He moved on from there and dug another well, and no one quarreled over it. He named it Rehoboth, saying, “Now the Lord has given us room and we will flourish in the land.”
I will make you very fruitful; I will make nations of you, and kings will come from you.
Then they dug another well, but they quarreled over that one also; so he named it Sitnah.
May God Almighty bless you and make you fruitful and increase your numbers until you become a community of peoples.
The second son he named Ephraim and said, “It is because God has made me fruitful in the land of my suffering.”
When hard pressed, I cried to the Lord; he brought me into a spacious place.
I run in the path of your commands, for you have broadened my understanding.
He brought me out into a spacious place; he rescued me because he delighted in me.
Answer me when I call to you, my righteous God. Give me relief from my distress; have mercy on me and hear my prayer.
but the Israelites were exceedingly fruitful; they multiplied greatly, increased in numbers and became so numerous that the land was filled with them.
“Enlarge the place of your tent, stretch your tent curtains wide, do not hold back; lengthen your cords, strengthen your stakes.
For you will spread out to the right and to the left; your descendants will dispossess nations and settle in their desolate cities.