I will richly bless you and bountifully multiply your seed like the stars of heaven, and like the sand that is on the seashore, and your seed will possess the gate of his enemies.
Isaiah 51:2 - Tree of Life Version Look to Abraham your father and to Sarah who bore you. For when I called him, he was but one, then I blessed him and multiplied him.” Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Look unto Abraham your father, and unto Sarah that bare you: for I called him alone, and blessed him, and increased him. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Look to Abraham your father and to Sarah who bore you; for I called him when he was but one, and I blessed him and made him many. American Standard Version (1901) Look unto Abraham your father, and unto Sarah that bare you; for when he was but one I called him, and I blessed him, and made him many. Common English Bible Look to Abraham your ancestor, and to Sarah, who gave you birth. They were alone when I called them, but I blessed them and made them many. Catholic Public Domain Version Pay attention to Abraham, your father, and to Sarah, who bore you. For I called him alone, and I blessed him, and I multiplied him. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Look unto Abraham your father and to Sara that bore you: for I called him alone, and blessed him, and multiplied him. |
I will richly bless you and bountifully multiply your seed like the stars of heaven, and like the sand that is on the seashore, and your seed will possess the gate of his enemies.
Now Abraham was old, advanced in years, and Adonai blessed Abraham in everything.
Adonai has blessed my master very much so that he has become great, and He has given to him flocks of sheep and cattle, silver and gold, male slaves and female slaves, camels and donkeys.
Therefore, thus says Adonai, Redeemer of Abraham, concerning the house of Jacob: “Jacob will no longer be ashamed, no longer will his face grow pale;
“But you, Israel, My servant, Jacob whom I have chosen, descendant of Abraham, My friend—
Hear this, house of Jacob, who are called by the Name of Israel, who came from the wellspring of Judah, who swear by the Name of Adonai and confess the God of Israel— but not in truth or righteousness.
The smallest will become a thousand, and the least a mighty nation. I, Adonai, will hasten it in its time.”
For You are our Father— even if Abraham would not know us or Israel not recognize us. You, Adonai, are our Father, our Redeemer— from everlasting is Your Name.
“Son of man, the inhabitants of these ruins in the land of Israel keep saying, ‘Abraham was only one, yet he inherited the land. Since we are many, the land is given to us as a possession.’
Adonai your God has multiplied you—and here you are today, like the stars of the heavens in number.
“Then you are to respond before Adonai your God, ‘My father was a wandering Aramean, and he went down to Egypt and lived there as an outsider, few in number. But there he became a great nation—mighty and numerous.
Then I took your father Abraham from beyond the River and led him through the entire land of Canaan and multiplied his offspring. I gave him Isaac,