Kejadian 17:4

17:4 “As for me, ¹  this ²  is my covenant with you: You will be the father of a multitude of nations.

Kejadian 24:60

24:60 They blessed Rebekah with these words: ³ 

“Our sister, may you become the mother ⁴  of thousands of ten thousands!

May your descendants possess the strongholds ⁵  of their enemies.”

Galatia 4:31

4:31 Therefore, brothers and sisters, ⁶  we are not children of the slave woman but of the free woman.

[17:4]  ¹ tn Heb “I.”

[17:4]  ² tn Heb “is” (הִנֵּה, hinneh).

[24:60]  ³ tn Heb “and said to her.”

[24:60]  ⁴ tn Heb “become thousands of ten thousands.”

[24:60]  sn May you become the mother of thousands of ten thousands. The blessing expresses their prayer that she produce children and start a family line that will greatly increase (cf. Gen 17:16).

[24:60]  ⁵ tn Heb “gate,” which here stands for a walled city. In an ancient Near Eastern city the gate complex was the main area of defense (hence the translation “stronghold”). A similar phrase occurs in Gen 22:17.

[4:31]  ⁶ tn Grk “brothers.” See note on the phrase “brothers and sisters” in 1:11.