"I will makeyou exceedinglyfruitful,and I will makenationsof you, and kingswill comeforthfrom you.
"I will makeyour descendantsas the dustof the earth,sothat ifanyonecannumberthe dustof the earth,then your descendantscan alsobe numbered.
"I will blessher, and indeedI will giveyou a sonby her. Then I will blessher, and she shall be [a mother of] nations;kingsof peopleswill comefrom her."
"As for Ishmael,I have heardyou; behold,I will blesshim, and will makehim fruitfuland will multiplyhim exceedingly.He shall becomethe fatherof twelveprinces,and I will makehim a greatnation.
"As for Me, behold,My covenantis with you, And you will be the fatherof a multitudeof nations.
He movedawayfrom thereand duganotherwell,and they did not quarreloverit; so he namedit Rehoboth,for he said,"At lastthe LORDhas maderoomfor us, and we will be fruitfulin the land."
"May GodAlmightyblessyou and makeyou fruitfuland multiplyyou, that you may becomea companyof peoples.
Godalso saidto him, "I am GodAlmighty;Be fruitfuland multiply;A nationand a companyof nationsshall comefrom you, And kingsshall comeforthfrom you.
He namedthe secondEphraim,"For," [he said], "Godhas mademe fruitfulin the landof my affliction."
Now Israellivedin the landof Egypt,in Goshen,and they acquiredpropertyin it and were fruitfuland becameverynumerous.
Then Jacobsaidto Joseph,"GodAlmightyappearedto me at Luzin the landof Canaanand blessedme,
and He saidto me, 'Behold,I will makeyou fruitfuland numerous,and I will makeyou a companyof peoples,and will givethislandto your descendantsafteryou for an everlastingpossession.'
that mightykingshave ruledoverJerusalem,governingall[the provinces] beyondthe River,and that tribute,customand tollwere paidto them.
So I will turntowardyou and make you fruitfuland multiplyyou, and I will confirmMy covenantwith you.
