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Deuteronomy 7:14

Old Testament Law (Torah) ASV (1901)

What does Deuteronomy 7:14 say?

The American Standard Version records this verse as: “Thou shalt be blessed above all peoples: there shall not be male or female barren among you, or among your cattle.” Read the surrounding verses and the named sources below before drawing broader conclusions.

The verse

Thou shalt be blessed above all peoples: there shall not be male or female barren among you, or among your cattle.
Deuteronomy 7:14 — American Standard Version

Context — Deuteronomy 7

American Standard Version (1901) — public domain. Click any verse for its study page.
11Thou shalt therefore keep the commandment, and the statutes, and the ordinances, which I command thee this day, to do them.
12And it shall come to pass, because ye hearken to these ordinances, and keep and do them, that Jehovah thy God will keep with thee the covenant and the lovingkindness which he sware unto thy fathers:
13and he will love thee, and bless thee, and multiply thee; he will also bless the fruit of thy body and the fruit of thy ground, thy grain and thy new wine and thine oil, the increase of thy cattle and the young of thy flock, in the land which he sware unto thy fathers to give thee.
14Thou shalt be blessed above all peoples: there shall not be male or female barren among you, or among your cattle.
15And Jehovah will take away from thee all sickness; and none of the evil diseases of Egypt, which thou knowest, will he put upon thee, but will lay them upon all them that hate thee.
16And thou shalt consume all the peoples that Jehovah thy God shall deliver unto thee; thine eye shall not pity them: neither shalt thou serve their gods; for that will be a snare unto thee.
17If thou shalt say in thy heart, These nations are more than I; how can I dispossess them?
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What do historical commentaries say?

John Gill's Exposition
John Gill (1697–1771) · Exposition of the Old and New Testament · 18th-century historical commentary
“Thou shalt be blessed above all people, etc.] Even with temporal blessings, besides those of a religious kind; they having the oracles of God, the covenants, the giving of the law, the service of God, and the promises, (<450301>Romans 3:1,2 9:4), there shall not be male or female barren among you; which to be was reckoned a reproach, and the contrary a blessing, (<420125>Luke 1:25 <19C705>Psalm 127:5) (<19C803>Psalm 128:3,4) or among your cattle; the Targum of Jonathan is, nor thy beasts barren of wool, and milk, and lambs.”
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Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge
R. A. Torrey and contributors · The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge · Cross-reference reference work
“blessed: Deu 33:29; Psa 115:15, Psa 147:19, Psa 147:20 male or: Deu 28:4, Deu 28:11; Exo 23:26-33; Lev 26:9; Psa 127:3 Deuteronomy 7:15”
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