Study it in the app“I will multiply your offspring as the stars of the heavens and will give to your offspring all these lands; and through your offspring all the nations of the earth will bless themselves,”
I will multiplyוְהִרְבֵּיתִיyour offspringאֶת זַרְעֲךָas the starsכְּכוֹכְבֵיof the heavensהַשָּׁמַיִםand will giveוְנָתַתִּיto your offspringלְזַרְעֲךָallאֵת כָּלtheseהָאֵלlands;הָאֲרָצֹתand through your offspringבְזַרְעֲךָallכֹּלthe nationsגּוֹיֵיof the earthהָאָרֶץwill bless themselves,וְהִתְבָּרֲכוּ
multiply
To grow in number.
Where else “hirbeti” appearsoffspring
The children, grandchildren and whole line that come from someone.
Where else “zara” appearsstar
Star.
Where else “chochve” appearssky
The high space seen above the earth, where the birds, clouds, sun and stars are.
Where else “shamayim” appearsgive
To hand something over to someone: a gift, a payment, a charge or a land.
Where else “natati” appearsthese
These, those.
Where else “el” appearsland
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “aratsot” appearsGentiles
The peoples other than Israel.
Where else “goye” appearsbless
God gives good things: life, children, harvests.
Where else “hitbarachu” appears3Reside as an alien in this land, and I will be with you and bless you, for to you and to your offspring I will give all these lands, and I will establish the oath that I swore to Abraham your father.
4 · This verse (above)
5because Abraham listened to my voice and kept my charge, my commandments, my statutes, and my instructions.”
1. What it says
What did YHWH promise Isaac, and what happened with the wells he dug (vv. 2-5, 18-22)?
2. What it means
What did Isaac say when he named the well Rehoboth, the one they did not quarrel over, and what does that show about his attitude (vv. 20-22)?
3. How I live it
How can you respond with peace the next time someone disputes something that is yours?
