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Bishop's Bible

Hebrews 6:14

Saying: Surely, blessyng I wyll blesse thee, and multipliyng, multiplie thee.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Abraham;   Faith;   God;   Oath;   Quotations and Allusions;   Thompson Chain Reference - Deterioration-Development;   Development, Spiritual;   Growth, Spiritual;   Spiritual;  

Dictionaries:

- Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Heart;   Works, Good;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Covenant;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Hebrews;   Patience;   Promise;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Hope;   Mediator, Mediation;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Faithfulness;   Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - Oath;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Oath;  

Devotionals:

- Every Day Light - Devotion for October 10;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
I will indeed bless you, and I will greatly multiply you.
King James Version (1611)
Saying, Surely, blessing I will blesse thee, and multiplying I wil multiply thee.
King James Version
Saying, Surely blessing I will bless thee, and multiplying I will multiply thee.
English Standard Version
saying, "Surely I will bless you and multiply you."
New American Standard Bible
saying, "INDEED I WILL GREATLY BLESS YOU AND I WILL GREATLY MULTIPLY YOU."
New Century Version
saying, "I will surely bless you and give you many descendants."
New American Standard Bible (1995)
saying, "I WILL SURELY BLESS YOU AND I WILL SURELY MULTIPLY YOU."
Legacy Standard Bible
saying, "I will greatly bless you and I will greatly multiply you."
Berean Standard Bible
saying, "I will surely bless you and multiply your descendants."
Contemporary English Version
"I, the Lord, will bless you with many descendants!"
Complete Jewish Bible
and said, "I will certainly bless you, and I will certainly give you many descendants";
Darby Translation
saying, Surely blessing I will bless thee, and multiplying I will multiply thee;
Easy-to-Read Version
He said, "I will surely bless you. I will give you many descendants."
Geneva Bible (1587)
Saying, Surely I wil aboundantly blesse thee and multiplie thee marueilously.
George Lamsa Translation
Saying, Blessing, I will bless you, and multiplying, I will multiply you.
Good News Translation
He said, "I promise you that I will bless you and give you many descendants."
Lexham English Bible
saying, "Surely I will greatly bless you, and I will greatly multiply you."
Literal Translation
saying, "Surely blessing I will bless you, and multiplying I will multiply you." Gen. 22:16, 17
Amplified Bible
saying, "I WILL SURELY BLESS YOU AND I WILL SURELY MULTIPLY YOU."
American Standard Version
saying, Surely blessing I will bless thee, and multiplying I will multiply thee.
Bible in Basic English
Saying, Be certain that I will give you my blessing, and make your numbers very great.
Hebrew Names Version
saying, "Most surely I will bless you, and I will surely multiply you."
International Standard Version
He said, "I will certainly bless you and give you many descendants."Genesis 22:17">[fn]
Etheridge Translation
and said, Blessing I will bless thee, and multiplying I will multiply thee.
Murdock Translation
and said: Blessing, I will bless thee, and multiplying I will multiply thee.
English Revised Version
saying, Surely blessing I will bless thee, and multiplying I will multiply thee.
World English Bible
saying, "Most surely I will bless you, and I will surely multiply you."
Wesley's New Testament (1755)
he swore by himself, Saying, Surely blessing I will bless thee, and multiplying I will multiply thee.
Weymouth's New Testament
saying, "Assuredly I will bless you and bless you, I will increase you and increase you."
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
and seide, Y blessinge schal blesse thee, and Y multipliynge schal multiplie thee;
Update Bible Version
saying, Surely blessing I will bless you, and multiplying I will multiply you.
Webster's Bible Translation
Saying, Surely blessing I will bless thee, and multiplying I will multiply thee.
New English Translation
saying, " Surely I will bless you greatly and multiply your descendants abundantly ."
New King James Version
saying, "Surely blessing I will bless you, and multiplying I will multiply you." Genesis 22:17">[fn]
New Living Translation
"I will certainly bless you, and I will multiply your descendants beyond number."
New Life Bible
He said, "I will make you happy in so many ways. For sure, I will give you many children."
New Revised Standard
saying, "I will surely bless you and multiply you."
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
saying - Truly, if blessing I will bless thee, and, multiplying, I will multiply thee;
Douay-Rheims Bible
Saying: Unless blessing I shall bless thee and multiplying I shall multiply thee.
Revised Standard Version
saying, "Surely I will bless you and multiply you."
Tyndale New Testament (1525)
sayinge: Surely I will blesse the and multiply the in dede.
Young's Literal Translation
saying, `Blessing indeed I will bless thee, and multiplying I will multiply thee;'
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
and sayde: Surely I wil blesse the and multiplye ye in dede.
Mace New Testament (1729)
"surely I will heap blessings upon thee, and will give thee a numerous posterity."
Simplified Cowboy Version
saying, "I'm going to bless you and grow your herd bigger than any number."

