Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version May God Almighty bless you and make you fruitful and increase your numbers until you become a community of peoples. New Living Translation May God Almighty bless you and give you many children. And may your descendants multiply and become many nations! English Standard Version God Almighty bless you and make you fruitful and multiply you, that you may become a company of peoples. Berean Standard Bible May God Almighty bless you and make you fruitful and multiply you, so that you may become a company of peoples. King James Bible And God Almighty bless thee, and make thee fruitful, and multiply thee, that thou mayest be a multitude of people; New King James Version “May God Almighty bless you, And make you fruitful and multiply you, That you may be an assembly of peoples; New American Standard Bible May God Almighty bless you and make you fruitful and multiply you, so that you may become a multitude of peoples. NASB 1995 “May God Almighty bless you and make you fruitful and multiply you, that you may become a company of peoples. NASB 1977 “And may God Almighty bless you and make you fruitful and multiply you, that you may become a company of peoples. Legacy Standard Bible May God Almighty bless you and make you fruitful and multiply you, that you may become an assembly of peoples. Amplified Bible May God Almighty bless you and make you fruitful and multiply you, so that you may become a [great] company of peoples. Christian Standard Bible May God Almighty bless you and make you fruitful and multiply you so that you become an assembly of peoples. Holman Christian Standard Bible May God Almighty bless you and make you fruitful and multiply you so that you become an assembly 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; Contemporary English Version I pray that God All-Powerful will bless you with many descendants and let you become a great nation. English Revised Version And God Almighty bless thee, and make thee fruitful, and multiply thee, that thou mayest be a company of peoples; GOD'S WORD® Translation May God Almighty bless you, make you fertile, and increase the number of your descendants so that you will become a community of people. Good News Translation May Almighty God bless your marriage and give you many children, so that you will become the father of many nations! International Standard Version May God Almighty bless you and make you fruitful so that your descendants become a whole group of people. Majority Standard Bible May God Almighty bless you and make you fruitful and multiply you, so that you may become a company of peoples. 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, Webster's Bible Translation 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, Literal Translations Literal Standard Versionand God Almighty bless you, and make you fruitful, and multiply you, and you have become an assembly of peoples; Young's Literal Translation and God Almighty doth bless thee, and make thee fruitful, and multiply thee, and thou hast become an assembly of peoples; Smith's Literal Translation And God Almighty will bless thee, and will make thee fruitful, and will multiply thee, and thou wert for an assembly of nations. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleAnd God almighty bless thee, and make thee to increase, and multiply thee: that thou mayst be a multitude of people. Catholic Public Domain Version And may God almighty bless you, and may he cause you to increase and also to multiply, so that you may be influential among the people. New American Bible May God Almighty bless you and make you fertile, multiply you that you may become an assembly of peoples. New Revised Standard Version May God Almighty bless you and make you fruitful and numerous, that you may become a company of peoples. Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleMay God Almighty bless you and make you fruitful and multiply you, that you may become a multitude of peoples; Peshitta Holy Bible Translated And God Almighty will bless you and will increase you and multiply you, and you shall be a multitude of peoples; OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917And God Almighty bless thee, and make thee fruitful, and multiply thee, that thou mayest be a congregation of peoples; Brenton Septuagint Translation And may my God bless thee, and increase thee, and multiply thee, and thou shalt become gatherings of nations. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Jacob Flees to Laban…2“Go at once to Paddan-aram, to the house of your mother’s father Bethuel, and take a wife from among the daughters of Laban, your mother’s brother. 3May God Almighty bless you and make you fruitful and multiply you, so that you may become a company of peoples. 4And may He give the blessing of Abraham to you and your descendants, so that you may possess the land where you dwell as a foreigner, the land God gave to Abraham.”… Cross References Genesis 17:1-8 When Abram was ninety-nine years old, the LORD appeared to him and said, “I am God Almighty. Walk before Me and be blameless. / I will establish My covenant between Me and you, and I will multiply you exceedingly.” / Then Abram fell facedown, and God said to him, ... Genesis 35:11 And God told him, “I am God Almighty. Be fruitful and multiply. A nation—even a company of nations—shall come from you, and kings shall descend from you. Genesis 48:3-4 Jacob said to Joseph, “God Almighty appeared to me at Luz in the land of Canaan, and there He blessed me / and told me, ‘Behold, I will make you fruitful and multiply you; I will make you a multitude of peoples, and will give this land to your descendants after you as an everlasting possession.’ Genesis 12:2-3 I will make you into a great nation, and I will bless you; I will make your name great, so that you will be a blessing. / I will bless those who bless you and curse those who curse you; and all the families of the earth will be blessed through you.” Genesis 26:24 and that night the LORD appeared to him and said, “I am the God of your father Abraham. Do not be afraid, for I am with you. I will bless you and multiply your descendants for the sake of My servant Abraham.” Genesis 46:3 “I am God,” He said, “the God of your father. Do not be afraid to go down to Egypt, for I will make you into a great nation there. Exodus 1:7 but the Israelites were fruitful and increased rapidly; they multiplied and became exceedingly numerous, so that the land was filled with them. Leviticus 26:9 I will turn toward you and make you fruitful and multiply you, and I will establish My covenant with you. Deuteronomy 7:13 He will love you and bless you and multiply you. He will bless the fruit of your womb and the produce of your land—your grain, new wine, and oil, the young of your herds and the lambs of your flocks—in the land that He swore to your fathers to give you. Deuteronomy 28:4 The fruit of your womb will be blessed, as well as the produce of your land and the offspring of your livestock—the calves of your herds and the lambs of your flocks. Psalm 127:3-5 Children are indeed a heritage from the LORD, and the fruit of the womb is His reward. / Like arrows in the hand of a warrior, so are children born in one’s youth. / Blessed is the man whose quiver is full of them. He will not be put to shame when he confronts the enemies at the gate. Isaiah 51:2 Look to Abraham your father, and to Sarah who gave you birth. When I called him, he was but one; then I blessed him and multiplied him. Hebrews 6:14 saying, “I will surely bless you and multiply your descendants.” Hebrews 11:12 And so from one man, and he as good as dead, came descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky and as countless as the sand on the seashore. Acts 3:25 And you are sons of the prophets and of the covenant God made with your fathers when He said to Abraham, ‘Through your offspring all the families of the earth will be blessed.’ Treasury of Scripture And God Almighty bless you, and make you fruitful, and multiply you, that you may be a multitude of people; God. Genesis 17:1-6 And when Abram was ninety years old and nine, the LORD appeared to Abram, and said unto him, I am the Almighty God; walk before me, and be thou perfect… Genesis 22:17,18 That in blessing I will bless thee, and in multiplying I will multiply thy seed as the stars of the heaven, and as the sand which is upon the sea shore; and thy seed shall possess the gate of his enemies; … Genesis 35:11 And God said unto him, I am God Almighty: be fruitful and multiply; a nation and a company of nations shall be of thee, and kings shall come out of thy loins; and make. Genesis 1:28 And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth. Genesis 9:1 And God blessed Noah and his sons, and said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth. Genesis 13:16 And I will make thy seed as the dust of the earth: so that if a man can number the dust of the earth, then shall thy seed also be numbered. a multitude. Jump to Previous Almighty Army Assembly Bless Blessing Community Company Congregation Fruit Fruitful Increase Mayest Multiply Multitude Numbers Peoples RulerJump to Next Almighty Army Assembly Bless Blessing Community Company Congregation Fruit Fruitful Increase Mayest Multiply Multitude Numbers Peoples RulerGenesis 28 1. Isaac blesses Jacob, and sends him to Padan-aram.6. Esau marries Mahalath the daughter of Ishmael. 10. Jacob journeys, and has a vision of a ladder. 18. The stone of Bethel. 20. Jacob's vow. May God Almighty The phrase "God Almighty" is translated from the Hebrew "El Shaddai." This name for God emphasizes His ultimate power and sufficiency. Historically, "El Shaddai" is a name that conveys God's ability to fulfill promises and provide for His people. In the context of Genesis, it reflects the covenantal relationship God has with the patriarchs, underscoring His role as the divine provider and protector. This invocation of "El Shaddai" is a reminder of God's omnipotence and His intimate involvement in the lives of His chosen people. bless you make you fruitful and multiply you so that you may become a company of peoples A multitude of people.--Heb., a congregation of peoples. This is not the word used in Genesis 17:4, but one that signifies an assembly, especially one summoned for religious purposes. Like the Greek word for church, ecclesia, it comes from a root signifying" to convoke." It subsequently became the regular phrase for "the congregation of Israel" (Leviticus 16:17), and implies even here that the nations descended from Jacob would have a religious significance. Verse 3. - And God Almighty - El Shaddai (vide Genesis 17:1) - bless thee, - the Abrahamic benediction in its fullest form was given by El Shaddai (vide Genesis 17:1-8) - and make thee fruitful, and multiply thee, that thou mayest be - literally, and thou shalt become (or grow to) - a multitude - an assembly, or congregation, or crowd called together, from a root signifying to call together (Gesenius), or to sweep up together (Furst); corresponding to ἐκκλησία ιν Greek - of people.Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew May Godוְאֵ֤ל (wə·’êl) Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 410: Strength -- as adjective, mighty, the Almighty Almighty שַׁדַּי֙ (šad·day) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 7706: The Almighty bless יְבָרֵ֣ךְ (yə·ḇā·rêḵ) Verb - Piel - Imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 1288: To kneel, to bless God, man, to curse you אֹֽתְךָ֔ (’ō·ṯə·ḵā) Direct object marker | second person masculine singular Strong's 853: Untranslatable mark of the accusative case and make you fruitful וְיַפְרְךָ֖ (wə·yap̄·rə·ḵā) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive imperfect - third person masculine singular | second person masculine singular Strong's 6509: To bear fruit, be fruitful and multiply you, וְיַרְבֶּ֑ךָ (wə·yar·be·ḵā) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive imperfect - third person masculine singular | second person masculine singular Strong's 7235: To be or become much, many or great so that you may become וְהָיִ֖יתָ (wə·hā·yî·ṯā) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine singular Strong's 1961: To fall out, come to pass, become, be a company לִקְהַ֥ל (liq·hal) Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 6951: Assembly, convocation, congregation of peoples. עַמִּֽים׃ (‘am·mîm) Noun - masculine plural Strong's 5971: A people, a tribe, troops, attendants, a flock Links Genesis 28:3 NIVGenesis 28:3 NLT Genesis 28:3 ESV Genesis 28:3 NASB Genesis 28:3 KJV Genesis 28:3 BibleApps.com Genesis 28:3 Biblia Paralela Genesis 28:3 Chinese Bible Genesis 28:3 French Bible Genesis 28:3 Catholic Bible OT Law: Genesis 28:3 May God Almighty bless you and make (Gen. 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