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and multiplying, I will multiply you."<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/hebrews/6.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />Saying, Surely blessing I will bless thee, and multiplying I will multiply thee.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/hebrews/6.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />saying, “Surely blessing I will bless you, and multiplying I will multiply you.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/hebrews/6.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />saying, “INDEED I WILL GREATLY BLESS YOU AND I WILL GREATLY MULTIPLY YOU.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/hebrews/6.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />saying, &#8220I WILL SURELY BLESS YOU AND I WILL SURELY MULTIPLY YOU.&#8221<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/hebrews/6.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />saying, “I WILL SURELY BLESS YOU, AND I WILL SURELY MULTIPLY YOU.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/hebrews/6.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />saying, “I WILL GREATLY BLESS YOU AND I WILL GREATLY MULTIPLY YOU.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/hebrews/6.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />saying, “I WILL SURELY BLESS YOU AND I WILL SURELY MULTIPLY YOU.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/hebrews/6.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />I will indeed bless you, and I will greatly multiply you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/hebrews/6.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />I will indeed bless you, and I will greatly multiply you. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/hebrews/6.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />saying, Surely blessing I will bless thee, and multiplying I will multiply thee.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/hebrews/6.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />"I, the Lord, will bless you with many descendants!" <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/hebrews/6.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />saying, Surely blessing I will bless thee, and multiplying I will multiply thee.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/hebrews/6.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />He said, "I will certainly bless you and give you many descendants."<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/hebrews/6.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />He said, "I promise you that I will bless you and give you many descendants." <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/hebrews/6.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />He said, "I will certainly bless you and give you many descendants."<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/hebrews/6.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />saying, ?I will surely bless you and multiply your descendants.?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/hebrews/6.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />saying, "Surely I will bless you greatly and multiply your descendants abundantly."<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/hebrews/6.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />saying, "I will indeed bless you, and I will greatly multiply you."<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/hebrews/6.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />Saying, Surely blessing I will bless thee, and multiplying I will multiply thee.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wey/hebrews/6.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a></span><br />saying, "Assuredly I will bless you and bless you, I will increase you and increase you."<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/hebrews/6.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />saying, “Surely blessing I will bless you, and multiplying I will multiply you.” <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/hebrews/6.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />saying, “Blessing I will indeed bless you, and multiplying I will multiply you”;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/blb/hebrews/6.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a></span><br />saying, "Surely if blessing, I will bless you; and multiplying, I will multiply you."<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/hebrews/6.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> saying, 'Blessing indeed I will bless thee, and multiplying I will multiply thee;'<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/hebrews/6.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />Saying, Truly will I praise thee, and multiplying will I multiply thee.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/hebrews/6.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />Saying: Unless blessing I shall bless thee, and multiplying I shall multiply thee. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/hebrews/6.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />saying: “Blessing, I shall bless you, and multiplying, I shall multiply you.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/hebrews/6.