Gen 28:3 | NET2full | STEP | May the Sovereign God bless you! May he make you fruitful and give you a multitude of descendants ! Then you will become a large nation .

‏ Genesis 28:3

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