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Genesis 22:17

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And said, By myself have I sworn, saith the LORD, for because thou hast done this thing, and hast not withheld thy son, thine only [son]:	That in blessing I will bless thee, and in multiplying I will multiply thy seed as the stars of the heaven, and as the sand which [is] upon the sea shore; and thy seed shall possess the gate of his enemies;	And in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed; because thou hast obeyed my voice.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

That in blessing^H1288 I will bless^H1288 thee, and in multiplying^H7235 I will multiply^H7235 thy seed^H2233 as the stars^H3556 of the heaven^H8064, and as the sand^H2344 which is upon the sea^H3220 shore^H8193; and thy seed^H2233 shall possess^H3423 the gate^H8179 of his enemies^H341;

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Original Hebrew

כִּי־בָרֵךְ אֲבָרֶכְךָ וְהַרְבָּה אַרְבֶּה אֶת־זַרְעֲךָ כְּכֹוכְבֵי הַשָּׁמַיִם וְכַחֹול אֲשֶׁר עַל־שְׂפַת הַיָּם וְיִרַשׁ זַרְעֲךָ אֵת שַׁעַר אֹיְבָיו׃

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
כִּֽי	ki-	H3588	HC	for
בָרֵ֣ךְ	va.Rekh	H1288	HVpa	surely (bless)
אֲבָרֶכְ/ךָ֗	'a.va.rekh./Kha	H1288	HVpi1cs/Sp2ms	I will bless/ you
וְ/הַרְבָּ֨ה	ve./har.Bah	H7235	HC/Vha	and/ certainly (to increase)
אַרְבֶּ֤ה	'ar.Beh	H7235	HVhi1cs	I will increase
אֶֽת	'et-	H853	HTo	(obj.)
זַרְעֲ/ךָ֙	zar.'a./Kha	H2233	HNcmsc/Sp2ms	offspring/ your
כְּ/כוֹכְבֵ֣י	ke./chokh.Vei	H3556	HR/Ncmpc	like/ (the) stars of
הַ/שָּׁמַ֔יִם	ha./sha.Ma.yim	H8064	HTd/Ncmpa	the/ heavens
וְ/כַ/ח֕וֹל	ve./kha./Chol	H2344	HC/Rd/Ncmsa	and/ like the/ sand
אֲשֶׁ֖ר	'a.Sher	H834	HTr	which
עַל	'al-	H5921	HR	(is) on
שְׂפַ֣ת	se.Fat	H8193	HNcfsc	(the) shore of
הַ/יָּ֑ם	hai./Yam	H3220	HTd/Ncmsa	the/ sea
וְ/יִרַ֣שׁ	ve./yi.Rash	H3423	HC/Vqi3ms	so/ (it) may take possession of
זַרְעֲ/ךָ֔	zar.'a./Kha	H2233	HNcmsc/Sp2ms	offspring/ your
אֵ֖ת	'et	H853	HTo	(obj.)
שַׁ֥עַר	Sha.'ar	H8179	HNcmsc	(the) gate of
אֹיְבָֽי/ו	'o.ye.Va/v	H341	HVqrmpc/Sp3ms	enemies/ its

Source: Westminster Leningrad Codex (MorphHB), TAHOT (Tyndale House)

Strong's References

• H341 — אֹיֵב (ʼôyêb, o-yabe'): or (fully) אוֹיֵב; active participle of אָיַב; hating; an adversary; enemy, foe.
• H1288 — בָרַךְ (bârak, baw-rak'): a primitive root; to kneel; by implication to bless God (as an act of adoration), and (vice-versa) man (as a benefit); also (by euphemism) to curse (God or the king, as treason); [idiom] abundantly, [idiom] altogether, [idiom] at all, blaspheme, bless, congratulate, curse, [idiom] greatly, [idiom] indeed, kneel (down), praise, salute, [idiom] still, thank.
• H2233 — זֶרַע (zeraʻ, zeh'-rah): from זָרַע; seed; figuratively, fruit, plant, sowing-time, posterity; [idiom] carnally, child, fruitful, seed(-time), sowing-time.
• H2344 — חוֹל (chôwl, khole): from חוּל; sand (as round or whirling particles); sand.
• H3220 — יָם (yâm, yawm): from an unused root meaning to roar; a sea (as breaking in noisy surf) or large body of water; specifically (with the article), the Mediterranean Sea; sometimes a large river, or an artifical basin; locally, the west, or (rarely) the south; sea ([idiom] -faring man, (-shore)), south, west (-ern, side, -ward).
• H3423 — יָרַשׁ (yârash, yaw-rash'): or יָרֵשׁ; a primitive root; to occupy (by driving out previous tenants, and possessing in their place); by implication, to seize, to rob, to inherit; also to expel, to impoverish, to ruin; cast out, consume, destroy, disinherit, dispossess, drive(-ing) out, enjoy, expel, [idiom] without fail, (give to, leave for) inherit(-ance, -or) [phrase] magistrate, be (make) poor, come to poverty, (give to, make to) possess, get (have) in (take) possession, seize upon, succeed, [idiom] utterly.
• H3556 — כּוֹכָב (kôwkâb, ko-kawb'): probably from the same as כַּבּוֹן (in the sense of rolling) or כָּוָה (in the sense of blazing); a star (as round or as shining); figuratively, a prince; star(-gazer).
• H7235 — רָבָה (râbâh, raw-baw'): a primitive root; to increase (in whatever respect); (bring in) abundance ([idiom] -antly), [phrase] archer (by mistake for רָבַב), be in authority, bring up, [idiom] continue, enlarge, excel, exceeding(-ly), be full of, (be, make) great(-er, -ly, [idiom] -ness), grow up, heap, increase, be long, (be, give, have, make, use) many (a time), (any, be, give, give the, have) more (in number), (ask, be, be so, gather, over, take, yield) much (greater, more), (make to) multiply, nourish, plenty(-eous), [idiom] process (of time), sore, store, thoroughly, very.
• H8064 — שָׁמַיִם (shâmayim, shaw-mah'-yim): dual of an unused singular שָׁמֶה; from an unused root meaning to be lofty; the sky (as aloft; the dual perhaps alluding to the visible arch in which the clouds move, as well as to the higher ether where the celestial bodies revolve); air, [idiom] astrologer, heaven(-s).
• H8179 — שַׁעַר (shaʻar, shah'-ar): from שָׁעַר in its original sense; an opening, i.e. door or gate; city, door, gate, port ([idiom] -er).
• H8193 — שָׂפָה (sâphâh, saw-faw'): or (in dual and plural) שֶׂפֶת; probably from סָפָה or שָׁפָה through the idea of termination (compare סוֹף); the lip (as a natural boundary); by implication, language; by analogy, a margin (of a vessel, water, cloth, etc.); band, bank, binding, border, brim, brink, edge, language, lip, prating, (sea-)shore, side, speech, talk, (vain) words.