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />and said, “I will indeed bless you and multiply” you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/hebrews/6.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />saying, “I will surely bless you and multiply you.”<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/hebrews/6.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />Saying, Blessing, I will bless you, and multiplying, I will multiply you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/aramaic-plain-english/hebrews/6.htm">Aramaic Bible in Plain English</a></span><br />And he said, “Blessing, I shall bless you, and multiplying, I shall multiply you.”<div class="vheading2"><b>NT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/anderson/hebrews/6.htm">Anderson New Testament</a></span><br />saying: Most surely will I abundantly bless you, and abundantly multiply you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/godbey/hebrews/6.htm">Godbey New Testament</a></span><br />saying, If indeed blessing I will bless thee, and multiplying I will multiply thee:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/haweis/hebrews/6.htm">Haweis New Testament</a></span><br />saying, ?Verily, blessing, I will bless thee, and multiplying, I will multiply thee.?<RX 1.22.16><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/mace/hebrews/6.htm">Mace New Testament</a></span><br />"surely I will heap blessings upon thee, and will give thee a numerous posterity."<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wey/hebrews/6.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a></span><br />saying, "Assuredly I will bless you and bless you, I will increase you and increase you."<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/worrell/hebrews/6.htm">Worrell New Testament</a></span><br />saying, "Surely, blessing, I will bless you; and multiplying, I will multiply you."<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/worsley/hebrews/6.htm">Worsley New Testament</a></span><br />"Verily blessing I will bless thee, and multiplying I will multiply thee."<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/hebrews/6-14.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/x-IAXXp5zcA?start=909" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/hebrews/6.htm">God's Unchangeable Promise</a></span><br><span class="reftext">13</span>When God made His promise to Abraham, since He had no one greater to swear by, He swore by Himself, <span class="reftext">14</span><span class="highl"><a href="/greek/3004.htm" title="3004: legōn (V-PPA-NMS) -- (a) I say, speak; I mean, mention, tell, (b) I call, name, especially in the pass., (c) I tell, command. ">saying,</a> <a href="/greek/3375.htm" title="3375: mēn (Prtcl) -- Assuredly, certainly. A stronger form of men; a particle of affirmation; assuredly.">“I will surely</a> <a href="/greek/1487.htm" title="1487: Ei (Conj) -- If. A primary particle of conditionality; if, whether, that, etc."></a> <a href="/greek/2127.htm" title="2127: eulogōn (V-PPA-NMS) -- (lit: I speak well of) I bless; pass: I am blessed. From a compound of eu and logos; to speak well of, i.e. to bless."></a> <a href="/greek/2127.htm" title="2127: eulogēsō (V-FIA-1S) -- (lit: I speak well of) I bless; pass: I am blessed. From a compound of eu and logos; to speak well of, i.e. to bless.">bless</a> <a href="/greek/4771.htm" title="4771: se (PPro-A2S) -- You. The person pronoun of the second person singular; thou.">you</a> <a href="/greek/2532.htm" title="2532: kai (Conj) -- And, even, also, namely. ">and</a> <a href="/greek/4129.htm" title="4129: plēthynōn (V-PPA-NMS) -- To increase, multiply. From another form of plethos; to increase.">multiply</a> <a href="/greek/4129.htm" title="4129: plēthynō (V-FIA-1S) -- To increase, multiply. From another form of plethos; to increase."></a> <a href="/greek/4771.htm" title="4771: se (PPro-A2S) -- You. The person pronoun of the second person singular; thou.">your descendants.”</a> </span> <span class="reftext">15</span>And so Abraham, after waiting patiently, obtained the promise.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/22-16.htm">Genesis 22:16-18</a></span><br />saying, “By Myself I have sworn, declares the LORD, that because you have done this and have not withheld your only son, / I will surely bless you, and I will multiply your descendants like the stars in the sky and the sand on the seashore. Your descendants will possess the gates of their enemies. / And through your offspring all nations of the earth will be blessed, because you have obeyed My voice.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/12-2.htm">Genesis 12:2-3</a></span><br />I will make you into a great nation, and I will bless you; I will make your name great, so that you will be a blessing. / I will bless those who bless you and curse those who curse you; and all the families of the earth will be blessed through you.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/15-5.htm">Genesis 15:5-6</a></span><br />And the LORD took him outside and said, “Now look to the heavens and count the stars, if you are able.” Then He told him, “So shall your offspring be.” / Abram believed the LORD, and it was credited to him as righteousness.