He blesseth them also, so that they are multiplied greatly; and suffereth not their cattle to decrease.
Parallel translations
- WEB He blesses them also, so that they are multiplied greatly. He doesn’t allow their livestock to decrease.
- BSB He blesses them, and they multiply greatly; He does not let their herds diminish.
- NKJV He also blesses them, and they multiply greatly; And He does not let their cattle decrease.
- NASB He also 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 livestock increase.
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God blesses them so they multiply greatly and their livestock do not decrease.
Overview
The LORD's favor brings growth in family and flock, fulfilling his ancient promise of blessing and increase. Such prosperity is recognized as the gift of God, not merely human achievement. This abundance reflects God's faithfulness to bless his people, a faithfulness that finds its fullest expression in the spiritual fruitfulness given in Christ.
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Cross-references · 19
- Exod 1:7And the children of Israel were fruitful, and increased abundantly, and multiplied, and waxed exceeding mighty; and the land was filled with them.
- Gen 12:2And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great; and thou shalt be a blessing:
- Gen 17:20And as for Ishmael, I have heard thee: Behold, I have blessed him, and will make him fruitful, and will multiply him exceedingly; twelve princes shall he beget, and I will make him a great nation.
- Deut 30:9And the LORD thy God will make thee plenteous in every work of thine hand, in the fruit of thy body, and in the fruit of thy cattle, and in the fruit of thy land, for good: for the LORD will again rejoice over thee for good, as he rejoiced over thy fathers:
- Deut 7:14Thou shalt be blessed above all people: there shall not be male or female barren among you, or among your cattle.
- Ps 128:1–6Blessed is every one that feareth the LORD; that walketh in his ways.
- Gen 17:16And I will bless her, and give thee a son also of her: yea, I will bless her, and she shall be a mother of nations; kings of people shall be of her.
- Deut 28:11And the LORD shall make thee plenteous in goods, in the fruit of thy body, and in the fruit of thy cattle, and in the fruit of thy ground, in the land which the LORD sware unto thy fathers to give thee.
- Ps 144:13–14That our garners may be full, affording all manner of store: that our sheep may bring forth thousands and ten thousands in our streets:
- Gen 30:43And the man increased exceedingly, and had much cattle, and maidservants, and menservants, and camels, and asses.
- Prov 10:22The blessing of the LORD, it maketh rich, and he addeth no sorrow with it.
- Deut 28:4Blessed shall be the fruit of thy body, and the fruit of thy ground, and the fruit of thy cattle, the increase of thy kine, and the flocks of thy sheep.
- Jer 30:19And out of them shall proceed thanksgiving and the voice of them that make merry: and I will multiply them, and they shall not be few; I will also glorify them, and they shall not be small.
- Gen 1:28And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.
- Gen 31:9Thus God hath taken away the cattle of your father, and given them to me.
- Ezek 37:26Moreover I will make a covenant of peace with them; it shall be an everlasting covenant with them: and I will place them, and multiply them, and will set my sanctuary in the midst of them for evermore.
- Exod 9:3–7Behold, the hand of the LORD is upon thy cattle which is in the field, upon the horses, upon the asses, upon the camels, upon the oxen, and upon the sheep: there shall be a very grievous murrain.
- Gen 9:1And God blessed Noah and his sons, and said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth.
- Exod 12:38And a mixed multitude went up also with them; and flocks, and herds, even very much cattle.
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