Génesis 28:3

3 Que el Dios Todopoderoso te bendiga, te haga fecundo y haga que salgan de ti numerosas naciones.

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 Isaac llamó a Jacob, lo bendijo y le ordenó:—No te cases con ninguna mujer de aquí de Canaán.

2 Vete ahora mismo a Padán Aram, a la casa de Betuel, tu abuelo materno, y cásate allá con una de las hijas de tu tío Labán.

3 Que el Dios Todopoderoso te bendiga, te haga fecundo y haga que salgan de ti numerosas naciones.

4 Que también te dé, a ti y a tu descendencia, la bendición de Abraham, para que puedan poseer esta tierra donde ahora vives como extranjero, esta tierra que Dios le prometió a Abraham.

5 Así envió Isaac a Jacob a Padán Aram, a la casa de Labán, quien era hijo de Betuel el arameo, y hermano de Rebeca, la madre de Jacob y de Esaú.