Deuteronomy 1:11

11 Yahweh, the God of your ancestors,[a] may he add to you as you are [now] a thousand times, and may he bless you just as he {promised you}.[b]

Deuteronomy 1:11 Meaning and Commentary

Deuteronomy 1:11

The Lord God of your fathers make you a thousand times so many
more as ye are
This prayer he made, or this blessing he pronounced on them, to show that he did not envy their increase, nor was any ways uneasy at it, but rejoiced in it, though he gave it as a reason of his not being able to govern them alone:

and bless you, as he hath promised you:
with all kind of blessings, as he had often promised their fathers.

Deuteronomy 1:11 In-Context

9 "And I spoke to them at that time, {saying}, 'I am not able to bear you alone.
10 Yahweh your God has multiplied you, and look; you [are] today as the stars of the heaven {in number}.
11 Yahweh, the God of your ancestors, may he add to you as you are [now] a thousand times, and may he bless you just as he {promised you}.
12 How can I bear you {by myself}, your burden and your load and your strife?
13 Choose for yourselves {wise and discerning and knowledgeable men} for [each of] your tribes, and I will appoint them as your leaders.'

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