Contextual Overview

9 Neuerthelesse, deare frendes, we haue perswaded our selues better thynges of you, and thynges whiche accompanie saluation, though we thus speake. 10 For God is not vnryghteous, to forget your worke & labour of loue, whiche ye haue shewed towarde his name, hauyng ministred to the saintes, and [do] minister. 11 Yea and we desire that euery one of you do shewe the same diligence, to the full assuraunce of hope, vnto the ende, 12 That ye faynt not, but be folowers of them which through fayth and pacience inherite the promises. 13 For when God made promise to Abraham, because he had no greater to sweare by, he sware by hym selfe, 14 Saying: Surely, blessyng I wyll blesse thee, and multipliyng, multiplie thee. 15 And so after that he had taryed paciently, he enioyed the promise. 16 For men veryly sweare by the greater, and an oth for confirmation, is to them an ende of all stryfe. 17 Wherein God wyllyng very aboundauntly to shewe vnto the heires of promise, the stablenesse of his counsayle, confirmed by an oth: 18 That by two immutable thynges, in whiche it was vnpossible for God to lye, we myght haue a strong consolation, which haue fledde to holde fast the hope layde before vs:

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

multiplying: Genesis 17:2, Genesis 48:4, Exodus 32:13, Deuteronomy 1:10, Nehemiah 9:23

Reciprocal: Genesis 22:16 - General Psalms 3:8 - thy blessing Isaiah 52:6 - I am he Ezekiel 37:26 - multiply Hebrews 10:14 - them

Cross-References

Exodus 2:3
And when she coulde no longer hyde hym, she toke a basket [made] of bull russhes, and dawbed it with slyme and pitche, and layed the chylde therein, and put it in the flagges by the riuers brinke
Matthew 24:38
For as in the dayes [that went] before the fludde, they dyd eate, and drynke, marry, and geue in maryage, euen vntyll the day that Noe entred into the Arke:
Luke 17:27
They dyd eate, and drynke, they maryed wiues, and were maryed, euen vnto the same day that Noe went into the Arke: and the fludde came, & destroyed them all.
1 Peter 3:20
Which sometime had ben disobedient, when once the long sufferyng of God abode in ye dayes of Noe, whyle the Arke was a preparyng, wherein fewe, that is to say eyght soules, were saued in the water:

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Saying, surely blessing I will bless thee,.... Which is expressive of the certainty of the blessings; the reality and substantiality of them; the abundance of them, and the continuance of the same: and of this nature are all spiritual blessings; as to be chosen of God; to have God to be a covenant God and Father; to be justified, pardoned, adopted, and sanctified, and so have a right and title to eternal happiness:

and multiplying I will multiply thee; meaning both in his natural and spiritual seed, which has had its accomplishment.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Saying, Surely blessing I will bless thee - That is, I will certainly bless thee. The phrase is a Hebrew mode of expression, to denote emphasis or certainty - indicated by the repetition of a word; compare Genesis 14:23; Exodus 8:10; Joel 3:14; Judges 5:30; Judges 15:16.

Multiplying I will multiply thee - I will greatly increase thee - I will grant thee an exceedingly numerous posterity.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 14. Saying, Surely blessing I will bless thee — I will continue to bless thee.

Multiplying I will multiply thee. — I will continue to increase thy posterity. In the most literal manner God continues to fulfil this promise; genuine Christians are Abraham's seed, and God is increasing their number daily. See the notes on Genesis 22:12-18; and Genesis 23:1.


 
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