Now Isaac sowed seed in the land, and that very year he reaped a hundredfold. And the LORD blessed him,
Parallel translations
- WEB Isaac sowed in that land, and reaped in the same year one hundred times what he planted. Yahweh blessed him.
- KJV Then Isaac sowed in that land, and received in the same year an hundredfold: and the LORD blessed him.
- NKJV Then Isaac sowed in that land, and reaped in the same year a hundredfold; and the Lord blessed him.
- NASB Now Isaac sowed in that land and reaped in the same year a hundred times as much. And the Lord blessed him,
- NLT When Isaac planted his crops that year, he harvested a hundred times more grain than he planted, for the Lord blessed him.
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Quick answer
Isaac plants crops and reaps a hundredfold harvest, because Yahweh blessed him.
Overview
In a famine-prone land, Isaac's extraordinary harvest is attributed directly to the Lord's blessing, not merely good farming. This visibly fulfills God's covenant promise to bless him (v. 3). Material abundance here serves as a sign of God's faithfulness to the patriarchal line through which the Redeemer would come.
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Cross-references · 16
- Mark 4:8Still other seed fell on good soil, where it sprouted, grew up, and produced a crop—one bearing thirtyfold, another sixtyfold, and another a hundredfold.”
- Gen 26:3Stay in this land as a foreigner, and I will be with you and bless you. For I will give all these lands to you and your offspring, and I will confirm the oath that I swore to your father Abraham.
- Gen 24:35“The LORD has greatly blessed my master, and he has become rich. He has given him sheep and cattle, silver and gold, menservants and maidservants, camels and donkeys.
- Gen 24:1By now Abraham was old and well along in years, and the LORD had blessed him in every way.
- Zech 8:12“For the seed will be prosperous, the vine will yield its fruit, the ground will yield its produce, and the skies will give their dew. To the remnant of this people I will give all these things as an inheritance.
- 2 Cor 9:10–11Now He who supplies seed to the sower and bread for food will supply and multiply your store of seed and will increase the harvest of your righteousness.
- Gal 6:7–8Do not be deceived: God is not to be mocked. Whatever a man sows, he will reap in return.
- Job 42:12So the LORD blessed Job’s latter days more than his first. He owned 14,000 sheep, 6,000 camels, 1,000 yoke of oxen, and 1,000 female donkeys.
- Eccl 11:6Sow your seed in the morning, and do not rest your hands in the evening, for you do not know which will succeed, whether this or that, or if both will equally prosper.
- Ps 67:6The earth has yielded its harvest; God, our God, blesses us.
- 1 Cor 3:6I planted the seed and Apollos watered it, but God made it grow.
- Gen 30:30Indeed, you had very little before my arrival, but now your wealth has increased many times over. The LORD has blessed you wherever I set foot. But now, when may I also provide for my own household?”
- Matt 13:8Still other seed fell on good soil and produced a crop—a hundredfold, sixtyfold, or thirtyfold.
- Ps 72:16May there be an abundance of grain in the land; may it sway atop the hills. May its fruit trees flourish like the forests of Lebanon, and its people like the grass of the field.
- Matt 13:23But the seed sown on good soil is the one who hears the word and understands it. He indeed bears fruit and produces a crop—a hundredfold, sixtyfold, or thirtyfold.”
- Gen 26:29that you will not harm us, just as we have not harmed you but have done only good to you, sending you on your way in peace. And now you are blessed by the LORD.”
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From the first promise that the seed of the woman would crush the serpent (3:15), through Abraham's blessing to all nations and Judah's coming ruler, Genesis sows every seed that flowers in Christ — the true offspring, the better Adam, the ram caught for Isaac.
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