Text: Genesis 35:11 — "Be fruitful and multiply. A nation—even a company of nations—shall come from you, and kings shall descend from you."
OT Text Referred to: Genesis 1:28
Source: Anchor-Text Network — Genesis 1:28 (Beale, The Unfolding of the Old Testament in the New Testament; Schnittjer, Old Testament Use of Old Testament)
Reference Type: Allusion
Connection Method(s): Redemptive-Historical Progression, Typology
Anchor Text: Gen 1:28 — The Adamic Commission
Significance: At Bethel, God renews the covenant with Jacob using the verbatim imperative pair of the Adamic commission: "Be fruitful (pārâ) and multiply (rābâ)" — the very words of Gen 1:28 directed now to the third patriarch. As at Gen 17:6, the reissue carries the added kingship element: "a company of nations... and kings shall descend from you," anticipating the Davidic vehicle for the commission. The patrilineal repetition (Adam → Noah → Abraham → Isaac → Jacob) shows the commission passing intact down the covenant line, each generation receiving the same first-spoken command of Scripture. The verbatim verbal reuse here is among the OT's clearest signals that the patriarchal promises are deliberate re-speakings of Gen 1:28, and the trajectory lands in the Last Adam, in whom the multiplied seed and the promised kings find their consummation (Matt 28:18-20; Rev 5:9-10).