THEOSISJohn Chrysostom
God has revealed to me, he said, during his appearance at Luz, that he will greatly increase my descendants, so that they shall produce a multitude of nations. He has also promised to grant that land to me and my offspring.
Genesis 48:4Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers
And said: I will cause thee to increase and multiply, and I will make of thee a multitude of people: and I will give this land to thee, and to thy seed after thee for an everlasting possession.
וַיֹּ֣אמֶר אֵלַ֗י הִנְנִ֤י מַפְרְךָ֙ וְהִרְבִּיתִ֔ךָ וּנְתַתִּ֖יךָ לִקְהַ֣ל עַמִּ֑ים וְנָ֨תַתִּ֜י אֶת־הָאָ֧רֶץ הַזֹּ֛את לְזַרְעֲךָ֥ אַחֲרֶ֖יךָ אֲחֻזַּ֥ת עוֹלָֽם׃
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Passages read together with this verse.
- Gen 17:8And I will give to thee, and to thy seed, the land of thy sojournment, all the land of Chanaan, for a perpetual possession, and I will be their God.
- Gen 35:11And said to him: I am God almighty, increase thou and be multiplied. Nations and peoples of nations shall be from thee, and kings shall come out of thy loins.
- Gen 12:2And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and magnify thy name, and thou shalt be blessed.
- Gen 32:12Thou didst say, that thou wouldst do well by me, and multiply my seed like the sand of the sea, which cannot be numbered for multitude.
- Gen 17:13And my covenant shall be in your flesh for a perpetual covenant.
- Gen 28:3And God almighty bless thee, and make thee to increase and multiply thee: that thou mayst be a multitude of people.
- Gen 47:27So Israel dwelt in Egypt, that is, in the land of Gessen, and possessed it; and grew, and was multiplied exceedingly.
- Gen 46:3God said to him: I am the most mighty God of thy father; fear not, go down into Egypt, for I will make a great nation of thee there.