Verse List for GEN 22:17

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OET (OET-RV) I’ll bless you tremendously and I’ll cause your descendants to be as numerous as the stars in the sky and as the sand on the beach, and your descendants will be victorious over their enemies.

OET-LV If/because _that surely _(bless) I_will _bless _you and_greatly _(increase) I _will _increase DOM your(ms)_seed/fruit like_the _stars _of the_heavens and_like_sand which is_on the _shore _of the_sea your(ms)_seed/fruit and_it _will _take _possession _of DOM the _gate _of its _enemies _of_his.

ULT that I will greatly bless you, and I will greatly multiply your offspring as the stars of the heavens and as the sand that, is on the shore of the sea, and your offspring will possess the gates of their enemies.

UST I will abundantly bless you. In fact, I will give you so many descendants that they will be as numerous as the stars in the sky and as numerous as the grains of sand on the seashore. They will defeat their enemies and rule over them.

BSB & MSB I will surely bless you, and I will multiply your descendants[fn] like the stars in the sky and the sand on the seashore. Your descendants will possess the gates of their enemies.

OEB I will surely bless you. I will make your children as many as the stars of the heavens and as the sand which is on the seashore, so that they will conquer their enemies.

WEBBE & WMBB that I will bless you greatly, and I will multiply your offspring greatly like the stars of the heavens, and like the sand which is on the seashore. Your offspring will possess the gate of his enemies.

NET I will indeed bless you, and I will greatly multiply your descendants so that they will be as countless as the stars in the sky or the grains of sand on the seashore. Your descendants will take possession of the strongholds of their enemies.

LSV that blessing I bless you, and multiplying I multiply your seed as stars of the heavens, and as sand which [is] on the seashore; and your Seed possesses the gate of His enemies;

FBV you can be sure that I will bless you and give you many descendants. They will be as numerous as the stars of heaven and the sand of the seashore, and they will conquer their enemies.[fn]

T4T that some day your descendants will be as numerous as the stars in the sky and the grains of sand on the seashore. And your descendants will defeat their enemies and capture their cities [SYN].’

LEB that I will certainly bless you and greatly multiply your offspring as the stars of heaven, and as the sand that is by the shore of the sea. And your offspring will take possession of the gate of his enemies.

BBE That I will certainly give you my blessing, and your seed will be increased like the stars of heaven and the sand by the seaside; your seed will take the land of those who are against them;

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JPS that in blessing I will bless thee, and in multiplying I will multiply thy seed as the stars of the heaven, and as the sand which is upon the seashore; and thy seed shall possess the gate of his enemies;

ASV that in blessing I will bless thee, and in multiplying I will multiply thy seed as the stars of the heavens, and as the sand which is upon the sea-shore; and thy seed shall possess the gate of his enemies;

DRA I will bless thee, and I will multiply thy seed as the stars of heaven, and as the sand that is by the sea shore: thy seed shall possess the gates of their enemies.

YLT that blessing I bless thee, and multiplying I multiply thy seed as stars of the heavens, and as sand which [is] on the sea-shore; and thy seed doth possess the gate of his enemies;

Drby I will richly bless thee, and greatly multiply thy seed, as the stars of heaven, and as the sand that is on the sea-shore; and thy seed shall possess the gate of his enemies;

RV that in blessing I will bless thee, and in multiplying I will multiply thy seed as the stars of the heaven, and as the sand which is upon the sea shore; and thy seed shall possess the gate of his enemies;
(that in blessing I will bless thee/you, and in multiplying I will multiply thy/your seed as the stars of the heaven, and as the sand which is upon the sea shore; and thy/your seed shall possess the gate of his enemies;)

SLT That praising, I will praise thee, and multiplying I will multiply thy seed as the stars of the heavens, and as the sand upon the lip of the sea; and thy seed shall inherit the gate of his enemies.

