Genesis 47:27
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27 Meanwhile, the people of Israel settled in the region of Goshen in Egypt. There they acquired property, and they were fruitful, and their population grew rapidly.
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Genesis 46:3
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3 “I am God,[a] the God of your father,” the voice said. “Do not be afraid to go down to Egypt, for there I will make your family into a great nation.
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- 46:3 Hebrew I am El.
Exodus 1:7
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7 But their descendants, the Israelites, had many children and grandchildren. In fact, they multiplied so greatly that they became extremely powerful and filled the land.
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Acts 7:17
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17 “As the time drew near when God would fulfill his promise to Abraham, the number of our people in Egypt greatly increased.
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Psalm 107:38
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38 How he blesses them!
They raise large families there,
and their herds of livestock increase.
Zechariah 10:8
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8 When I whistle to them, they will come running,
for I have redeemed them.
From the few who are left,
they will grow as numerous as they were before.
Psalm 105:24
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24 And the Lord multiplied the people of Israel
until they became too mighty for their enemies.
Deuteronomy 26:5
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5 “You must then say in the presence of the Lord your God, ‘My ancestor Jacob was a wandering Aramean who went to live as a foreigner in Egypt. His family arrived few in number, but in Egypt they became a large and mighty nation.
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Genesis 26:4
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4 I will cause your descendants to become as numerous as the stars of the sky, and I will give them all these lands. And through your descendants all the nations of the earth will be blessed.
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Nehemiah 9:23
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23 You made their descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky and brought them into the land you had promised to their ancestors.
Deuteronomy 10:22
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22 When your ancestors went down into Egypt, there were only seventy of them. But now the Lord your God has made you as numerous as the stars in the sky!
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Exodus 1:12
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12 But the more the Egyptians oppressed them, the more the Israelites multiplied and spread, and the more alarmed the Egyptians became.
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Genesis 28:14
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14 Your descendants will be as numerous as the dust of the earth! They will spread out in all directions—to the west and the east, to the north and the south. And all the families of the earth will be blessed through you and your descendants.
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Genesis 17:6
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6 I will make you extremely fruitful. Your descendants will become many nations, and kings will be among them!
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Genesis 13:16
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16 And I will give you so many descendants that, like the dust of the earth, they cannot be counted!
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Genesis 8:9
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9 But the dove could find no place to land because the water still covered the ground. So it returned to the boat, and Noah held out his hand and drew the dove back inside.
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Genesis 8:7
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7 and released a raven. The bird flew back and forth until the floodwaters on the earth had dried up.
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