Genesis 48:4 meaning and explanation
and told me, ‘Behold, I will make you fruitful and multiply you; I will make you a multitude of peoples, and will give this land to your descendants after you as an everlasting possession.’
Genesis 48:4, Berean Standard Bible
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Jacob, old and near death, is speaking to Joseph in Egypt. He recalls God's promise made to him years earlier at Luz, which is Bethel, when he was fleeing from his brother Esau.
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