Genesis 28:3 
Context| NET © | May the sovereign God 1 bless you! May he make you fruitful and give you a multitude of descendants! 2 Then you will become 3 a large nation. 4 |
| NIV © | May God Almighty bless you and make you fruitful and increase your numbers until you become a community of peoples. |
| NASB © | "May God Almighty bless you and make you fruitful and multiply you, that you may become a company of peoples. |
| NLT © | May God Almighty bless you and give you many children. And may your descendants become a great assembly of nations! |
| MSG © | "And may The Strong God bless you and give you many, many children, a congregation of peoples; |
| BBE © | And may God, the Ruler of all, give you his blessing, giving you fruit and increase, so that you may become an army of peoples. |
| NRSV © | May God Almighty bless you and make you fruitful and numerous, that you may become a company of peoples. |
| NKJV © | "May God Almighty bless you, And make you fruitful and multiply you, That you may be an assembly of peoples; |
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| NET © | May the sovereign God 1 bless you! May he make you fruitful and give you a multitude of descendants! 2 Then you will become 3 a large nation. 4 |
| NET © Notes |
1 tn Heb “El Shaddai.” See the extended note on the phrase “sovereign God” in Gen 17:1. 2 tn Heb “and make you fruitful and multiply you.” See Gen 17:6, 20 for similar terminology. 3 tn The perfect verbal form with vav (ו) consecutive here indicates consequence. The collocation הָיָה + preposition לְ (hayah + lÿ) means “become.” 4 tn Heb “an assembly of peoples.” |
