Exodus 1:7

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Summary

And the children of Israel were fruitful, and increased abundantly, and multiplied, and waxed exceeding mighty; and the land was filled with them.

Fruitful

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Fruitful

And the {Israelites} set out from Rameses to Succoth; the men [were] about six hundred thousand on foot, besides dependents.

And God said, "Let the waters swarm [with] swarms of living creatures, and let birds fly over the earth across the face of the vaulted dome of heaven.

And God blessed Noah and his sons, and said to them, "Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth.

And I will make you a great nation, and I will bless you, and I will make your name great. And you will be a blessing.

I will make your descendants like the dust of the earth which, if anyone were able to count the dust of the earth, your descendants would be [so] counted.

And he brought him outside and said, "Look toward the heavens and count the stars if you are able to count them." And he said to him, "So shall your offspring be."

"[As for] me, behold, my covenant [shall be] with you, and you shall be the father of a multitude of nations.

that I will certainly bless you and greatly multiply your offspring as the stars of heaven, and as the sand that is by the shore of the sea. And your offspring will take possession of the gate of his enemies.

And I will multiply your descendants like the stars of heaven, and I will give to your descendants all these lands. And all nations of the earth will be blessed through your offspring,

Now, may El-Shaddai bless you, and make you fruitful, and multiply you, so that you become an assembly of peoples.

And God said to him, "I [am] El-Shaddai. Be fruitful and multiply. A nation and an assemblage of nations shall be from you, and kings shall go out from your loins.

Then he said, "I [am] the God of your father. Do not be afraid to go down to Egypt, for I will make you a great nation there.

So Israel settled in the land of Egypt, in the land of Goshen. And they acquired possessions in it and were fruitful and multiplied greatly.

and said to me, 'Behold, I will make you fruitful and make you numerous, and will make you a company of nations. And I will give this land to your offspring after you [as] an everlasting possession.'

With [only] seventy persons your ancestors went down to Egypt, but now Yahweh your God has made you as the stars of the heaven {with respect to multitude}.

And {you shall declare} and you shall say {before} your God, 'My ancestor [was] a wandering Aramean, and he went down to Egypt, and there he dwelt as an alien {few in number}, and there he became a great nation, mighty and numerous.

You made their children numerous like the stars of the heavens and brought them to the land that you told their ancestors to enter in order to take possession.

And he made his people very fruitful. He also made them stronger than their enemies.

"But as the time of the promise that God had made to Abraham was drawing near, the people increased and multiplied in Egypt

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And I will make you a great nation, and I will bless you, and I will make your name great. And you will be a blessing.

I will make your descendants like the dust of the earth which, if anyone were able to count the dust of the earth, your descendants would be [so] counted.

And Pharaoh said, "Look, the people of the land [are] now many, and you want to stop them from their {forced labor}."

And so, [by] persevering, he obtained the promise.