Genesis 28:3
Genesis chapter 28 · verse 3 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000And God Almighty bless thee, and make thee fruitful, and multiply thee, that thou mayest be a company of peoples;
KJV
King James Version · 1611And God Almighty bless thee, and make thee fruitful, and multiply thee, that thou mayest be a multitude of people;
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901And God Almighty bless thee, and make thee fruitful, and multiply thee, that thou mayest be a company of peoples;
Context
v.2Arise, go to Paddan-aram, to the house of Bethuel thy mother’s father; and take thee a wife from thence of the daughters of Laban thy mother’s brother.
v.3This passage
v.4and give thee the blessing of Abraham, to thee, and to thy seed with thee; that thou mayest inherit the land of thy sojournings, which God gave unto Abraham.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Genesis 1:28
And God blessed them: and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it; and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the birds of the heavens, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.
- Exodus 6:3
and I appeared unto Abraham, unto Isaac, and unto Jacob, as God Almighty; but by my name Jehovah I was not known to them.
- Genesis 17:1
And when Abram was ninety years old and nine, Jehovah appeared to Abram, and said unto him, I am God Almighty; walk before me, and be thou perfect.
- Genesis 41:52
And the name of the second called he Ephraim: For God hath made me fruitful in the land of my affliction.
- Genesis 43:14
and God Almighty give you mercy before the man, that he may release unto you your other brother and Benjamin. And if I be bereaved of my children, I am bereaved.
- 2 Corinthians 6:18
And will be to you a Father, And ye shall be to me sons and daughters, saith the Lord Almighty.