Deuteronomy 28:2-4
Context28:2 All these blessings will come to you in abundance 1 if you obey the Lord your God: 28:3 You will be blessed in the city and blessed in the field. 2 28:4 Your children 3 will be blessed, as well as the produce of your soil, the offspring of your livestock, the calves of your herds, and the lambs of your flocks.
Deuteronomy 28:11
Context28:11 The Lord will greatly multiply your children, 4 the offspring of your livestock, and the produce of your soil in the land which he 5 promised your ancestors 6 he would give you.
Deuteronomy 28:15-18
Context28:15 “But if you ignore 7 the Lord your God and are not careful to keep all his commandments and statutes I am giving you today, then all these curses will come upon you in full force: 8 28:16 You will be cursed in the city and cursed in the field. 28:17 Your basket and your mixing bowl will be cursed. 28:18 Your children 9 will be cursed, as well as the produce of your soil, the calves of your herds, and the lambs of your flocks.
1 tn Heb “come upon you and overtake you” (so NASB, NRSV); NIV “come upon you and accompany you.”
2 tn Or “in the country” (so NAB, NIV, NLT). This expression also occurs in v. 15.
3 tn Heb “the fruit of your womb” (so NAB, NIV, NRSV).
4 tn Heb “the fruit of your womb” (so NAB, NIV, NRSV); CEV “will give you a lot of children.”
5 tn Heb “the
6 tn Heb “fathers” (also in vv. 36, 64).
7 tn Heb “do not hear the voice of.”
8 tn Heb “and overtake you” (so NIV, NRSV); NAB, NLT “and overwhelm you.”
9 tn Heb “the fruit of your womb” (so NAB, NIV, NRSV).