Gen 28:3-4 | 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 28:3-4

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.”} 4 May he give you and your descendants the blessing he gave to Abraham ^{▼▼tn Heb “and may he give to you the blessing of Abraham, to you and to your offspring with you.” The name “Abraham” is an objective genitive here; this refers to the blessing that God gave to Abraham.} so that you may possess the land ^{▼▼tn The words “the land” have been supplied in the translation for clarity.} God gave to Abraham, the land where you have been living as a temporary resident.” ^{▼▼tn Heb “the land of your sojournings,” that is, the land where Jacob had been living as a resident foreigner, as his future descendants would after him.}