Genesis 48:4

Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version

He said to me, ‘I will make you a great family. I will give you many children and you will be a great people. Your family will own this land forever.’

Cross References

Genesis 17:8

And I will give this land to you and to all your descendants. I will give you the land you are traveling through—the land of Canaan. I will give you this land forever, and I will be your God.”

Genesis 35:11

God said to him, “I am God All-Powerful, and I give you this blessing: Have many children and grow into a great nation. Other nations and other kings will come out of you.

Deuteronomy 32:8

God Most High separated the people on earth and gave each nation its land. He set up borders for all people. He made as many nations as there are angels.

Exodus 1:7

But the Israelites had many children, and their number grew until the country of Egypt was filled with them.

Genesis 47:27

Israel stayed in Egypt. He lived in the land of Goshen. His family grew and became very large. They became landowners there and did very well.

Genesis 46:3

Then God said, “I am God, the God of your father. Don’t be afraid to go to Egypt. In Egypt I will make you a great nation.

Genesis 32:12

Lord, you said to me, ‘I will be good to you. I will increase your family and make your children as many as the sands of the sea. There will be too many to count.’”

Genesis 28:3

I pray that God All-Powerful will bless you and give you many children. I pray that you will become the father of a great nation

Genesis 26:4

I will make your family as many as the stars of heaven, and I will give all these lands to your family. Through your descendants every nation on earth will be blessed.

Genesis 22:17

I will surely bless you and give you as many descendants as the stars in the sky. There will be as many people as sand on the seashore. And your people will live in cities that they will take from their enemies.

Genesis 17:13

So every baby boy in your nation will be circumcised. Every boy who is born from your family or bought as a slave will be circumcised.

Genesis 12:2

I will build a great nation from you. I will bless you and make your name famous. People will use your name to bless other people.

Exodus 1:11

The Egyptians decided to make life hard for the Israelites, so they put slave masters over the people. These masters forced the Israelites to build the cities of Pithom and Rameses for the king. The king used these cities to store grain and other things.

Leviticus 26:9

“Then I will turn to you. I will let you have many children. I will keep my agreement with you.

Psalm 127:3

Children are a gift from the Lord, a reward from a mother’s womb.

Genesis 17:6

I will give you many descendants. New nations and kings will come from you.

Ezekiel 37:25

They will live on the land that I gave to my servant Jacob. Your ancestors lived in that place, and my people will live there. They and their children and their grandchildren will live there forever. My servant David will be their leader forever.