saying:λέγωνSurelyΕἰ μὴνI will blessεὐλογήσωyouσεabundantly,εὐλογῶνandκαὶI will multiplyπληθυνῶyouσεabundantly.πληθύνων
Quotation · Genesis 22:17
Go to Genesis 22:17Hebrews quotes the beginning of the oath of Genesis 22:16-17. Where the Hebrew says “I will multiply your offspring,” Hebrews says “I will multiply you.”
Formula: λέγων “saying” (Hebrews 6:14)
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Greek of the New Testament: λέγων Εἰ μὴν εὐλογῶν εὐλογήσω σε καὶ πληθύνων πληθυνῶ σε
Hebrew (Masoretic text): כִּי בָרֵךְ אֲבָרֶכְךָ וְהַרְבָּה אַרְבֶּה אֶת זַרְעֲךָ כְּכוֹכְבֵי הַשָּׁמַיִם וְכַחוֹל אֲשֶׁר עַל שְׂפַת הַיָּם וְיִרַשׁ זַרְעֲךָ אֵת שַׁעַר אֹיְבָיו
Septuagint (Genesis 22:17 in the Septuagint numbering): εἰ μὴν μὴν εὐλογῶν εὐλογήσω σε, καὶ πλῆ πληθυνῶ τὸ σπέρμα σου ὡς τοὺς ἀστέρας τοῦ οὐρανοῦ καὶ ὡς τὴν τὴν παρὰ τὸ χεῖλος τῆς θαλάσσης· καὶ κληρονομήσει τὸ σπέρμα σου τὰς πόλεις τῶν ὑπεναντίων.
The Greek of the NT matches the Septuagint word for word in 5 consecutive words: “μὴν εὐλογῶν εὐλογήσω σε καὶ.”
Septuagint, Swete’s text, First1KGreek transcription (with reading errors), CC BY-SA 4.0