23 And the Lord said to her,

(A)Two nations are in your womb;
(B)And two peoples will be separated from your body;
And one people will be stronger than the other;
And (C)the older will serve the younger.”

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23 The Lord said to her,

“Two nations(A) are in your womb,
    and two peoples from within you will be separated;
one people will be stronger than the other,
    and the older will serve the younger.(B)

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May [a](A)God Almighty (B)bless you and (C)make you fruitful and (D)multiply you, so that you may become a (E)multitude of peoples. May He also give you the (F)blessing of Abraham, to you and to your [b]descendants with you, so that you may (G)possess the land where you (H)live as a stranger, which God gave to Abraham.”

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 28:3 Heb El Shaddai
  2. Genesis 28:4 Lit seed

May God Almighty[a](A) bless(B) you and make you fruitful(C) and increase your numbers(D) until you become a community of peoples. May he give you and your descendants the blessing given to Abraham,(E) so that you may take possession of the land(F) where you now reside as a foreigner,(G) the land God gave to Abraham.”

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 28:3 Hebrew El-Shaddai

20 Behold, I have received a command to bless;
(A)When He has blessed, (B)I cannot revoke it.

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20 I have received a command to bless;(A)
    he has blessed,(B) and I cannot change it.(C)

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