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Exodus 1:7

WEB

7The children of Israel were fruitful, and increased abundantly, and multiplied, and grew exceedingly mighty; and the land was filled with them.

KJV

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

BSB

7but the Israelites were fruitful and increased rapidly; they multiplied and became exceedingly numerous, so that the land was filled with them.

FBV

7However, the Israelites had many children and their numbers increased rapidly. In fact there were so many of them that they became very powerfulthe country was full of them.

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Extra References

Genesis 46:3

3He said, “I am God, the God of your father. Don’t be afraid to go down into Egypt, for there I will make of you a great nation.


Deuteronomy 26:5

5You shall answer and say before the LORD your God, “My father[+] was a Syrian ready to perish. He went down into Egypt, and lived there, few in number. There he became a great, mighty, and populous nation.


Genesis 1:28

28God blessed them. God said to them, “Be fruitful, multiply, fill the earth, and subdue it. Have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the sky, and over every living thing that moves on the earth.”


Genesis 9:1

1God blessed Noah and his sons, and said to them, “Be fruitful, multiply, and replenish the earth.


Genesis 35:11

11God said to him, “I am God Almighty. Be fruitful and multiply. A nation and a company of nations will be from you, and kings will come out of your body.


Genesis 47:27

27Israel lived in the land of Egypt, in the land of Goshen; and they got themselves possessions therein, and were fruitful, and multiplied exceedingly.


Deuteronomy 10:22

22Your fathers went down into Egypt with seventy persons; and now the LORD your God has made you as the stars of the sky for multitude.


Genesis 28:3-4

3May God Almighty bless you, and make you fruitful, and multiply you, that you may be a company of peoples, 4and give you the blessing of Abraham, to you and to your offspring with you, that you may inherit the land where you travel, which God gave to Abraham.”


Genesis 12:2

2I will make of you a great nation. I will bless you and make your name great. You will be a blessing.


Genesis 48:4

4and said to me, ‘Behold, I will make you fruitful, and multiply you, and I will make of you a company of peoples, and will give this land to your offspring after you for an everlasting possession.’