Deuteronomy - 1:11



11 Yahweh, the God of your fathers, make you a thousand times as many as you are, and bless you, as he has promised you!

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Explanation and meaning of Deuteronomy 1:11.

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(The Lord God of your fathers add to this number many thousands, and bless you as he hath spoken.)
Jehovah, God of your fathers, is adding to you, as ye are, a thousand times, and doth bless you as He hath spoken to you.
May the Lord, the God of your fathers, make you a thousand times greater in number than you are, and give you his blessing as he has said!
May the Lord, the God of your fathers, add to this number many thousands more, and may he bless you, just as he has said.
Jehova Deus patrum vestrorum addat super vos sicut estis, mille vicibus, et benedicat vobis quemadmodum loquutus est vobis.

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Scholarly Analysis and Interpretation.

The Lord God of your fathers make you a thousand times so many more as ye are,.... This prayer he made, or this blessing he pronounced on them, to show that he did not envy their increase, nor was any ways uneasy at it, but rejoiced in it, though he gave it as a reason of his not being able to govern them alone:
and bless you, as he hath promised you: with all kind of blessings, as he had often promised their fathers.

But in order to guard against any misinterpretation of his words, "I cannot bear you myself alone," Moses added, "May the Lord fulfil the promise of numerous increase to the nation a thousand-fold." "Jehovah, the God of your fathers (i.e., who manifested Himself as God to your fathers), add to you a thousand times, כּכם, as many as ye are, and bless you as He has said." The "blessing" after "multiplying" points back to Genesis 12:2. Consequently, it is not to be restricted to "strengthening, rendering fruitful, and multiplying," but must be understood as including the spiritual blessing promised to Abraham.

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