As the time approached for the promise God had made to Abraham, the people grew and multiplied in Egypt,

The word of God spread and multiplied.

The God of this People Israel chose our fathers; he multiplied the people as they sojourned in the land of Egypt and with arm uplifted led them out of it.

whom God the Father has predestined and chosen, by the consecration of the Spirit, to obey Jesus Christ and be sprinkled with his blood: may grace and peace be multiplied to you.

grace and peace be multiplied to you by the knowledge of our Lord.

mercy, peace and love be multiplied to you.