Genesis 28:2-4
New American Standard Bible
2 Arise, go to Paddan-aram, to the house of (A)Bethuel your mother’s father; and from there take to yourself a wife from the daughters of Laban, your mother’s brother. 3 May [a](B)God Almighty (C)bless you and (D)make you fruitful and (E)multiply you, so that you may become a (F)multitude of peoples. 4 May He also give you the (G)blessing of Abraham, to you and to your [b]descendants with you, so that you may (H)possess the land where you (I)live as a stranger, which God gave to Abraham.”
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- Genesis 28:3 Heb El Shaddai
- Genesis 28:4 Lit seed
Genesis 28:2-4
New International Version
2 Go at once to Paddan Aram,[a](A) to the house of your mother’s father Bethuel.(B) Take a wife for yourself there, from among the daughters of Laban, your mother’s brother.(C) 3 May God Almighty[b](D) bless(E) you and make you fruitful(F) and increase your numbers(G) until you become a community of peoples. 4 May he give you and your descendants the blessing given to Abraham,(H) so that you may take possession of the land(I) where you now reside as a foreigner,(J) the land God gave to Abraham.”
Footnotes
- Genesis 28:2 That is, Northwest Mesopotamia; also in verses 5, 6 and 7
- Genesis 28:3 Hebrew El-Shaddai
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