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Genesis 7:18

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7:18 The waters completely overwhelmed 1  the earth, and the ark floated 2  on the surface of the waters.

Genesis 28:3

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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 47:27

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47:27 Israel settled in the land of Egypt, in the land of Goshen, and they owned land there. They were fruitful and increased rapidly in number.

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[7:18]  1 tn Heb “and the waters were great and multiplied exceedingly.” The first verb in the sequence is וַיִּגְבְּרוּ (vayyigbÿru, from גָּבַר, gavar), meaning “to become great, mighty.” The waters did not merely rise; they “prevailed” over the earth, overwhelming it.

[7:18]  2 tn Heb “went.”

[28:3]  3 tn Heb “El Shaddai.” See the extended note on the phrase “sovereign God” in Gen 17:1.

[28:3]  4 tn Heb “and make you fruitful and multiply you.” See Gen 17:6, 20 for similar terminology.

[28:3]  5 tn The perfect verbal form with vav (ו) consecutive here indicates consequence. The collocation הָיָה + preposition לְ (hayah + lÿ) means “become.”

[28:3]  6 tn Heb “an assembly of peoples.”



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