Deuteronomy 28:4You shall be blessed in the fruit of your body, the fruit of your ground, the fruit of your animals, the increase of your livestock, and the young of your flock.
The setting
Plains of Moab, modern-day Jordan, ~1400 BC. Moses promises fertility in all areas of life - human, agricultural, and livestock...
The emotion here: fatherly desire for the people's complete flourishing and abundance
The original word
peri (פְּרִי) — fruit, offspring, the result of reproductive power
Why it matters
In ancient agrarian society, fertility in these three areas determined survival and prosperity
Read with care
What most readers miss in Deuteronomy 28:4
The three-fold repetition emphasizes that blessing covers every source of increase in life
Common misconceptionModern readers focus only on having babies, but this promise covered all forms of productivity and increase in an agricultural society.
The thread continues
Verses that echo Deuteronomy 28:4
Bible Genome reading
Deuteronomy 28:4 — Bible Genome reading
Emotional genome
Deuteronomy 28:4 comes from the book of Deuteronomy, written during the exodus period. These words are attributed to Moses. The dominant emotion in this verse is grateful, with a comfort power of 90% and a tone that is joyful. It belongs to the law genre of biblical literature. Key themes include fertility, abundance, comprehensive blessing. Notable phrases: fruit of your body; fruit of your ground; fruit of your animals. This verse contains a promise of God.
Emotionally similar
Verses that meet the same grateful
“For God so loved the world, that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life.”
— John 3:16
“I have fought the good fight. I have finished the course. I have kept the faith.”
— 2 Timothy 4:7
“It will be, that whoever will call on the name of the Lord will be saved.'”
— Acts 2:21
“for by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God,”
— Ephesians 2:8
“So now it wasn't you who sent me here, but God, and he has made me a father to Pharaoh, lord of all his house, and ruler over all the land o…”
— Genesis 45:8
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