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/17-4.htm">Genesis 17:4-8</a></span><br />“As for Me, this is My covenant with you: You will be the father of many nations. / No longer will you be called Abram, but your name will be Abraham, for I have made you a father of many nations. / I will make you exceedingly fruitful; I will make nations of you, and kings will descend from you. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/26-3.htm">Genesis 26:3-5</a></span><br />Stay in this land as a foreigner, and I will be with you and bless you. For I will give all these lands to you and your offspring, and I will confirm the oath that I swore to your father Abraham. / I will make your descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky, and I will give them all these lands, and through your offspring all nations of the earth will be blessed, / because Abraham listened to My voice and kept My charge, My commandments, My statutes, and My laws.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/28-13.htm">Genesis 28:13-14</a></span><br />And there at the top the LORD was standing and saying, “I am the LORD, the God of your father Abraham and the God of Isaac. I will give you and your descendants the land on which you now lie. / Your descendants will be like the dust of the earth, and you will spread out to the west and east and north and south. All the families of the earth will be blessed through you and your offspring.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/exodus/32-13.htm">Exodus 32:13</a></span><br />Remember Your servants Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, to whom You swore by Your very self when You declared, ‘I will make your descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky, and I will give your descendants all this land that I have promised, and it shall be their inheritance forever.’”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/7-13.htm">Deuteronomy 7:13</a></span><br />He will love you and bless you and multiply you. He will bless the fruit of your womb and the produce of your land—your grain, new wine, and oil, the young of your herds and the lambs of your flocks—in the land that He swore to your fathers to give you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/28-2.htm">Deuteronomy 28:2-6</a></span><br />And all these blessings will come upon you and overtake you, if you will obey the voice of the LORD your God: / You will be blessed in the city and blessed in the country. / The fruit of your womb will be blessed, as well as the produce of your land and the offspring of your livestock—the calves of your herds and the lambs of your flocks. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/105-8.htm">Psalm 105:8-11</a></span><br />He remembers His covenant forever, the word He ordained for a thousand generations— / the covenant He made with Abraham, and the oath He swore to Isaac. / He confirmed it to Jacob as a decree, to Israel as an everlasting covenant: ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/51-2.htm">Isaiah 51:2</a></span><br />Look to Abraham your father, and to Sarah who gave you birth. When I called him, he was but one; then I blessed him and multiplied him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/4-13.htm">Romans 4:13-16</a></span><br />For the promise to Abraham and his offspring that he would be heir of the world was not given through the law, but through the righteousness that comes by faith. / For if those who live by the law are heirs, faith is useless and the promise is worthless, / because the law brings wrath. And where there is no law, there is no transgression. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/9-7.htm">Romans 9:7-9</a></span><br />Nor because they are Abraham’s descendants are they all his children. On the contrary, “Through Isaac your offspring will be reckoned.” / So it is not the children of the flesh who are God’s children, but it is the children of the promise who are regarded as offspring. / For this is what the promise stated: “At the appointed time I will return, and Sarah will have a son.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/galatians/3-8.htm">Galatians 3:8-9</a></span><br />The Scripture foresaw that God would justify the Gentiles by faith, and foretold the gospel to Abraham: “All nations will be blessed through you.” / So those who have faith are blessed along with Abraham, the man of faith.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/galatians/3-16.htm">Galatians 3:16</a></span><br />The promises were spoken to Abraham and to his seed. The Scripture does not say, “and to seeds,” meaning many, but “and to your seed,” meaning One, who is Christ.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">Saying, Surely blessing I will bless you, and multiplying I will multiply you.</p><p class="hdg">multiplying.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/genesis/17-2.htm">Genesis 17:2</a></b></br> And I will make my covenant between me and thee, and will multiply thee exceedingly.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/genesis/48-4.htm">Genesis 48:4</a></b></br> And said unto me, Behold, I will make thee fruitful, and multiply thee, and I will make of thee a multitude of people; and will give this land to thy seed after thee <i>for</i> an everlasting possession.