Catholic Public Domain Version
"And may God almighty bless you, and may he cause you to increase and also to multiply, so that you may be influential among the people. "
— Genesis 28:3, Catholic Public Domain Version
“And God Almighty bless thee, and make thee fruitful, and multiply thee, that thou mayest be a multitude of people;”
“And God Almighty bless thee, and make thee fruitful, and multiply thee, that thou mayest be a company of peoples; ”
“May God Almighty bless you, and make you fruitful, and multiply you, that you may be a company of peoples,”
“May the Sovereign God bless you! May he make you fruitful and give you a multitude of descendants! Then you will become a large nation.”
“And God almighty bless thee, and make thee to increase and multiply thee: that thou mayst be a multitude of people.”
“And may God, the Ruler of all, give you his blessing, giving you fruit and increase, so that you may become an army of peoples.”
“And God Almighty bless thee, and make thee fruitful, and multiply thee, that thou mayest be a multitude of people;”
And so Isaac called for Jacob, and he blessed him, and he instructed him, saying: “Do not be willing to accept a mate from the family of Canaan.
But go, and journey to Mesopotamia of Syria, to the house of Bethuel, your mother’s father, and there accept for yourself a wife from the daughters of Laban, your maternal uncle.
And may God almighty bless you, and may he cause you to increase and also to multiply, so that you may be influential among the people.
And may he give the blessings of Abraham to you, and to your offspring after you, so that you may possess the land of your sojourning, which he promised to your grandfather.”
And when Isaac had dismissed him, setting out, he went to Mesopotamia of Syria, to Laban, the son of Bethuel, the Syrian, the brother to Rebekah, his mother.
But Esau, seeing that his father had blessed Jacob and had sent him into Mesopotamia of Syria, to take a wife from there, and that, after the blessing, he had instructed him, saying: ‘You shall not accept a wife from the daughters of Canaan,’