Genesis 28:3

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1 Then Isaac called Jacob and ^ablessed him, and charged him, and said to him: ^b“You shall not take a wife from the daughters of Canaan.

2 ^aArise, go to ^bPadan Aram, to the house of ^cBethuel your mother’s father; and take yourself a wife from there of the daughters of ^dLaban your mother’s brother.

3 “May ^aGod Almighty bless you,
And make you ^bfruitful and multiply you,
That you may be an assembly of peoples;

4 And give you ^athe blessin¹g of Abraham,
To you and your descendants with you,
That you may inherit the land
^bIn which you are a stranger,
Which God gave to Abraham.”

5 So Isaac sent Jacob away, and he went to Padan Aram, to Laban the son of Bethuel the Syrian, the brother of Rebekah, the mother of Jacob and Esau.

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6 Esau saw that Isaac had blessed Jacob and sent him away to Padan Aram to take himself a wife from there, and that as he blessed him he gave him a charge, saying, “You shall not take a wife from the daughters of Canaan,”

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Genesis 28:3

That thou mayest be a multitude of people - likhal ammim . There is something very remarkable in the original words: they signify literally for an assembly, congregation, or church of peoples; referring no doubt to the Jewish Church in the wilderness, but more particularly to the Christian Church, composed of every kindred, and nation, and people, and tongue. This is one essential part of the blessing of Abraham. See Genesis 28:4.

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