NETBible | He blessed 1 them so that they became very numerous. He would not allow their cattle to decrease in number. 2 |
NIV © |
he blessed them, and their numbers greatly increased, and he did not let their herds diminish. |
NASB © |
Also He blesses them and they multiply greatly, And He does not let their cattle decrease. |
NLT © |
How he blesses them! They raise large families there, and their herds of cattle increase. |
MSG © |
He blessed them and they prospered greatly; their herds of cattle never decreased. |
BBE © |
He gives them his blessing so that they are increased greatly, and their cattle do not become less. |
NRSV © |
By his blessing they multiply greatly, and he does not let their cattle decrease. |
NKJV © |
He also blesses them, and they multiply greatly; And He does not let their cattle decrease. |
KJV | He blesseth <01288> (8762) them also, so that they are multiplied <07235> (8799) greatly <03966>_; and suffereth <04591> (0) not their cattle <0929> to decrease <04591> (8686)_. |
NASB © |
Also He blesses <1288> them and they multiply <7235> greatly <3966> , And He does not let their cattle <929> decrease .<4591> |
LXXM | (106:38) kai <2532> CONJ euloghsen <2127> V-AAI-3S autouv <846> D-APM kai <2532> CONJ eplhyunyhsan <4129> V-API-3P sfodra <4970> ADV kai <2532> CONJ ta <3588> T-APN kthnh <2934> N-APN autwn <846> D-GPM ouk esmikrunen {V-AAI-3S}<3364> ADV |
NET [draft] ITL | He blessed <01288> them so that they became <07235> very <03966> numerous <07235> . He would not <03808> allow their cattle <0929> to decrease in number .<04591> |
HEBREW | jyemy <04591> al <03808> Mtmhbw <0929> dam <03966> wbryw <07235> Mkrbyw (107:38) <01288> |
NETBible | He blessed 1 them so that they became very numerous. He would not allow their cattle to decrease in number. 2 |
NET Notes |
1 tn “Bless” here carries the nuance “endue with sexual potency, make fertile.” See Gen 1:28, where the statement “he blessed them” directly precedes the command “be fruitful and populate the earth” (see also 1:22). The verb “bless” carries this same nuance in Gen 17:16 (where God’s blessing of Sarai imparts to her the capacity to bear a child); 48:16 (where God’s blessing of Joseph’s sons is closely associated with their having numerous descendants); and Deut 7:13 (where God’s blessing is associated with fertility in general, including numerous descendants). See also Gen 49:25 (where Jacob uses the noun derivative in referring to “blessings of the breast and womb,” an obvious reference to fertility) and Gen 27:27 (where the verb is used of a field to which God has given the capacity to produce vegetation). 2 tn The verbal form in this line appears to be an imperfect, which may be taken as customary (drawing attention to typical action in a past time frame) or as generalizing (in which case one should use the English present tense, understanding a move from narrative to present reality). |