Genesis 28:2-4
Legacy Standard Bible
2 Arise, go to Paddan-aram, to the house of (A)Bethuel your mother’s father; and from there take to yourself a wife from the daughters of Laban your mother’s brother. 3 May [a](B)God Almighty (C)bless you and (D)make you fruitful and (E)multiply you, that you may become an (F)assembly of peoples. 4 May He also give you the (G)blessing of Abraham, to you and to your seed with you, that you may (H)possess the land of your (I)sojournings, which God gave to Abraham.”
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- Genesis 28:3 Heb El Shaddai
Genesis 28:2-4
New International Version
2 Go at once to Paddan Aram,[a](A) to the house of your mother’s father Bethuel.(B) Take a wife for yourself there, from among the daughters of Laban, your mother’s brother.(C) 3 May God Almighty[b](D) bless(E) you and make you fruitful(F) and increase your numbers(G) until you become a community of peoples. 4 May he give you and your descendants the blessing given to Abraham,(H) so that you may take possession of the land(I) where you now reside as a foreigner,(J) the land God gave to Abraham.”
Footnotes
- Genesis 28:2 That is, Northwest Mesopotamia; also in verses 5, 6 and 7
- Genesis 28:3 Hebrew El-Shaddai
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