KJV King James Version
Then Isaac sowed in that land, and received in the same year an hundredfold: and the LORD blessed him.
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Genesis 26:12
Then Isaac sowed in that land, and received in the same year an hundredfold: and the LORD blessed him.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Now Isaac sowed seed in the land, and that very year he reaped a hundredfold. And the LORD blessed him,
WEB World English Bible
Isaac sowed in that land, and reaped in the same year one hundred times what he planted. Yahweh blessed him.
ASV American Standard Version
And Isaac sowed in that land, and found in the same year a hundredfold: and Jehovah blessed him.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And Isaac soweth in that land, and findeth in that year a hundredfold, and Jehovah blesseth him;
Surrounding context — Genesis 26
9 And Abimelech called Isaac, and said, Behold, of a surety she [is] thy wife: and how saidst thou, She [is] my sister? And Isaac said unto him, Because I said, Lest I die for her.
10 And Abimelech said, What [is] this thou hast done unto us? one of the people might lightly have lien with thy wife, and thou shouldest have brought guiltiness upon us.
11 And Abimelech charged all [his] people, saying, He that toucheth this man or his wife shall surely be put to death.
12 Then Isaac sowed in that land, and received in the same year an hundredfold: and the LORD blessed him.
13 And the man waxed great, and went forward, and grew until he became very great:
14 For he had possession of flocks, and possession of herds, and great store of servants: and the Philistines envied him.
15 For all the wells which his father’s servants had digged in the days of Abraham his father, the Philistines had stopped them, and filled them with earth.
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וַיִּזְרַ֤עH2232 · za.rato sowיִצְחָק֙H3327 · yits.chaqIsaacבָּאָ֣רֶץH776 · e.retsland: country/planetהַהִ֔ואH1931 · huhe/she/itוַיִּמְצָ֛אH4672 · ma.tsato findבַּשָּׁנָ֥הH8141 · sha.nehyearהַהִ֖ואH1931 · huhe/she/itמֵאָ֣הH3967 · me.ahhundredשְׁעָרִ֑יםH8180 · sha.arhundredfoldוַֽיְבָרֲכֵ֖הוּH1288 · ba.rakhto blessיְהוָֽה׃H3068 · ye.ho.vahLORD
Cross-references
Mark 4:8And other fell on good ground, and did yield fruit that sprang up and increased; and brought forth, some thirty, and some sixty, and some an hundred.Genesis 26:3Sojourn in this land, and I will be with thee, and will bless thee; for unto thee, and unto thy seed, I will give all these countries, and I will perform the oath which I sware unto Abraham thy father;2 Corinthians 9:10-11Now he that ministereth seed to the sower both minister bread for [your] food, and multiply your seed sown, and increase the fruits of your righteousness;)Zechariah 8:12For the seed [shall be] prosperous; the vine shall give her fruit, and the ground shall give her increase, and the heavens shall give their dew; and I will cause the remnant of this people to possess all these [things].Genesis 24:1And Abraham was old, [and] well stricken in age: and the LORD had blessed Abraham in all things.Genesis 24:35And the LORD hath blessed my master greatly; and he is become great: and he hath given him flocks, and herds, and silver, and gold, and menservants, and maidservants, and camels, and asses.Galatians 6:7-8Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.Psalm 67:6[Then] shall the earth yield her increase; [and] God, [even] our own God, shall bless us.Ecclesiastes 11:6In the morning sow thy seed, and in the evening withhold not thine hand: for thou knowest not whether shall prosper, either this or that, or whether they both [shall be] alike good.Job 42:12So the LORD blessed the latter end of Job more than his beginning: for he had fourteen thousand sheep, and six thousand camels, and a thousand yoke of oxen, and a thousand she asses.1 Corinthians 3:6I have planted, Apollos watered; but God gave the increase.Genesis 30:30For [it was] little which thou hadst before I [came], and it is [now] increased unto a multitude; and the LORD hath blessed thee since my coming: and now when shall I provide for mine own house also?Matthew 13:8But other fell into good ground, and brought forth fruit, some an hundredfold, some sixtyfold, some thirtyfold.Psalm 72:16There shall be an handful of corn in the earth upon the top of the mountains; the fruit thereof shall shake like Lebanon: and [they] of the city shall flourish like grass of the earth.Genesis 26:29That thou wilt do us no hurt, as we have not touched thee, and as we have done unto thee nothing but good, and have sent thee away in peace: thou [art] now the blessed of the LORD.Matthew 13:23But he that received seed into the good ground is he that heareth the word, and understandeth [it]; which also beareth fruit, and bringeth forth, some an hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty.
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