Genesis 35:11

11 God also said to him, "I am ¹God Almighty; ²Be fruitful and multiply; A nation and a ³company of nations shall come from you, And ⁴kings shall come forth from you.

Genesis 35:11 Meaning and Commentary

Genesis 35:11

And God said unto him, I [am] God Almighty
And so able to protect and defend him, and to fulfil all promises made to him, and to supply him with everything he wanted; being, as some choose to render the word, "God all sufficient", having a sufficiency of all good things in him to communicate to his people: be fruitful and multiply;
which carries in it a promise or prophecy that he should increase and multiply, though not he himself personally, he having but one son born after this, yet in his posterity: a nation, and a company of nations, shall be of thee;
the nation of Israel, called so after his name, and the twelve tribes, which were as so many nations, of which the above nation consisted: and kings shall come out of thy loins;
as Saul, David, Solomon, and, many others, who were kings of Israel and of Judah, and especially the King Messiah; yea, all his posterity were kings and priests, or a kingdom of priests, ( Exodus 19:6 ) .

Genesis 35:11 In-Context

9 Then God appeared to Jacob again when he came from Paddan-aram, and He blessed him.

10 God said to him, "Your name is Jacob; You shall no longer be called Jacob, But Israel shall be your name." Thus He called him Israel.

11 God also said to him, "I am God Almighty; Be fruitful and multiply; A nation and a company of nations shall come from you, And kings shall come forth from you.

12 "The land which I gave to Abraham and Isaac, I will give it to you, And I will give the land to your descendants after you."

13 Then God went up from him in the place where He had spoken with him.

Cross References

• 1. Genesis 17:1; Genesis 28:3; Exodus 6:3
• 2. Genesis 9:1, 7
• 3. Genesis 48:4
• 4. Genesis 17:6, 16; Genesis 36:31

Footnotes

• [a] Heb "El Shaddai"
• [b] Or "come into being"
• [c] Or "come into being"
• [d] Lit "your loins"