, your mother's brother. 3 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. 4 And may God give you the blessing of Abraham, to you and to your seed, so that the land of your wanderings, which God gave to Abraham, may be your heritage.


Cross References

Genesis 35:11

And God said to him, I am God, the Ruler of all: be fertile, and have increase; a nation, truly a group of nations, will come from you, and kings will be your offspring;

Genesis 48:3

And Jacob said to Joseph, God, the Ruler of all, came to me in a vision at Luz in the land of Canaan, and gave me his blessing,

Genesis 1:28

And God gave them his blessing and said to them, Be fertile and have increase, and make the earth full and be masters of it; be rulers over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the air and over every living thing moving on the earth.

Genesis 9:1

And God gave his blessing to Noah and his sons, and said, Be fertile, and have increase, and make the earth full.

Genesis 13:16

And I will make your children like the dust of the earth, so that if the dust of the earth may be numbered, then will your children be numbered.

Genesis 17:1-6

When Abram was ninety-nine years old, the Lord came to him, and said, I am God, Ruler of all; go in my ways and be upright in all things,

Genesis 22:17-18

That I will certainly give you my blessing, and your seed will be increased like the stars of heaven and the sand by the seaside; your seed will take the land of those who are against them;

Genesis 24:60

And they gave Rebekah their blessing, saying, O sister, may you be the mother of thousands and ten thousands; and may your seed overcome all those who make war against them.

Genesis 41:52

And to the second he gave the name Ephraim, for he said, God has given me fruit in the land of my sorrow.

Genesis 43:14

And may God, the Ruler of all, give you mercy before the man, so that he may give you back your other brother and Benjamin. If my children are to be taken from me; there is no help for it.

Exodus 6:3

I let myself be seen by Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, as God, the Ruler of all; but they had no knowledge of my name Yahweh.

Psalm 127:1

If the Lord is not helping the builders, then the building of a house is to no purpose: if the Lord does not keep the town, the watchman keeps his watch for nothing.

2 Corinthians 6:18

And will be a Father to you; and you will be my sons and daughters, says the Lord, the Ruler of all.

Revelation 21:22

And I saw no Temple there; because the Lord God, the Ruler of all, and the Lamb are its Temple.

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