Genesis 17:4

17:4 “As for me, ¹  this ²  is my covenant with you: You will be the father of a multitude of nations.

Genesis 28:3

28:3 May the sovereign God ³  bless you! May he make you fruitful and give you a multitude of descendants! ⁴  Then you will become ⁵  a large nation. ⁶ 

Genesis 24:41

24:41 You will be free from your oath ⁷  if you go to my relatives and they will not give her to you. Then you will be free from your oath.’

Genesis 45:10

45:10 You will live ⁸  in the land of Goshen, and you will be near me – you, your children, your grandchildren, your flocks, your herds, and everything you have.

¹ tn Heb “I.”

² tn Heb “is” (הִנֵּה, hinneh).

³ tn Heb “El Shaddai.” See the extended note on the phrase “sovereign God” in Gen 17:1.

⁴ tn Heb “and make you fruitful and multiply you.” See Gen 17:6, 20 for similar terminology.

⁵ tn The perfect verbal form with vav (ו) consecutive here indicates consequence. The collocation הָיָה + preposition לְ (hayah + lÿ) means “become.”

⁶ tn Heb “an assembly of peoples.”

⁵ tn Heb “my oath” (twice in this verse). From the Hebrew perspective the oath belonged to the person to whom it was sworn (Abraham), although in contemporary English an oath is typically viewed as belonging to the person who swears it (the servant).

⁷ tn The perfect verbal form with vav consecutive here expresses instruction.