Genesis 24:60

New English Translation

They blessed Rebekah with these words: “Our sister, may you become the mother of thousands of ten thousands! May your descendants possess the strongholds of their enemies.”

Cross References

Genesis 1:28

God blessed them and said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply! Fill the earth and subdue it! Rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air and every creature that moves on the ground.”

Genesis 14:19

He blessed Abram, saying, “Blessed be Abram by the Most High God, Creator of heaven and earth.

Genesis 17:16

I will bless her and will give you a son through her. I will bless her and she will become a mother of nations. Kings of countries will come from her!”

Genesis 22:17

I will indeed bless you, and I will greatly multiply your descendants so that they will be as countless as the stars in the sky or the grains of sand on the seashore. Your descendants will take possession of the strongholds of their enemies.

Genesis 24:61

Then Rebekah and her female servants mounted the camels and rode away with the man. So Abraham’s servant took Rebekah and left.

Genesis 28:3

May the sovereign God bless you! May he make you fruitful and give you a multitude of descendants! Then you will become a large nation.

Genesis 32:1

So Jacob went on his way and the angels of God met him.

Genesis 48:20

So he blessed them that day, saying, “By you will Israel bless, saying, ‘May God make you like Ephraim and Manasseh.’” So he put Ephraim before Manasseh.

Genesis 9:1

Then God blessed Noah and his sons and said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth.

Jeremiah 29:6

Marry and have sons and daughters. Find wives for your sons and allow your daughters get married so that they too can have sons and daughters. Grow in number; do not dwindle away.

Daniel 7:10

A river of fire was streaming forth and proceeding from his presence. Many thousands were ministering to him; Many tens of thousands stood ready to serve him. The court convened and the books were opened.

Leviticus 25:46

You may give them as inheritance to your children after you to possess as property. You may enslave them perpetually. However, as for your brothers the Israelites, no man may rule over his brother harshly.

Deuteronomy 21:19

his father and mother must seize him and bring him to the elders at the gate of his city.