Genesis 48:4

Modern English Version

and He said to me, ‘Behold, I will make you fruitful and multiply you, and I will make you into a multitude of people and will give this land to your descendants after you for an everlasting possession.’

Cross References

Genesis 17:8

All the land of Canaan, where you now live as strangers, I will give to you and to your descendants for an everlasting possession, and I will be their God.”

Genesis 35:11

God said to him, “I am God Almighty. Be fruitful and multiply. A nation and a company of nations will come from you, and kings shall come forth from you.

Deuteronomy 32:8

When the Most High gave the nations their inheritance, when He separated the sons of man, He set the boundaries of the peoples according to the number of the Israelites.

Exodus 1:7

Nevertheless, the sons of Israel were fruitful, and increased abundantly, and multiplied, and became exceedingly mighty, so that the land was filled with them.

Genesis 47:27

Israel lived in the land of Egypt, in the land of Goshen, and they had possessions there and grew and became very numerous.

Genesis 46:3

Then He said, “I am God, the God of your father. Do not be afraid to go down to Egypt, for I will make you into a great nation there.

Genesis 32:12

You said, ‘I will surely prosper you and make your descendants as the sand of the sea, which is too many to be counted.’ ”

Genesis 28:3

May God Almighty bless you and make you fruitful and multiply you, so that you may become a multitude of people.

Genesis 26:4

I will make your descendants multiply as the stars of the heavens and will give your descendants all these lands. By your descendants all the nations of the earth will be blessed,

Genesis 22:17

I will indeed bless you and I will indeed multiply your descendants as the stars of the heavens and as the sand that is on the seashore. Your descendants will possess the gate of their enemies.

Genesis 17:13

He who is born in your house and he who is bought with your money must be circumcised. My covenant shall be in your flesh as an everlasting covenant.

Genesis 12:2

I will make of you a great nation; I will bless you and make your name great, so that you will be a blessing.

Exodus 1:11

Therefore they set taskmasters over them to afflict them with their labor. They built for Pharaoh storage cities: Pithom and Rameses.

Leviticus 26:9

I will turn toward you and make you fruitful and multiply you, and I will confirm My covenant with you.

Psalm 127:3

Behold, children are a heritage from the Lord, the fruit of the womb a reward.

Genesis 17:6

I will make you exceedingly fruitful; and I will make nations of you, and kings will come from you.

Ezekiel 37:25

They shall dwell in the land that I have given to Jacob My servant, in which your fathers lived. And they shall dwell in it, they and their sons and their son’s sons forever. And My servant David shall be their prince forever.