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# God said to him
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"God said to Jacob"
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# Be fruitful and multiply
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God told Jacob to produce children so that there would be many of them. The word "multiply" explains how he was to be "fruitful."
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# A nation and a company of nations will come from you
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Here "nation" and "nations" refer to Jacob's descendants who will establish these nations.
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