Genesis 28:3 (WEB)
May God Almighty bless you, and make you fruitful, and multiply you, that you may be a company of peoples,
Fathers and councils · 3
Athanasius of Alexandria
- Athanasius of Alexandria, Against the Arians III.3Discourse III
“And none other than God blessed Abraham and Isaac; and Isaac praying for Jacob, said, ‘May God bless thee and increase thee and multiply thee, and thou shalt be for many companies of nations, and may He give thee the blessing of Abraham my father.’” — editor's note: Gen. xxviii. 3, 4, LXX.
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Jerome
“I reminded her how the first of these fled into Mesopotamia; and how the second surrendered himself to the Philistines, and chose to submit to foreign foes rather than to enemies at home.” — editor's note: Gen. xxvii. 41–46; xxviii. 1–5.
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Augustine of Hippo
“And my God bless thee, and increase thee, and multiply thee; and thou shalt be an assembly of peoples; and give to thee the blessing of Abraham thy father, and to thy seed after thee; that thou mayest inherit the land wherein thou dwellest, which God gave unto Abraham.”” — editor's note: Gen. xxviii. 1–4.
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