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.This verse in the real world
In what words
- חוֹלchôwlsand (as round or whirling particles)
- כּוֹכָבkôwkâba star (as round or as shining); figuratively, a prince
- שָׂפָהsâphâhthe lip (as a natural boundary); by implication, language; by analogy, a margin (of a vess
- יָרַשׁyârashto occupy (by driving out previous tenants, and possessing in their place); by implication
- זֶרַעzeraʻseed; figuratively, fruit, plant, sowing-time, posterity
- רָבָהrâbâhto increase (in whatever respect)
- בָרַךְbârakto kneel; by implication to bless God (as an act of adoration), and (vice-versa) man (as a
- שַׁעַרshaʻaran opening, i.e. door or gate
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The Hebrew and Greek words standing behind this verse. Word-by-word alignment comes with the interlinear.
Cross-references
Gen 15:5, Gen 24:60, Jer 33:22, Gen 26:4, Num 24:17–19, Psa 72:8–9, Gen 13:16, Psa 2:8–9