Genesis 28:4 meaning and explanation
And may He give the blessing of Abraham to you and your descendants, so that you may possess the land where you dwell as a foreigner, the land God gave to Abraham.”
Genesis 28:4, Berean Standard Bible
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Isaac is speaking to Jacob just before sending him away to Paddan-aram to find a wife among his mother's relatives, rather than among the Canaanites. Jacob has already received the birthright and the blessing, and now Isaac asks God Almighty, the Hebrew El Shaddai, to extend to Jacob and his offspring the very promise God made to Abraham: fruitfulness, a multitude of peoples, and the land of Canaan, where Jacob is currently only a resident alien.
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