Kejadian 8:17
Konteks8:17 Bring out with you all the living creatures that are with you. Bring out 1 every living thing, including the birds, animals, and every creeping thing that creeps on the earth. Let them increase 2 and be fruitful and multiply on the earth!” 3
Kejadian 22:17
Konteks22:17 I will indeed bless you, 4 and I will greatly multiply 5 your descendants 6 so that they will be as countless as the stars in the sky or the grains of sand on the seashore. Your descendants will take possession 7 of the strongholds 8 of their enemies.
Kejadian 46:27
Konteks46:27 Counting the two sons 9 of Joseph who were born to him in Egypt, all the people of the household of Jacob who were in Egypt numbered seventy. 10
[8:17] 1 tn The words “bring out” are not in the Hebrew text, but are supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons.
[8:17] 2 tn Following the Hiphil imperative, “bring out,” the three perfect verb forms with vav (ו) consecutive carry an imperatival nuance. For a discussion of the Hebrew construction here and the difficulty of translating it into English, see S. R. Driver, A Treatise on the Use of the Tenses in Hebrew, 124-25.
[8:17] 3 tn Heb “and let them swarm in the earth and be fruitful and multiply on the earth.”
[22:17] 4 tn The use of the infinitive absolute before the finite verbal form (either an imperfect or cohortative) emphasizes the certainty of the blessing.
[22:17] 5 tn Here too the infinitive absolute is used for emphasis before the following finite verb (either an imperfect or cohortative).
[22:17] sn I will greatly multiply. The
[22:17] 6 tn The Hebrew term זֶרַע (zera’) occurring here and in v. 18 may mean “seed” (for planting), “offspring” (occasionally of animals, but usually of people), or “descendants” depending on the context.
[22:17] 8 tn Heb “gate,” which here stands for a walled city. To break through the gate complex would be to conquer the city, for the gate complex was the main area of defense (hence the translation “stronghold”).
[46:27] 9 tn The LXX reads “nine sons,” probably counting the grandsons of Joseph born to Ephraim and Manasseh (cf. 1 Chr 7:14-20).
[46:27] 10 tn Heb “And the sons of Joseph who were born to him in Egypt were two people; all the people belonging to the house of Jacob who came to Egypt were seventy.”
[46:27] sn The number seventy includes Jacob himself and the seventy-one descendants (including Dinah, Joseph, Manasseh, and Ephraim) listed in vv. 8-25, minus Er and Onan (deceased). The LXX gives the number as “seventy-five” (cf. Acts 7:14).