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J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible

Hebrews 6:14

saying - Truly, if blessing I will bless thee, and, multiplying, I will multiply 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.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Saying: Surely, blessyng I wyll blesse thee, and multipliyng, multiplie 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."
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 But we are persuaded, concerning you, beloved, the things which are better and which contain salvation, though, even thus we speak. 10 For, not unrighteous, is God, to be forgetful of your work and of the love which ye have shewn forth for his name, in that ye have ministered unto the saints, and are ministering, 11 But we covet that, each one of you, be shewing forth the same diligence, unto the full assurance of the hope throughout: 12 In order that, not slothful, ye may become, but imitators of them who, through faith and patience, were becoming heirs of the promises. 13 For, when to Abraham God made promise, seeing he had no one greater by whom to swear, He sware, by himself, - 14 saying - Truly, if blessing I will bless thee, and, multiplying, I will multiply thee; 15 And, thus, being patient, he attained unto the promise. 16 For, men, by the greater one, swear, and, with them, an end of all gainsaying by way of confirmation is, the oath: 17 Wherein God, being, more abundantly disposed to shew forth unto the heirs of the promise the unchangeableness of his counsel, mediated, with an oath, - 18 In order that, through means of two unchangeable things, in which it was impossible for God to make himself false, a mighty consolation, we might have, who have fled along to grasp, the fore-lying hope,

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 could no longer hide him, she took for him an ark of paper-reed, and covered it over with bitumen, and with pitch, - and put therein the child, and laid it among the rushes upon the bank of the river.
Matthew 24:38
For, as they were in those days that were before the flood, feeding and drinking, marrying and being given in marriage, - until the day Noah entered into the ark;
Luke 17:27
They were eating, they were drinking, they were marrying, they were being given in marriage, - until the day that Noah entered into the ark, and the flood came, and destroyed them all.
1 Peter 3:20
Spirits unyielding at one time, when the longsuffering of God was holding forth a welcome in the days of Noah, there being in preparation an ark - going into which, a few, that is eight, souls, were brought safely through by means of 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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