God blessed those people.\par Their families grew.\par They had many, many animals.\par
Job 12:23 - Easy To Read Version God makes nations big and powerful,\par and then he destroys them.\par He makes nations grow large,\par then he scatters their people.\par Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 He increaseth the nations, and destroyeth them: He enlargeth the nations, and straiteneth them again. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition He makes nations great, and He destroys them; He enlarges nations [and then straitens and shrinks them again], and leads them [away captive]. American Standard Version (1901) He increaseth the nations, and he destroyeth them: He enlargeth the nations, and he leadeth them captive. Common English Bible makes nations prominent and destroys them, expands nations and leads them astray; Catholic Public Domain Version He multiplies peoples, and destroys them, and, having been overthrown, he restores them anew. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version He multiplieth nations, and destroyeth them, and restoreth them again after they were overthrown. |
God blessed those people.\par Their families grew.\par They had many, many animals.\par
Because of disaster and troubles,\par their families were small and weak.\par
But the people of Israel had many children, and their number grew and grew. The people of Israel became strong, and the country of Egypt was filled with the Israelites.
You have helped the nation you love.\par You stopped other people\par from defeating that nation. {\cf2\super [244]} \par
People will come \{to me\}.\par Those people will help Jacob \{to be strong\}\par like a plant with good roots.\par Those people will cause Israel to grow\par like a plant beginning to bloom.\par Then the land will be filled\par with \{the children of Israel\}\par like fruit from plants.”\par
Abraham is your father, and you should look at him. You should look at Sarah—the woman that gave birth to you. Abraham was alone when I called him. Then I blessed him, and he began a great family. Many, many people came from him.”
The smallest family will become\par a large family group.\par The smallest family will become\par a powerful nation.\par When the time is right,\par I, the Lord, will come quickly.\par I will make these things happen.”\par
God, you will cause the nation to grow. You will make the people happy. And the people will show their happiness to you. It will be like the joy during harvest time. It will be like the joy when people take their share of things they have won in war.
People in those places\par will sing songs of praise.\par And there will be the sound of laughter.\par I will give them many children.\par Israel and Judah will not be small.\par I will bring honor to them.\par No person will look down on them.\par
But I will give many descendants to my servant David and to the family group of Levi. They will be as many as the stars in the sky—no person can count all those stars. And they will be as many as the pieces of sand on the seashore—no person can count those pieces of sand.”
“I will whistle for them and call them all together. I really will save them. There will be many, many people.
God began by making one man (Adam). From him God made all the different people. God made them to live everywhere in the world. God decided exactly when and where they must live.