Genesis 48:4 And said unto me, Behold, I will make thee fruitful, and multiply thee, and I will make of thee a multitude of people; and will give this land to thy seed after thee for an everlasting possession. - Free Bible Online

Genesis 48:4 and He said to me, 'Behold, I will make you fruitful and numerous, and I will make you a company of peoples, and will give this land to your descendants after you for an everlasting possession.'


      4. Behold, I will make thee fruitful--This is a repetition of the covenant (Ge 28:13-15; 35:12). Whether these words are to be viewed in a limited sense, as pointing to the many centuries during which the Jews were occupiers of the Holy Land, or whether the words bear a wider meaning and intimate that the scattered tribes of Israel are to be reinstated in the land of promise, as their "everlasting possession," are points that have not yet been satisfactorily determined.

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Brief Summary: Jacob tells of the appearance of God to him in Luz, Jacob adopts Ephraim and Manasseh as his own children, Jacob blesses Joseph, Jacob puts Ephraim before Manasseh, The seed of Ephraim shall become a multitude of nations, the children of Israel shall come again into the land of their fathers

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1 Joseph with his sons visits his sick father
2 Jacob strengthens himself to bless them
3 Jacob repeats the promise
5 Jacob takes Ephraim and Manasseh as his own
7 Jacob tells Joseph of his mother's grave
8 Jacob blesses Ephraim and Manasseh
17 Jacob prefers the younger before the elder
21 Jacob prophesies about their return to Canaan

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