The following Strong's numbers are referenced in the Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex) text but were not explicitly tagged in the KJV source:

• H834 — אֲשֶׁר (ʼăsher, ash-er'): a primitive relative pronoun (of every gender and number); who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.; [idiom] after, [idiom] alike, as (soon as), because, [idiom] every, for, [phrase] forasmuch, [phrase] from whence, [phrase] how(-soever), [idiom] if, (so) that ((thing) which, wherein), [idiom] though, [phrase] until, [phrase] whatsoever, when, where ([phrase] -as, -in, -of, -on, -soever, -with), which, whilst, [phrase] whither(-soever), who(-m, -soever, -se). As it is indeclinable, it is often accompanied by the personal pronoun expletively, used to show the connection.
• H853 — אֵת (ʼêth, ayth): apparent contracted from אוֹת in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely); (as such unrepresented in English).
• H3588 — כִּי (kîy, kee): a primitive particle (the full form of the prepositional prefix) indicating causal relations of all kinds, antecedent or consequent; (by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed; and, + (forasmuch, inasmuch, where-) as, assured(-ly), + but, certainly, doubtless, + else, even, + except, for, how, (because, in, so, than) that, + nevertheless, now, rightly, seeing, since, surely, then, therefore, + (al-) though, + till, truly, + until, when, whether, while, whom, yea, yet.
• H5921 — עַל (ʻal, al): properly, the same as עַל used as a preposition (in the singular or plural often with prefix, or as conjunction with a particle following); above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications; above, according to(-ly), after, (as) against, among, and, [idiom] as, at, because of, beside (the rest of), between, beyond the time, [idiom] both and, by (reason of), [idiom] had the charge of, concerning for, in (that), (forth, out) of, (from) (off), (up-) on, over, than, through(-out), to, touching, [idiom] with.

Cross References

Verse Cross-References (Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, Enhanced)

• I will multiply — Genesis 13:16, Genesis 15:5, Genesis 17:6, Genesis 26:4, Deuteronomy 1:10, Jeremiah 33:22
• in blessing — Genesis 12:2, Genesis 27:28-29, Genesis 28:3, Genesis 28:14-22, Genesis 49:25-26, Deuteronomy 28:2-13, Ephesians 1:3
• shore — 1 Kings 9:26
• thy seed — Genesis 24:60, Numbers 24:17-19, Deuteronomy 21:19, Joshua 1:1, Joshua 10:43, 2 Samuel 8:1-18, 2 Samuel 10:1-19, Psalms 2:8-9, Psalms 72:8-9, Jeremiah 32:22, Daniel 2:44-45, Micah 1:9, Luke 1:68-75, 1 Corinthians 15:57, Revelation 11:15

Reciprocal references (46): Genesis 1:28, Genesis 9:9, Genesis 17:2, Genesis 17:4, Genesis 18:18, Genesis 25:11, Genesis 26:29, Genesis 28:4, Genesis 34:20, Genesis 35:11, Genesis 36:1, Genesis 41:49, Genesis 46:3, Genesis 48:4, Exodus 1:7, Exodus 6:8, Numbers 1:46, Numbers 11:12, Numbers 23:10, Numbers 23:20, Deuteronomy 1:11, Deuteronomy 6:3, Deuteronomy 13:17, Deuteronomy 28:4, Joshua 11:4, Judges 2:1, 1 Samuel 13:5, 2 Samuel 17:11, 2 Samuel 22:36, 1 Kings 3:8, 1 Kings 4:20, 2 Chronicles 1:9, Nehemiah 9:23, Psalms 105:9, Psalms 112:2, Isaiah 48:19, Isaiah 51:2, Ezekiel 16:7, Nahum 3:16, Matthew 16:18, Mark 4:31, Luke 1:73, Romans 4:13, Galatians 3:16, Hebrews 7:6, Hebrews 11:12

Related Topics

• Thompson Chain: POSTERITY PROMISED, SAND
• Torrey’s: BURNT OFFERING, THE, JEWS, THE, SEA, THE
• Nave’s: ABRAHAM, AFFLICTIONS AND ADVERSITIES, ANGEL (a spirit), BLESSING, COMMUNION, FAITH, GOD, ISAAC, ISRAEL, OFFERINGS, PROPHECY, QUOTATIONS AND ALLUSIONS, RIGHTEOUS

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