Chuàngshìjì 28:3

3 Yuàn quánnéng de shén cì fú gĕi nǐ , shǐ nǐ shēng yǎng zhòngduō , chéngwéi duō zú ,

Chuàngshìjì 28:3 Meaning and Commentary

Genesis 28:3

And God Almighty bless thee
This is not a new blessing, distinct from that in ( Genesis 28:1 ) , but the same; there it is expressed in general, here the particulars of it are given; and by which it appears, that Isaac's blessing Jacob was a prayer, wishing a blessing from God upon him, and was the prayer of faith, delivered out under the spirit of prophecy; and they are blessed indeed that are blessed of God, and they must needs be blessed who are blessed by the Almighty; for what is it he cannot do or give? The Targum of Jonathan adds,

``with much riches;''

but no doubt all kind of blessings are included, both temporal and spiritual: and make thee fruitful, and multiply thee;
with a numerous offspring: that thou mayest be a multitude of people;
or an "assembly" or "congregation" ^F7 of them; which may all unite in one body and make one nation, as the twelve tribes descending from Jacob did.

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FOOTNOTES:

F7 (lhql) "in Coetum", Pagninus, Montanus

Chuàngshìjì 28:3 In-Context

1 Yǐsā jiào le Yǎgè lái , gĕi tā zhùfú , bìng zhǔfu tā shuō , nǐ búyào qǔ Jiānán de nǚzi wéi qì .

2 Nǐ qǐshēn wàng Bādànyàlán qù , dào nǐ waì zǔ Bǐtǔlì jiā lǐ , zaì nǐ mǔ jiù Lābān de nǚér zhōng qǔ yī nǚ wéi qì .

3 Yuàn quánnéng de shén cì fú gĕi nǐ , shǐ nǐ shēng yǎng zhòngduō , chéngwéi duō zú ,

4 Jiāng yīngxǔ Yàbólāhǎn de fú cìgĕi nǐ hé nǐde hòuyì , shǐ nǐ chéngshòu nǐ suǒ jìjū de dì wéi yè , jiù shì shén cìgĕi Yàbólāhǎn de dì .

5 Yǐsā dǎfa Yǎgè zǒu le , tā jiù wàng Bādànyàlán qù , dào Yàlán rén Bǐtǔlì de érzi Lābān nàli . Lābān shì Yǎgè , Yǐsǎo de mǔ jiù .