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/exodus/32-13.htm">Exodus 32:13</a></b></br> Remember Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, thy servants, to whom thou swarest by thine own self, and saidst unto them, I will multiply your seed as the stars of heaven, and all this land that I have spoken of will I give unto your seed, and they shall inherit <i>it</i> for ever.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/hebrews/2-16.htm">Assuredly</a> <a href="/ephesians/1-3.htm">Bless</a> <a href="/hebrews/6-7.htm">Blessing</a> <a href="/hebrews/2-16.htm">Descendants</a> <a href="/hebrews/4-14.htm">Great</a> <a href="/2_timothy/2-16.htm">Increase</a> <a href="/hebrews/4-2.htm">Indeed</a> <a href="/2_timothy/4-3.htm">Multiply</a> <a href="/acts/6-1.htm">Multiplying</a> <a href="/romans/5-19.htm">Numbers</a> <a href="/hebrews/2-16.htm">Surely</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/genesis/15-13.htm">Assuredly</a> <a href="/hebrews/7-1.htm">Bless</a> <a href="/hebrews/7-1.htm">Blessing</a> <a href="/hebrews/7-5.htm">Descendants</a> <a href="/hebrews/7-4.htm">Great</a> <a href="/2_peter/1-8.htm">Increase</a> <a href="/hebrews/6-16.htm">Indeed</a> <a href="/genesis/1-22.htm">Multiply</a> <a href="/genesis/3-16.htm">Multiplying</a> <a href="/hebrews/7-23.htm">Numbers</a> <a href="/2_peter/2-12.htm">Surely</a><div class="vheading2">Hebrews 6</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/hebrews/6-1.htm">He exhorts not to fall back from the faith;</a></span><br><span class="reftext">11. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/hebrews/6-11.htm">but to be steadfast,</a></span><br><span class="reftext">12. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/hebrews/6-12.htm">diligent, and patient to wait upon God;</a></span><br><span class="reftext">13. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/hebrews/6-13.htm">because God is most sure in his promise.</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/hebrews/6.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/hebrews/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/hebrews/6.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>saying,</b><br>This phrase introduces a direct quotation, indicating that the following words are a promise from God. In the context of Hebrews, it refers back to God's covenant with Abraham, emphasizing the certainty and authority of God's word. The use of "saying" highlights the importance of divine speech in biblical narratives, where God's words are seen as powerful and creative.<p><b>“I will surely bless you</b><br>This promise of blessing is rooted in the Abrahamic covenant found in <a href="/genesis/22-17.htm">Genesis 22:17</a>. The repetition of "surely" underscores the certainty and emphasis of God's promise. In the biblical context, blessing often includes prosperity, protection, and favor. This assurance of blessing is a key theme throughout Scripture, reflecting God's faithfulness and generosity towards His people.<p><b>and multiply your descendants.”</b><br>This part of the promise refers to the numerous offspring that Abraham would have, as initially promised in <a href="/genesis/12-2.htm">Genesis 12:2</a> and reiterated in <a href="/genesis/15-5.htm">Genesis 15:5</a>. The multiplication of descendants is not only a literal promise of a large family but also a spiritual promise pointing to the nation of Israel and ultimately to all believers as spiritual descendants of Abraham (<a href="/galatians/3-29.htm">Galatians 3:29</a>). This multiplication is a type of the expansive growth of the Church, fulfilling God's plan of redemption through Jesus Christ.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/a/abraham.htm">Abraham</a></b><br>The patriarch to whom God made the promise of blessing and multiplication. His faith and patience are highlighted in <a href="/bsb/hebrews/6.htm">Hebrews 6</a> as an example for believers.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/g/god.htm">God</a></b><br>The one who makes the promise. His unchanging nature and faithfulness are emphasized, assuring believers of the certainty of His promises.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/h/hebrews.htm">Hebrews</a></b><br>The recipients of the letter, likely Jewish Christians who were familiar with the Old Testament and the promises made to their ancestors.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/p/promise.htm">Promise</a></b><br>The specific promise referenced here is God's covenant with Abraham, which includes blessings and the multiplication of his descendants.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/o/old_testament_context.htm">Old Testament Context</a></b><br>The promise to Abraham is originally found in Genesis, where God assures Abraham of numerous descendants and blessings.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_faithfulness.htm">God's Faithfulness</a></b><br>God's promises are sure and steadfast. Just as He fulfilled His promise to Abraham, He will fulfill His promises to us. Believers can trust in God's unchanging nature.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_patience_and_faith.htm">The Importance of Patience and Faith</a></b><br>Abraham's example teaches us the value of patience and faith. We are called to wait on God's timing and trust in His promises, even when circumstances seem contrary.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/s/spiritual_inheritance.htm">Spiritual Inheritance</a></b><br>As believers, we are spiritual descendants of Abraham. This connection assures us of our place in God's family and the blessings that come with it.