Genesis 48:4
4He said to me, ‘I am going to make you fruitful ▼▼ Heb “Look, I am making you fruitful.” The participle following הִנֵּה (hinneh) has the nuance of a certain and often imminent future.
and will multiply you. ▼▼ The perfect verbal form with vav consecutive carries on the certain future idea.
I will make you into a group of nations, and I will give this land to your descendants ▼▼ The Hebrew text adds “after you,” which has not been included in the translation for stylistic reasons.
as an everlasting possession.’ ▼
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