Genesis Chapter 24 verse 60 Holy Bible
And they blessed Rebekah, and said unto her, Our sister, be thou `the mother' of thousands of ten thousands, and let thy seed possess the gate of those that hate them.
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And they gave Rebekah their blessing, saying, O sister, may you be the mother of thousands and ten thousands; and may your seed overcome all those who make war against them.
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And they blessed Rebecca, and said to her, Thou art our sister; mayest thou become thousands of tens of thousands; and may thy seed possess the gate of their enemies!
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And they blessed Rebekah, and said unto her, Thou art our sister, be thou the mother of thousands of millions, and let thy seed possess the gate of those which hate them.
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And they blessed Rebekah, and said to her, Thou art our sister, be thou the mother of thousands of millions, and let thy seed possess the gate of those who hate them.
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They blessed Rebekah, and said to her, "Our sister, may you be the mother of thousands of ten thousands, and let your seed possess the gate of those who hate them."
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and they bless Rebekah, and say to her, `Thou `art' our sister; become thou thousands of myriads, and thy seed doth possess the gate of those hating it.'
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Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(60) Thousands of millions.--Heb., thousands of ten thousands. A million was a number which at this early period the Hebrews had no means of expressing. The blessing contains two parts: the first, the hope of fruitfulness founded on the primaeval command (Genesis 1:28); the second, that of victory in war (see Genesis 22:17).Parallel Commentaries ...HebrewAnd they blessedוַיְבָרֲכ֤וּ (way·ḇā·ră·ḵū)Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine pluralStrong's 1288: To kneel, to bless God, man, to curseRebekahרִבְקָה֙ (riḇ·qāh)Noun - proper - feminine singularStrong's 7259: Rebekah -- wife of Isaacand saidוַיֹּ֣אמְרוּ (way·yō·mə·rū)Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine pluralStrong's 559: To utter, sayto her,לָ֔הּ (lāh)Preposition | third person feminine singularStrong's Hebrew “Our sister,אֲחֹתֵ֕נוּ (’ă·ḥō·ṯê·nū)Noun - feminine singular construct | first person common pluralStrong's 269: Sister -- a sistermay youאַ֥תְּ (’at)Pronoun - second person feminine singularStrong's 859: Thou and thee, ye and youbecome the motherהֲיִ֖י (hă·yî)Verb - Qal - Imperative - feminine singularStrong's 1961: To fall out, come to pass, become, beof thousandsלְאַלְפֵ֣י (lə·’al·p̄ê)Preposition-l | Number - masculine plural constructStrong's 505: A thousandupon thousands.רְבָבָ֑ה (rə·ḇā·ḇāh)Number - feminine singularStrong's 7233: Multitude, myriad, ten thousandMay your offspringזַרְעֵ֔ךְ (zar·‘êḵ)Noun - masculine singular construct | second person feminine singularStrong's 2233: Seed, fruit, plant, sowing-time, posteritypossessוְיִירַ֣שׁ (wə·yî·raš)Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive imperfect - third person masculine singularStrong's 3423: To occupy, to seize, to rob, to inherit, to expel, to impoverish, to ruinthe gatesשַׁ֥עַר (ša·‘ar)Noun - masculine singular constructStrong's 8179: An opening, door, gateof their enemies.”שֹׂנְאָֽיו׃ (śō·nə·’āw)Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural construct | third person masculine singularStrong's 8130: To hateJump to PreviousBless Blessed Blessing Descendants Enemies Gate Gates Hate Hating Increase Millions Mother Offspring Overcome Possess Rebekah Seed Sister Ten Thousands War
