KJV ORIGINAL
And God Almighty bless thee, and make thee fruitful, and multiply thee, that thou mayest be a multitude of people;
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✦ MADE SIMPLE
May God Almighty bless you and make you fruitful, and multiply you, so that you may become a great multitude of people.
⚡ THE BOTTOM LINE
This verse is Isaac blessing his son Jacob, asking God to make Jacob's descendants into a great nation of people.
📚 Historical Context
This blessing was given by Isaac to his son Jacob just before Jacob fled to his uncle Laban's house to escape his brother Esau's anger. Isaac is passing on the same blessing that God had given to Abraham and to Isaac himself - the promise that their descendants would become a great nation. This blessing connects to God's covenant promise to make Abraham's family into a people as numerous as the stars in the sky.
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