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Genesis 28:3-4 KJV
Genesis · chapter 28 · verses 3–4
3And God Almighty bless thee, and make thee fruitful, and multiply thee, that thou mayest be a multitude of people; 4And give thee the blessing of Abraham, to thee, and to thy seed with thee; that thou mayest inherit the land wherein thou art a stranger, which God gave unto Abraham.Genesis 28:3-4 · King James Version
Genesis 28:3-4 in context
1And Isaac called Jacob, and blessed him, and charged him, and said unto him, Thou shalt not take a wife of the daughters of Canaan.
2Arise, go to Padanaram, 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.
3And God Almighty bless thee, and make thee fruitful, and multiply thee, that thou mayest be a multitude of people;
4And give thee the blessing of Abraham, to thee, and to thy seed with thee; that thou mayest inherit the land wherein thou art a stranger, which God gave unto Abraham.
5And Isaac sent away Jacob: and he went to Padanaram unto Laban, son of Bethuel the Syrian, the brother of Rebekah, Jacob’s and Esau’s mother.
6When Esau saw that Isaac had blessed Jacob, and sent him away to Padanaram, to take him a wife from thence; and that as he blessed him he gave him a charge, saying, Thou shalt not take a wife of the daughters of Canaan;
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- multitudeqâhâlassemblageH6951 →
- AlmightyShaddaythe AlmightyH7706 →
- fruitfulpârâhto bear fruitH6509 →
- multiplyrâbâhto increaseH7235 →
- blessingBᵉrâkâhbenedictionH1293 →
- strangermâgûwra temporary abodeH4033 →
- AbrahamʼAbrâhâmAbraham, the later name of AbramH85 →
- inherityârashto occupyH3423 →
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Jacob had no sooner obtained the blessing than immediately he was forced to flee from his country; and, as it if were not enough that he was a stranger and sojourner there, he must go to be more so, and no better than an exile, in another country. Now Jacob fled into Syria, Hos 12:12.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-5