Then God said, “Let the waters swarm with swarms of living creatures! Let flying creatures fly above the land across the expanse of the sky.”
Exodus 1:7 - Tree of Life Version Yet Bnei-Yisrael were fruitful, increased abundantly, multiplied and grew extremely numerous—so the land was filled with them. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And the children of Israel were fruitful, and increased abundantly, and multiplied, and waxed exceeding mighty; and the land was filled with them. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition But the descendants of Israel were fruitful and increased abundantly; they multiplied and grew exceedingly strong, and the land was full of them. American Standard Version (1901) And the children of Israel were fruitful, and increased abundantly, and multiplied, and waxed exceeding mighty; and the land was filled with them. Common English Bible But the Israelites were fertile and became populous. They multiplied and grew dramatically, filling the whole land. Catholic Public Domain Version the sons of Israel increased, and they multiplied like seedlings. And having been strengthened exceedingly, they filled the land. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version The children of Israel increased, and sprung up into multitudes. And growing exceedingly strong they filled the land. |
Then God said, “Let the waters swarm with swarms of living creatures! Let flying creatures fly above the land across the expanse of the sky.”
God blessed them and God said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply, fill the land, and conquer it. Rule over the fish of the sea, the flying creatures of the sky, and over every animal that crawls on the land.”
My heart’s desire is to make you into a great nation, to bless you, to make your name great so that you may be a blessing.
I will make your seed like the dust of the earth so that if one could count the dust of the earth, then your seed could also be counted.
He took him outside and said, “Look up now, at the sky, and count the stars—if you are able to count them.” Then He said to him, “So shall your seed be.”
And I will bless her, and moreover, I will give you a son from her. I will bless her and she will give rise to nations. Kings of the peoples will come from her.”
I will richly bless you and bountifully multiply your seed like the stars of heaven, and like the sand that is on the seashore, and your seed will possess the gate of his enemies.
Then he moved from there and dug another well, and they did not quarrel over it. So he named it Wide Spaces and said, “Because now Adonai has created wide spaces for us and we will be fruitful in the land.”
I will multiply your seed like the stars of the sky and I will give your seed all these lands. And in your seed all the nations of the earth will continually be blessed,
Your seed will be as the dust of the land, and you will burst forth to the west and to the east and to the north and to the south. And in you all the families of the earth will be blessed—and in your seed.
God also said to him: “I am El Shaddai. Be fruitful and multiply. A nation and an assembly of nations will come from you. From your loins will come forth kings.
“I am God, the God of your father,” He said. “Do not be afraid to go down to Egypt, for I will turn you into a great nation there.
Meanwhile, Israel settled in the land of Egypt in the land of Goshen, acquired property in it, and were fruitful and multiplied greatly.
The Angel who redeemed me from all evil, May He bless the boys, and may they be called by my name, and by the name of my fathers, Abraham and Isaac. May they multiply to a multitude in the midst of the land.”
He said to me, ‘I am going to make you fruitful and multiply you and turn you into an assembly of peoples, and I will give this land to your seed after you as an everlasting possession.’
God blessed Noah and his sons, and He said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply and fill the land.
You multiplied their descendants like the stars of heaven, and You brought them into the land that You told their ancestors to enter and inherit.
He made His people very fruitful, and made them more numerous than their foes.
He blesses them, they multiply greatly, and He does not let their herds diminish,
But the more they afflicted them, the more they multiplied and the more they spread. So the Egyptians dreaded the presence of Bnei-Yisrael.
Then Bnei-Yisrael journeyed from Rameses to Succoth, about 600,000 men on foot, as well as children.
Then Pharaoh said, “Look, the people of the land are now so numerous, yet you would have them rest from their labors?”
I made you grow as myriads, like a branch of the field. You grew up, got tall and came to full adornment. Your breasts were formed, your hair sprouted. Yet you were naked and bare.
The God of this people Israel chose our fathers and made the people great during their stay in the land of Egypt, and with an outstretched arm He led them out of there.
Your fathers went down to Egypt with 70 persons, and now Adonai your God has made you like the stars of the heavens in number.
“Then you are to respond before Adonai your God, ‘My father was a wandering Aramean, and he went down to Egypt and lived there as an outsider, few in number. But there he became a great nation—mighty and numerous.