Charles Ellicott Commentary Genesis 48:4

"and said unto me, Behold, I will make thee fruitful, and multiply thee, and I will make of thee a company of peoples, and will give this land to thy seed after thee for an everlasting possession." — Genesis 48:4 (ASV)

A multitude of people. —In Genesis 35:11 the words are a congregation (or church) of nations; here a congregation (same word) of peoples. (See Note there.)