²³ He increaseth the nations, and destroyeth them: he enlargeth the nations, and straiteneth them again.

¹⁵ Thou hast increased the nation, O Lord, thou hast increased the nation: thou art glorified: thou hadst removed it far unto all the ends of the earth.

³ Thou hast multiplied the nation, and not increased the joy: they joy before thee according to the joy in harvest, and as men rejoice when they divide the spoil.

²² A little one shall become a thousand, and a small one a strong nation: I the Lord will hasten it in his time.

³⁸ He blesseth them also, so that they are multiplied greatly; and suffereth not their cattle to decrease.

⁸ I will hiss for them, and gather them; for I have redeemed them: and they shall increase as they have increased.

²² As the host of heaven cannot be numbered, neither the sand of the sea measured: so will I multiply the seed of David my servant, and the Levites that minister unto me.

¹⁹ And out of them shall proceed thanksgiving and the voice of them that make merry: and I will multiply them, and they shall not be few; I will also glorify them, and they shall not be small.

² Look unto Abraham your father, and unto Sarah that bare you: for I called him alone, and blessed him, and increased him.

⁶ He shall cause them that come of Jacob to take root: Israel shall blossom and bud, and fill the face of the world with fruit.