Genesis 48:4

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Summary

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.

Behold i

Will give

Deuteronomy 32:8

Amos 9:14

Everlasting

Genesis 17:8

General references

Genesis 13:15

Genesis 35:9

Bible References

Behold i

And I will make of you a great nation, blessing you and making your name great; and you will be a blessing:

For all the land which you see I will give to you and to your seed for ever.

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;

I will make your seed like the stars of heaven in number, and will give them all these lands, and your seed will be a blessing to all the nations of the earth;

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.

And you said, Truly, I will be good to you, and make your seed like the sand of the sea which may not be numbered.

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;

And he said, I am God, the God of your father: go down to Egypt without fear, for I will make a great nation of you there:

And so Israel was living among the Egyptians in the land of Goshen; and they got property there, and became very great in numbers and in wealth.

And the children of Israel were fertile, increasing very greatly in numbers and in power; and the land was full of them.

Will give

When the Most High gave the nations their heritage, separating into groups the children of men, he had the limits of the peoples marked out, keeping in mind the number of the children of Israel.

And I will let the fate of my people Israel be changed, and they will be building up again the waste towns and living in them; they will again be planting vine-gardens and taking the wine for their drink; and they will make gardens and get the fruit of them.

Everlasting

And to you and to your seed after you, I will give the land in which you are living, all the land of Canaan for an eternal heritage; and I will be their God.

General references

For all the land which you see I will give to you and to your seed for ever.

Now when Jacob was on his way from Paddan-aram, God came to him again and, blessing him, said,