saying, “Surely blessing I will bless you, and multiplying I will multiply you.”
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saying, “Surely blessing I will bless you, and multiplying I will multiply you.”
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Saying, Surely I wil aboundantly blesse thee and multiplie thee marueilously.
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Passages linked to Hebrews 6:14 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Genesis 22:17 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.
- Deuteronomy 1:10 Yahweh your God has multiplied you, and behold, you are today as the stars of the sky for multitude.
- Nehemiah 9:23 You also multiplied their children as the stars of the sky, and brought them into the land concerning which you said to their fathers, that they should go in to possess it.
- Genesis 17:2 I will make my covenant between me and you, and will multiply you exceedingly.”
- Exodus 32:13 Remember Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, your servants, to whom you swore by your own self, and said to them, ‘I will multiply your offspring as the stars of the sky, and all this land that I have spoken of I will give to your offspring, and they shall inherit it forever.’ ”
- Genesis 48:4 and said to me, ‘Behold, I will make you fruitful, and multiply you, and I will make of you a company of peoples, and will give this land to your offspring after you for an everlasting possession.’
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Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain I will heap up benefits most plentifully upon thee.
I will heap up benefits most plentifully upon thee.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain 14 Saying, Surely blessing I will bless thee, and…
14 Saying, Surely blessing I will bless thee, and multiplying I will multiply thee.
Ver. 14. Bleasing I will bless thee] Now he whom God blesseth shall be blessed, as Isaac said of Jacob, Gen 27:33.
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain Here is laid down the form and matter of…
Here is laid down the form and matter of God’s oath: the form, in Gen 22:16, is implied in the particle כי in this text well rendered surely, Heb 3:11. The other defective expressions are forms of swearing, as if, except, unless; but here it is positive, surely, or verily, which Christ frequently useth; it is a vehement assertion of what he saith. The whole matter of God’s oath is not repeated, but the substance and comprehensive part of it, which made for the apostle’s purpose here. By blessing, in the Hebrew manner of expressing, is carried the abundance and certainty of all that temporal and spiritual good, which he would convey unto him in and through the blessed and promised Seed, our Lord Jesus Christ, with the multiplicity, abundance, and certainty of the seed natural, and believing, to whom he should be related as a Father through Christ, as is evident, Gen 22:16-18; and all this so uttered, as if God could not express how much he loved him.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain And so, after he had patiently endured,.... He waited…
And so, after he had patiently endured,.... He waited long for a son, from whom the Messiah was to spring, after he had had the promise of one; and he endured many afflictions with patience, in his journeys from place to place, throughout his life to the end:
he obtained the promise; he was greatly blessed in temporal things; he lived to see the son of the promise, and his sons; he saw the day of Christ by faith, and now inherits the heavenly glory, which is the thing chiefly designed.
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John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain Gen. xxii, 17.
Gen. xxii, 17.
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Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain Verse 14. Saying, Surely blessing I will bless thee]…
Verse 14. Saying, Surely blessing I will bless thee] I will continue to bless thee.
Multiplying I will multiply thee.] I will continue to increase thy posterity. In the most literal manner God continues to fulfil this promise; genuine Christians are Abraham's seed, and God is increasing their number daily. See the notes on Ge 22:12-18; and Ge 23:1.
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Albert Barnes 1834 · Public Domain Saying, Surely blessing I will bless thee - That…
Saying, Surely blessing I will bless thee - That is, I will certainly bless thee. The phrase is a Hebrew mode of expression, to denote emphasis or certainty - indicated by the repetition of a word; compare Gen 14:23; Exo 8:10; Joe 3:14; Jdg 5:30; Jdg 15:16.
Multiplying I will multiply thee - I will greatly increase thee - I will grant thee an exceedingly numerous posterity.
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Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown 1871 · Public Domain multiplying . . . multiply--Hebraism for superabundantly multiply.
multiplying . . . multiply--Hebraism for superabundantly multiply.
thee--The increase of Abraham's seed is virtually an increase of himself. The argument here refers to Abraham himself as an example; therefore Paul quotes Gen 22:17, "thee," instead of "thy seed."
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Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain 14. Multiplying I will multiply thee—By this promise Abraham…
14. Multiplying I will multiply thee—By this promise Abraham is to be father of the Messianic race, including the Messiah, with all the blessing in the Messiah included, temporal and eternal. Says Stuart, “When Abraham was called by God out of Haran, and a promise of a numerous posterity made to him, he was seventy-five years old, Gen_12:1-4.
Twenty-four years elapsed after this, while he was a sojourner in a strange land without any fixed place of abode, before the manner in which this promise would be fulfilled was revealed to him. Gen_17:1-16. It was only when he was a hundred years old that the promised blessing of a son, from whom should spring a great nation, was obtained, Gen_21:1-5. The preternatural birth of such a son was deemed by Abraham a sufficient pledge, on the part of God, that all which he had promised respecting him would be fulfilled. Gen_22:15-18; Heb_11:8-12; Heb_11:17-19; Rom_4:17-22.”
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 14. blessing I will bless thee] The repetition represents…
14. blessing I will bless thee] The repetition represents the emphasis of the Hebrew, which expresses a superlative by repeating the word twice.
I will multiply thee] In the Heb. and LXX. we have “I will multiply thy seed.”
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (14) Saying.—The words of the oath itself, “By myself…
(14) Saying.—The words of the oath itself, “By myself have I sworn, saith the Lord” (Gen_22:16), are not repeated, because they are almost identical with the writer’s own words introducing the citation (Heb_6:13). It will be observed that one change is made—in the last word; for in Genesis we read, “I will multiply thy seed.” The alteration may be made for brevity, as the quotation is abridged; but it will be seen that the effect of it is to direct greater attention to the first words, and to fix the thought on the blessing promised to Abraham himself.
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The Biblical Illustrator 1887 · Public Domain Blessing I will bless thee
Heb_6:14
Blessing I will bless thee
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Gods abundant blessing
The blessing is amplified by doubling the phrase, thus, blessing I will bless.
1. The certainty of a thing (Exo_3:7).
2. Diligence and pains in a thing.
3. Celerity and speed in doing a thing: as where David saith, It is better that escaping I should escape (1Sa_27:1).
4. Abundance in giving a thing.
5. Success in doing a thing, or a thorough doing of it, or doing it to purpose: as where Saul saith to David, Doing thou shalt do, and prevailing thou shalt prevail (1Sa_26:25).
6. Finishing and perfecting a thing: as where Solomon saith to God, Building I have built Thee an house (1Ki_8:13). His meaning is, that he had perfectly finished it.
7. A wonderful increase of a thing, as in this phrase, Multiplying I will multiply.
8. Long continuance as, Waiting, I have waited (Psa_40:1), that is, I have long waited. This phrase, Blessing I will bless. gives us to understand that blessings appertaining to Abraham and to his seed are abundant blessings. God is no way scanty to the faithful. God proprtioneth His blessings according to His own greatness. He setteth forth His magnificence in blessing children of men. Who would not depend upon such a Lord for blessing? How ought we to enlarge our hearts, and open our mouths in blessing God for so blessing us! (W. Gouge.)
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B. W. Johnson 1891 · Public Domain 14. Saying, Surely blessing. The promise so confirmed to…
14. Saying, Surely blessing. The promise so confirmed to Abraham is given in these words.
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