Genesis 48:4

Good News Translation

He said to me, ‘I will give you many children, so that your descendants will become many nations; I will give this land to your descendants as their possession forever.’”

Cross References

Genesis 12:2

I will give you many descendants, and they will become a great nation. I will bless you and make your name famous, so that you will be a blessing.

Genesis 17:13

Each one must be circumcised, and this will be a physical sign to show that my covenant with you is everlasting.

Genesis 17:6

I will give you many descendants, and some of them will be kings. You will have so many descendants that they will become nations.

Genesis 17:8

I will give to you and to your descendants this land in which you are now a foreigner. The whole land of Canaan will belong to your descendants forever, and I will be their God.”

Genesis 22:17

I promise that I will give you as many descendants as there are stars in the sky or grains of sand along the seashore. Your descendants will conquer their enemies.

Genesis 26:4

I will give you as many descendants as there are stars in the sky, and I will give them all this territory. All the nations will ask me to bless them as I have blessed your descendants.

Genesis 28:3

May Almighty God bless your marriage and give you many children, so that you will become the father of many nations!

Genesis 32:12

Remember that you promised to make everything go well for me and to give me more descendants than anyone could count, as many as the grains of sand along the seashore.”

Genesis 35:11

And God said to him, “I am Almighty God. Have many children. Nations will be descended from you, and you will be the ancestor of kings.

Genesis 46:3

“I am God, the God of your father,” he said. “Do not be afraid to go to Egypt; I will make your descendants a great nation there.

Genesis 47:27

The Israelites lived in Egypt in the region of Goshen, where they became rich and had many children.

Psalm 127:3

Children are a gift from the Lord; they are a real blessing.

Exodus 1:11

So the Egyptians put slave drivers over them to crush their spirits with hard labor. The Israelites built the cities of Pithom and Rameses to serve as supply centers for the king.

Exodus 1:7

but their descendants, the Israelites, had many children and became so numerous and strong that Egypt was filled with them.

Ezekiel 37:25

They will live on the land I gave to my servant Jacob, the land where their ancestors lived. They will live there forever, and so will their children and all their descendants. A king like my servant David will rule them forever.

Leviticus 26:9

I will bless you and give you many children; I will keep my part of the covenant that I made with you.

Deuteronomy 32:8

The Most High assigned nations their lands; he determined where peoples should live. He assigned to each nation a heavenly being,