Exodus 1:7

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

But the Israelites were fruitful, increased rapidly, multiplied, and became extremely numerous  so that the land was filled with them.

Cross References

Genesis 46:3

God said, ‘I am God, the God of your father. Do not be afraid to go down to Egypt, for I will make you into a great nation there.

Deuteronomy 26:5

You are to respond by saying in the presence of the Lord your God: My father was a wandering Aramean.  He went down to Egypt with a few people and resided there as a foreigner.  There he became a great, powerful, and populous nation.

Genesis 1:28

God blessed them, and God said to them, ‘Be fruitful, multiply, fill the earth,  and subdue it. Rule the fish of the sea, the birds of the sky, and every creature that crawls on the earth.’

Genesis 47:27

Israel settled in the land of Egypt, in the region of Goshen. They acquired property in it and became fruitful and very numerous.

Genesis 35:11

God also said to him, ‘I am God Almighty.  Be fruitful and multiply.  A nation, indeed an assembly of nations, will come from you,  and kings will descend from you.  ,

Genesis 12:2

I will make you into a great nation, I will bless you, I will make your name great, and you will be a blessing.

Genesis 9:1

God blessed Noah and his sons and said to them, ‘Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth.

Nehemiah 9:23

You multiplied their descendants like the stars of the sky and brought them to the land you told their ancestors to go in and possess.

Deuteronomy 10:22

Your ancestors went down to Egypt, seventy people in all,  and now the Lord your God has made you numerous, like the stars of the sky.

Genesis 48:4

He said to me, “I will make you fruitful and numerous; I will make many nations come from you, and I will give this land as a permanent possession  to your future descendants.”

Genesis 17:16

I will bless her; indeed, I will give you a son by her.  I will bless her, and she will produce nations; kings of peoples will come from her.’

Genesis 28:14

Your offspring will be like the dust of the earth,  and you will spread out towards the west, the east, the north, and the south. All the peoples on earth will be blessed through you and your offspring.

Genesis 22:17

I will indeed bless you  and make your offspring as numerous as the stars of the sky  and the sand on the seashore.  Your offspring will possess the city gates of their  enemies.

Genesis 13:16

I will make your offspring like the dust of the earth,  so that if anyone could count the dust of the earth, then your offspring could be counted.

Genesis 1:20

Then God said, ‘Let the water swarm with  living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth across the expanse of the sky.’

Exodus 12:37

The Israelites travelled from Rameses to Succoth,  about six hundred thousand  able-bodied men on foot, besides their families.

Genesis 48:16

the angel who has redeemed me from all harm   – may he bless these boys. And may they be called by my name and the names of my fathers Abraham and Isaac, and may they grow to be numerous within the land.

Genesis 26:4

I will make your offspring as numerous as the stars of the sky, I will give your offspring all these lands, and all the nations of the earth will be blessed  by your offspring,

Genesis 15:5

He took him outside and said, ‘Look at the sky and count the stars, if you are able to count them.’ Then he said to him, ‘Your offspring will be that numerous.’

Acts 13:17

The God of this people Israel chose our ancestors, made the people prosper during their stay in the land of Egypt, and led them out of it with a mighty  arm.

Genesis 26:22

He moved from there and dug another, and they did not quarrel over it. He named it Rehoboth  and said, ‘For now the Lord has made space for us, and we will be fruitful in the land.’

Exodus 1:12

But the more they oppressed them, the more they multiplied and spread so that the Egyptians came to dread  the Israelites.

Exodus 5:5

Pharaoh also said, ‘Look, the people of the land are so numerous, and you would stop them from their labour.’

Ezekiel 16:7

I made you thrive  like plants of the field.  You grew up and matured and became very beautiful.  Your breasts were formed and your hair grew, but you were stark naked.