Génesis 28:3

3 Y el Dios omnipotente te bendiga y te haga fructificar, y te multiplique, hasta venir a ser congregación de pueblos

Génesis 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

Génesis 28:3 In-Context

1 Entonces Isaac llamó a Jacob, y lo bendijo, y le mandó diciendo: No tomes mujer de las hijas de Canaán

2 Levántate, ve a Padan-aram, a casa de Betuel, padre de tu madre, y toma de allí para ti mujer de las hijas de Labán, hermano de tu madre

3 Y el Dios omnipotente te bendiga y te haga fructificar, y te multiplique, hasta venir a ser congregación de pueblos

4 y te dé la bendición de Abraham, y a tu simiente contigo, para que heredes la tierra de tus peregrinaciones, que Dios dio a Abraham

5 Así envió Isaac a Jacob, el cual fue a Padan-aram, a Labán, hijo de Betuel, el arameo, hermano de Rebeca, madre de Jacob y de Esaú