17 Bible Verses about People Multiplying

I will certainly bless you and make your descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky and the grains of sand on the seashore. Your descendants will take possession of their enemies' cities.

God blessed them and said to them: Be fruitful and increase in number. Fill the earth and subdue it. Rule over the fish of the sea and dominate the birds of the air. Have dominion over every living creature that moves on the ground.

When the righteous increase the people rejoice. When the wicked rule the people mourn.

Men began to increase in number on the earth and daughters were born to them.

Then I will gather the remnant of my flock out of all the countries where I have driven them and bring them back to their pasture. Then they will be fruitful and multiply.

However the more the Israelites were oppressed, the more they increased in number and spread out. The Egyptians could not stand them any longer.

In those days you will be fertile, and your population will increase in the land, says Jehovah. Men will no longer talk about the Ark of the Covenant of Jehovah. It will no longer come to mind. They will not remember it, miss it, or make another one.

The Israelites lived in Egypt in the region of Goshen. They became rich and had many children.

The children of Israel had many children. They became so numerous and strong that the land was filled with them.

God was good to the midwives, and the people multiplied, and became very mighty.

Answer before Jehovah your God: 'My father was a wandering Aramean, and he went down to Egypt and traveled there. They were few in number but he became a great, mighty and populous nation.

When the time of God's promise to Abraham drew near, the people grew and multiplied in Egypt.

The men listed above by name were leaders of their clans. Their families increased greatly,

I will increase the number of people and animals that live on you. They will grow and become many. I will let people live on you as in the past, and I will make you better off than ever before. Then you will know that I am Jehovah.

Absalom was offering sacrifices. He sent for Ahithophel, David's adviser, to come from his home in Giloh. Meanwhile, the conspiracy grew stronger. The number of people siding with Absalom kept getting larger.

They grew in number and sinned against me. I will change their glory into shame.

You multiplied your merchants like the stars in the sky! But now they are gone, like locusts that spread their wings and fly away.