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Genesis 28:3
New English Translation
Genesis 28:3
New English Translation
3 May the Sovereign God[a] bless you! May he make you fruitful and give you a multitude of descendants![b] Then you will become[c] a large nation.[d]
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- Genesis 28:3 tn Heb “El Shaddai.” See the extended note on the phrase “sovereign God” in Gen 17:1.
- Genesis 28:3 tn Heb “and make you fruitful and multiply you.” See Gen 17:6, 20 for similar terminology.
- Genesis 28:3 tn The perfect verbal form with vav (ו) consecutive here indicates consequence. The collocation הָיָה plus preposition ל (hayah plus lamed) means “become.”
- Genesis 28:3 tn Heb “an assembly of peoples.”
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