Genesis 24:60

New American Bible - revised edition

They blessed Rebekah and said: “Sister, may you grow into thousands of myriads; And may your descendants gain possession of the gates of their enemies!”

Cross References

Genesis 1:28

God blessed them and God said to them: Be fertile and multiply; fill the earth and subdue it. Have dominion over the fish of the sea, the birds of the air, and all the living things that crawl on the earth.

Genesis 14:19

He blessed Abram with these words: “Blessed be Abram by God Most High, the creator of heaven and earth;

Genesis 17:16

I will bless her, and I will give you a son by her. Her also will I bless; she will give rise to nations, and rulers of peoples will issue from her.

Genesis 22:17

I will bless you and make your descendants as countless as the stars of the sky and the sands of the seashore; your descendants will take possession of the gates of their enemies,

Genesis 24:61

Then Rebekah and her attendants started out; they mounted the camels and followed the man. So the servant took Rebekah and went on his way.

Genesis 28:3

May God Almighty bless you and make you fertile, multiply you that you may become an assembly of peoples.

Genesis 32:1

Early the next morning, Laban kissed his grandchildren and his daughters and blessed them; then he set out on his journey back home.

Genesis 48:20

So he blessed them that day and said, “By you shall the people of Israel pronounce blessings, saying, ‘God make you like Ephraim and Manasseh.’” Thus he placed Ephraim before Manasseh.

Genesis 9:1

God blessed Noah and his sons and said to them: Be fertile and multiply and fill the earth.

Jeremiah 29:6

Take wives and have sons and daughters; find wives for your sons and give your daughters to husbands, so that they may bear sons and daughters. Increase there; do not decrease.

Daniel 7:10

A river of fire surged forth, flowing from where he sat; Thousands upon thousands were ministering to him, and myriads upon myriads stood before him. The court was convened, and the books were opened.

Leviticus 25:46

and bequeath to your children as their hereditary possession forever. You may treat them as slaves. But none of you shall lord it harshly over any of your fellow Israelites.

Deuteronomy 21:19

his father and mother shall take hold of him and bring him out to the elders at the gate of his home city,