Genesis 28:3

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

May God Almighty bless you and make you fruitful and numerous, that you may become a company of peoples.

Cross References

Genesis 1:28

God blessed them, and God said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth and subdue it and have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the air and over every living thing that moves upon the earth.”

Genesis 13:16

I will make your offspring like the dust of the earth, so that if one can count the dust of the earth, your offspring also can be counted.

Genesis 17:20

As for Ishmael, I have heard you; I will bless him and make him fruitful and exceedingly numerous; he shall be the father of twelve princes, and I will make him a great nation.

Genesis 24:60

And they blessed Rebekah and said to her, “May you, our sister, become thousands of myriads; may your offspring gain possession of the gates of their foes.”

Genesis 26:24

And that very night the Lord appeared to him and said, “I am the God of your father Abraham; do not be afraid, for I am with you and will bless you and make your offspring numerous for my servant Abraham’s sake.”

Genesis 26:4

I will make your offspring as numerous as the stars of heaven and will give to your offspring all these lands, and all the nations of the earth shall gain blessing for themselves through your offspring,

Genesis 27:33

Then Isaac trembled violently and said, “Who was it then that hunted game and brought it to me, and I ate it all before you came, and I have blessed him?—yes, and blessed he shall be!”

Genesis 35:11

God said to him, “I am God Almighty: be fruitful and multiply; a nation and a company of nations shall come from you, and kings shall spring from you.

Genesis 41:52

The second he named Ephraim, “For God has made me fruitful in the land of my misfortunes.”

Genesis 43:14

may God Almighty grant you mercy before the man, so that he may send back your other brother and Benjamin. As for me, if I am bereaved of my children, I am bereaved.”

Genesis 48:3

And Jacob said to Joseph, “God Almighty appeared to me at Luz in the land of Canaan, and he blessed me

Genesis 48:4

and said to me, ‘I am going to make you fruitful and increase your numbers; I will make of you a company of peoples and will give this land to your offspring after you for a perpetual holding.’

Genesis 49:25

by the God of your father, who will help you, by the Almighty who will bless you with blessings of heaven above, blessings of the deep that lies beneath, blessings of the breasts and of the womb.

Genesis 9:1

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

Psalm 127:1

Unless the Lord builds the house, those who build it labor in vain. Unless the Lord guards the city, the guard keeps watch in vain.

Psalm 127:3

Sons are indeed a heritage from the Lord, the fruit of the womb a reward.

Exodus 1:7

But the Israelites were fruitful and prolific; they multiplied and grew exceedingly strong, so that the land was filled with them.

Exodus 6:3

I appeared to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob as God Almighty, but by my name ‘The Lord’ I did not make myself known to them.

2 Corinthians 6:18

and I will be your father, and you shall be my sons and daughters, says the Lord Almighty.”

Revelation 21:22

I saw no temple in the city, for its temple is the Lord God the Almighty and the Lamb.

Ruth 2:4

Just then Boaz came from Bethlehem. He said to the reapers, “The Lord be with you.” They answered, “The Lord bless you.”