The Meaning of Genesis 35:11 Explained

Genesis 35:11

KJV: And God said unto him, I am God Almighty: be fruitful and multiply; a nation and a company of nations shall be of thee, and kings shall come out of thy loins;

YLT: And God saith to him, 'I am God Almighty; be fruitful and multiply, a nation and an assembly of nations is from thee, and kings from thy loins go out;

Darby: And God said to him, I am the Almighty God: be fruitful and multiply; a nation and a company of nations shall be of thee; and kings shall come out of thy loins.

ASV: And God said unto him, I am God Almighty: be fruitful and multiply; a nation and a company of nations shall be of thee, and kings shall come out of thy loins;

KJV Reverse Interlinear

And God  said  unto him, I [am] God  Almighty:  be fruitful  and multiply;  a nation  and a company  of nations  shall be of thee, and kings  shall come  out of thy loins; 

What does Genesis 35:11 Mean?

Context Summary

Genesis 35:1-15 - Jacob Blessed At Bethel
Thirty years before Jacob was at Bethel. Life was young then. He had only his staff. The future was unshaped and unknown. It was on the occasion of his first night from home; and he made many vows. How much had happened since then! Marriage, prosperity, children! But he had drifted down the stream, and had traveled into the far country from God. It was well that he should get back to Bethel, and consider the whole story of his life, as you may trace a river from source to mouth from an overlooking hill. The divine summons is always bidding us be clean and change our garments, and be rid of idols. There God gave him the great new name of Israel; and took to himself the reassuring name of El-Shaddai. It was as though, as the Almighty, he pledged himself to realize the highest and best. Let us take heart! God will make us fruitful, will give us the land, and will ward off the results of our misdeeds, Genesis 35:5.
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Chapter Summary: Genesis 35

1  God commands Jacob to go to Bethel
2  He purges his house of idols
6  He builds an altar at Bethel
8  Deborah dies at Allon Bacuth
9  God blesses Jacob at Bethel
10  Jacob Named Israel
16  Rachel travails of Benjamin, and dies in the way to Edar
22  Reuben lies with Bilhah
23  The sons of Jacob
27  Jacob comes to Isaac at Hebron
28  The age, death, and burial of Isaac

What do the individual words in Genesis 35:11 mean?

And said to him God I [am] God Almighty Be fruitful and multiply a nation and a company of nations shall proceed from you and kings from your loins shall come
וַיֹּאמֶר֩ ל֨וֹ אֱלֹהִ֜ים אֲנִ֨י אֵ֤ל שַׁדַּי֙ פְּרֵ֣ה וּרְבֵ֔ה גּ֛וֹי וּקְהַ֥ל גּוֹיִ֖ם יִהְיֶ֣ה מִמֶּ֑ךָּ וּמְלָכִ֖ים מֵחֲלָצֶ֥יךָ יֵצֵֽאוּ

וַיֹּאמֶר֩  And  said 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: אָמַר 
Sense: to say, speak, utter.
ל֨וֹ  to  him 
Parse: Preposition, third person masculine singular
אֱלֹהִ֜ים  God 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural
Root: אֱלֹהִים  
Sense: (plural).
אֲנִ֨י  I  [am] 
Parse: Pronoun, first person common singular
Root: אֲנִי  
Sense: I (first pers.
אֵ֤ל  God 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: אֵל 
Sense: god, god-like one, mighty one.
שַׁדַּי֙  Almighty 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: שַׁדַּי  
Sense: almighty, most powerful.
פְּרֵ֣ה  Be  fruitful 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperative, masculine singular
Root: פָּרָה 
Sense: to bear fruit, be fruitful, branch off.
וּרְבֵ֔ה  and  multiply 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Imperative, masculine singular
Root: הַרְבָּה 
Sense: be or become great, be or become many, be or become much, be or become numerous.
גּ֛וֹי  a  nation 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: גֹּוי 
Sense: nation, people.
וּקְהַ֥ל  and  a  company 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: קָהָל  
Sense: assembly, company, congregation, convocation.
גּוֹיִ֖ם  of  nations 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural
Root: גֹּוי 
Sense: nation, people.
יִהְיֶ֣ה  shall  proceed 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: אֶהְיֶה 
Sense: to be, become, come to pass, exist, happen, fall out.
מִמֶּ֑ךָּ  from  you 
Parse: Preposition, second person masculine singular
Root: מִן 
Sense: from, out of, on account of, off, on the side of, since, above, than, so that not, more than.
וּמְלָכִ֖ים  and  kings 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, masculine plural
Root: מֶלֶךְ 
Sense: king.
מֵחֲלָצֶ֥יךָ  from  your  loins 
Parse: Preposition-m, Noun, mdc, second person masculine singular
Root: חֲלָצַיִם  
Sense: loins.
יֵצֵֽאוּ  shall  come 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, third person masculine plural
Root: יׄוצֵאת 
Sense: to go out, come out, exit, go forth.