¹⁷ I will surely bless you^(A) and make your descendants^(B) as numerous as the stars in the sky^(C) and as the sand on the seashore.^(D) Your descendants will take possession of the cities of their enemies,^(E)

²² He moved on from there and dug another well, and no one quarreled over it. He named it Rehoboth,^[a](A) saying, “Now the Lord has given us room^(B) and we will flourish^(C) in the land.”

³ May God Almighty^[a](A) bless^(B) you and make you fruitful^(C) and increase your numbers^(D) until you become a community of peoples.

¹¹ And God said to him, “I am God Almighty^[a];^(A) be fruitful and increase in number.^(B) A nation^(C) and a community of nations will come from you, and kings will be among your descendants.^(D)

⁵² The second son he named Ephraim^[a](A) and said, “It is because God has made me fruitful^(B) in the land of my suffering.”

²⁷ Now the Israelites settled in Egypt in the region of Goshen.^(A) They acquired property there^(B) and were fruitful and increased greatly in number.^(C)

⁴ and said to me, ‘I am going to make you fruitful and increase your numbers.^(A) I will make you a community of peoples, and I will give this land^(B) as an everlasting possession to your descendants after you.’^(C)