Exodus 1:7
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7 (A)But the people of Israel were fruitful and increased greatly; they multiplied and grew exceedingly strong, so that the land was filled with them.
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Genesis 46:3
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3 Then he said, “I am God, (A)the God of your father. Do not be afraid to go down to Egypt, for there I will (B)make you into a great nation.
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Deuteronomy 26:5
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5 “And you shall make response before the Lord your God, ‘A (A)wandering Aramean was my father. And he went down into Egypt and sojourned there, (B)few in number, and there he became a nation, great, mighty, and populous.
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Genesis 47:27
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27 Thus Israel settled in the land of Egypt, (A)in the land of Goshen. (B)And they gained possessions in it, and were fruitful and multiplied greatly.
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Genesis 35:11
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11 And God said to him, (A)“I am God Almighty:[a] be (B)fruitful and multiply. (C)A nation and a company of nations shall come from you, and kings shall come from your own body.[b]
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- Genesis 35:11 Hebrew El Shaddai
- Genesis 35:11 Hebrew from your loins
Genesis 12:2
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2 (A)And I will make of you a great nation, and I will bless you and make your name great, so that you will be a blessing.
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Nehemiah 9:23
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23 You multiplied their children (A)as the stars of heaven, and you brought them into the land that you had told their fathers to enter and possess.
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Deuteronomy 10:22
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22 Your fathers went down to Egypt (A)seventy persons, and now the Lord your God has made you (B)as numerous as the stars of heaven.
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Genesis 48:4
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4 and 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 (A)for an everlasting possession.’
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Genesis 28:3-4
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3 (A)God Almighty[a] bless you and make you fruitful and multiply you, that you may become a company of peoples. 4 May he give (B)the blessing of Abraham to you and to your offspring with you, that you may take possession of (C)the land of your sojournings that God gave to Abraham!”
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- Genesis 28:3 Hebrew El Shaddai
Genesis 9:1
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9 And God blessed Noah and his sons and said to them, (A)“Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth.
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Genesis 1:28
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28 And God blessed them. And God said to them, (A)“Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth and subdue it, and have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the heavens and over every living thing that moves on the earth.”
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Acts 7:17-18
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17 “But (A)as the time of the promise drew near, which God had granted to Abraham, (B)the people increased and multiplied in Egypt 18 until there arose over Egypt another king (C)who did not know Joseph.
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Psalm 105:24
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24 And the Lord (A)made his people very fruitful
and made them stronger than their foes.
Genesis 28:14
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14 Your offspring shall be like (A)the dust of the earth, and you shall spread abroad to the west and to the east and to the north and to the south, and in you and (B)your offspring shall all the families of the earth be blessed.
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Genesis 22:17
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17 I will surely bless you, and I will surely multiply your offspring (A)as the stars of heaven and (B)as the sand that is on the seashore. And your offspring shall possess (C)the gate of his[a] enemies,
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- Genesis 22:17 Or their
Genesis 17:16
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16 I will bless her, and moreover, I will (A)give[a] you a son by her. I will bless her, and (B)she shall become nations; kings of peoples shall come from her.”
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- Genesis 17:16 Hebrew have given
Genesis 17:4-6
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4 “Behold, my covenant is with you, and you shall be (A)the father of a multitude of nations. 5 No longer shall your name be called Abram,[a] but (B)your name shall be Abraham,[b] (C)for I have made you the father of a multitude of nations. 6 I will make you exceedingly fruitful, and I will make (D)you into nations, and (E)kings shall come from you.
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- Genesis 17:5 Abram means exalted father
- Genesis 17:5 Abraham means father of a multitude
Genesis 13:16
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16 (A)I will make your offspring as the dust of the earth, so that if one can count the dust of the earth, your offspring also can be counted.
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Genesis 1:20
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20 And God said, “Let the waters swarm with swarms of living creatures, and let birds[a] fly above the earth across the expanse of the heavens.”
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- Genesis 1:20 Or flying things; see Leviticus 11:19–20
Exodus 12:37
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37 And the (A)people of Israel journeyed from (B)Rameses to Succoth, (C)about six hundred thousand men on foot, besides women and children.
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Genesis 48:16
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16 (A)the angel who has (B)redeemed me from all evil, bless the boys;
and in them let (C)my name be carried on, and the name of my fathers Abraham and Isaac;
and let them (D)grow into a multitude[a] in the midst of the earth.”
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- Genesis 48:16 Or let them be like fish for multitude
Genesis 26:4
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4 (A)I will multiply your offspring as the stars of heaven and will give to your offspring all these lands. And (B)in your offspring all the nations of the earth shall be blessed,
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Genesis 15:5
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5 And he brought him outside and said, “Look toward heaven, and (A)number the stars, if you are able to number them.” Then he said to him, (B)“So shall your offspring be.”
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