Genesis 48:4 - The Scriptures 1998

and said to me, ‘See, I am making you bear fruit and shall increase you and make of you an assembly of peoples, and give this land to your seed after you as an everlasting possession.’

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

And said to me, Behold, I will make you fruitful and multiply you, and I will make you a multitude of people and will give this land to your descendants after you as an everlasting possession. [Gen. 28:13-22; 35:6-15.]

American Standard Version (1901)

and said unto me, Behold, I will make thee fruitful, and multiply thee, and I will make of thee a company of peoples, and will give this land to thy seed after thee for an everlasting possession.

Common English Bible

and said to me, ‘I am about to give you many children, to increase your numbers, and to make you a large group of peoples. I will give this land to your descendants following you as an enduring possession.’

Catholic Public Domain Version

And he said: 'I will increase and multiply you, and I will make you influential among the people. And I will give this land to you, and to your offspring after you, as an everlasting possession.'

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

And he said: I will cause thee to increase and multiply, and I will make of thee a multitude of people. And I will give this land to thee, and to thy seed after thee for an everlasting possession.

Genesis 48:4 Cross References

Genesis 12:2

“And I shall make you a great nation, and bless you and make your name great, and you shall be a blessing!

Genesis 17:13

“He who is born in your house, and he who is bought with your silver, has to be circumcised. So shall My covenant be in your flesh, for an everlasting covenant.

Genesis 17:6

“And I shall make you bear fruit exceedingly, and make nations of you, and sovereigns shall come from you.

Genesis 17:8

“And I shall give to you and your seed after you the land of your sojournings, all the land of Kenaʽ

Genesis 22:17

that I shall certainly bless you, and I shall certainly increase your seed as the stars of the heavens and as the sand which is on the seashore, and let your seed possess the gate of their enemies.

Genesis 26:4

“And I shall increase your seed like the stars of the heavens, and I shall give all these lands to your seed. And in your seed all the nations of the earth shall be blessed,

Genesis 28:3

“And Ě

Genesis 32:12

“For You said, ‘I shall certainly do good to you, and shall make your seed as the sand of the sea, which are too numerous to count.’ ”

Genesis 35:11

And Elohim said to him, “I am Ě

Genesis 46:3

And He said, “I am the Ě

Genesis 47:27

And Yisra’ĕ

Psalm 127:3

Look, children are an inheritance from יהוה, The fruit of the womb is the reward.

Exodus 1:11

So they set slave-masters over them to afflict them with their burdens, and they built for Pharaoh supply cities, Pithom and Raʽ

Exodus 1:7

And the children of Yisra’ĕ

Ezekiel 37:25

“And they shall dwell in the land that I have given to Yaʽ

Leviticus 26:9

‘And I shall turn to you and make you bear fruit, and shall increase you, and shall establish My covenant with you.

Deuteronomy 32:8

“When the Most High gave the nations their inheritance When He separated the sons of Aḏ