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/e/endurance_in_trials.htm">Endurance in Trials</a></b><br>Just as Abraham endured and received the promise, we are encouraged to persevere through trials, knowing that God rewards those who diligently seek Him.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/l/living_with_an_eternal_perspective.htm">Living with an Eternal Perspective</a></b><br>The promise to Abraham was not just for his lifetime but extended to future generations. We are reminded to live with an eternal perspective, focusing on God's long-term promises.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_hebrews_6.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Hebrews 6</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_distinguishes_jews_from_gentiles.htm">What distinguishes Jews from Gentiles?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/who_is_melchizedek,_and_his_lineage.htm">Genesis 14:18: Who is Melchizedek, and why is there no clear historical or biblical lineage to verify his existence?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_exalt_israel's_horn,_not_others.htm">Why is God said to exalt 'the horn of his people' only for Israel, excluding other nations? (Psalm 148:14)</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_are_the_spirit's_firstfruits.htm">What does 'make you a great nation' mean?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/hebrews/6.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(14) <span class= "bld">Saying.</span>--The words of the oath itself, "By myself have I sworn, saith the Lord" (<a href="/genesis/22-16.htm" title="And said, By myself have I sworn, said the LORD, for because you have done this thing, and have not withheld your son, your only son:">Genesis 22:16</a>), are not repeated, because they are almost identical with the writer's own words introducing the citation (<a href="/hebrews/6-13.htm" title="For when God made promise to Abraham, because he could swear by no greater, he swore by himself,">Hebrews 6:13</a>). It will be observed that one change is made--in the last word; for in Genesis we read, "I will multiply <span class= "ital">thy seed.</span>" The alteration may be made for brevity, as the quotation is abridged; but it will be seen that the effect of it is to direct greater attention to the first words, and to fix the thought on the blessing promised to Abraham himself.<p><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/hebrews/6-14.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Greek</div><span class="word">saying,</span><br /><span class="grk">λέγων</span> <span class="translit">(legōn)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Present Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_3004.htm">Strong's 3004: </a> </span><span class="str2">(a) I say, speak; I mean, mention, tell, (b) I call, name, especially in the pass., (c) I tell, command. </span><br /><br /><span class="word">“{I will} surely</span><br /><span class="grk">μὴν</span> <span class="translit">(mēn)</span><br /><span class="parse">Particle<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_3375.htm">Strong's 3375: </a> </span><span class="str2">Assuredly, certainly. A stronger form of men; a particle of affirmation; assuredly.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">bless</span><br /><span class="grk">εὐλογήσω</span> <span class="translit">(eulogēsō)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Future Indicative Active - 1st Person Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_2127.htm">Strong's 2127: </a> </span><span class="str2">(lit: I speak well of) I bless; pass: I am blessed. From a compound of eu and logos; to speak well of, i.e. to bless.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">you</span><br /><span class="grk">σε</span> <span class="translit">(se)</span><br /><span class="parse">Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Accusative 2nd Person Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_4771.htm">Strong's 4771: </a> </span><span class="str2">You. The person pronoun of the second person singular; thou.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and</span><br /><span class="grk">καὶ</span> <span class="translit">(kai)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunction<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_2532.htm">Strong's 2532: </a> </span><span class="str2">And, even, also, namely. </span><br /><br /><span class="word">multiply</span><br /><span class="grk">πληθυνῶ</span> <span class="translit">(plēthynō)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Future Indicative Active - 1st Person Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_4129.htm">Strong's 4129: </a> </span><span class="str2">To increase, multiply. From another form of plethos; to increase.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">your [descendants].”</span><br /><span class="grk">σε</span> <span class="translit">(se)</span><br /><span class="parse">Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Accusative 2nd Person Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_4771.htm">Strong's 4771: </a> </span><span class="str2">You. 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