Wbstr That in blessing I will bless thee, and in multiplying I will multiply thy seed as the stars of heaven, and as the sand which is on the sea shore; and thy seed shall possess the gate of his enemies;

KJB-1769 That in blessing I will bless thee, and in multiplying I will multiply thy seed as the stars of the heaven, and as the sand which is upon the sea shore; and thy seed shall possess the gate of his enemies;[fn]
(That in blessing I will bless thee/you, and in multiplying I will multiply thy/your seed as the stars of the heaven, and as the sand which is upon the sea shore; and thy/your seed shall possess the gate of his enemies;)

KJB-1611 That in blessing I will blesse thee, and in multiplying, I will multiply thy seed as the starres of the heauen, and as the sand which is vpon the sea [fn]shore, and thy seed shall possesse the gate of his enemies.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from punctuation and footnotes)

Bshps That in blessing I wyll blesse thee, and in multiplying I wyll multiplie thy seede as the starres of heauen, and as the sande which is vpon the sea side, and thy seede shall possesse the gates of his enemies.
(That in blessing I will bless thee/you, and in multiplying I will multiply thy/your seed as the stars of heaven, and as the sand which is upon the seaside, and thy/your seed shall possess the gates of his enemies.)

Gnva Therefore will I surely blesse thee, and will greatly multiplie thy seede, as the starres of the heauen, and as the sand which is vpon the sea shore, and thy seede shall possesse the gate of his enemies.
(Therefore will I surely bless thee/you, and will greatly multiply thy/your seed, as the stars of the heaven, and as the sand which is upon the sea shore, and thy/your seed shall possess the gate of his enemies.)

Cvdl I wyll prospere and multiplye thy sede as the starres of heauen, and as the sonde vpon the see shore. And thy sede shall possesse the gates of his enemies:
(I will prosper and multiply thy/your seed as the stars of heaven, and as the sand upon the sea shore. And thy/your seed shall possess the gates of his enemies:)

Wycl Y schal blesse thee, and Y schal multiplie thi seed as the sterris of heuene, and as grauel which is in the brynk of the see; thi seed schal gete the yatis of hise enemyes;
(I shall bless thee/you, and I shall multiply thy/your seed as the stars of heaven, and as gravel which is in the brynk of the sea; thy/your seed shall gotten the gates of his enemies;)

Luth daß ich deinen Samen segnen und mehren will wie die Sterne am Himmel und wie den Sand am Ufer des Meeres; und dein Same soll besitzen die Tore seiner Feinde.
(that I your(s) seed(s) bless and increase will as/like the star in/at/on_the heaven and as/like the sand in/at/on_the riverbank/shore the sea; and your(s) seed should own the gates/goals his enemies.)

ClVg benedicam tibi, et multiplicabo semen tuum sicut stellas cæli, et velut arenam quæ est in littore maris: possidebit semen tuum portas inimicorum suorum,
(I_will_bless to_you, and I_will_multiply seed your(sg) like stars heavens, and like/as sand which it_is in/into/on shore of_the_sea: will_possess seed your(sg) doors of_enemies of_his_own,)

UHB כִּֽי־בָרֵ֣ךְ אֲבָרֶכְ⁠ךָ֗ וְ⁠הַרְבָּ֨ה אַרְבֶּ֤ה אֶֽת־זַרְעֲ⁠ךָ֙ כְּ⁠כוֹכְבֵ֣י הַ⁠שָּׁמַ֔יִם וְ⁠כַ⁠ח֕וֹל אֲשֶׁ֖ר עַל־שְׂפַ֣ת הַ⁠יָּ֑ם וְ⁠יִרַ֣שׁ זַרְעֲ⁠ךָ֔ אֵ֖ת שַׁ֥עַר אֹיְבָֽי⁠ו׃ ‡

BrLXX Ἦ μὴν εὐλογῶν εὐλογήσω σε, καὶ πληθύνων πληθυνῶ τὸ σπέρμα σου, ὡς τοὺς ἀστέρας τοῦ οὐρανοῦ, καὶ ὡς τὴν ἄμμον τὴν παρὰ τὸ χεῖλος τῆς θαλάσσης· καὶ κληρονομήσει τὸ σπέρμα σου τὰς πόλεις τῶν ὑπεναντίων.

BrTr surely blessing I will bless thee, and multiplying I will multiply thy seed as the stars of heaven, and as the sand which is by the shore of the sea, and thy seed shall inherit the cities of their enemies.