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Exodus 1:7

Israel
God's faithfulness

5 The descendants of Jacob numbered seventy in all, including Joseph, who was already in Egypt.

6 Now Joseph and all his brothers and all that generation died,

but the Israelites were fruitful and increased rapidly; they multiplied and became exceedingly numerous, so that the land was filled with them.

8 Then a new king, who did not know Joseph, came to power in Egypt.

9 “Look,” he said to his people, “the Israelites have become too numerous and too powerful for us.

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BSB
but the Israelites were fruitful and increased rapidly; they multiplied and became exceedingly numerous, so that the land was filled with them.
KJV
And the children of Israel were fruitful, and increased abundantly, and multiplied, and waxed exceeding mighty; and the land was filled with them.
WEB
The children of Israel were fruitful, and increased abundantly, and multiplied, and grew exceedingly mighty; and the land was filled with them.
ASV
And the children of Israel were fruitful, and increased abundantly, and multiplied, and waxed exceeding mighty; and the land was filled with them.
DARBY
And the children of Israel were fruitful, and swarmed and multiplied, and became exceeding strong; and the land was full of them.
BLB
And the sons of Israel were fruitful and they swarmed, and they multiplied, and they grew mighty exceedingly, exceedingly, and the land was filled with them.
ÅB
Men Israels barn var fruktbare og tok sterkt til og ble mange og overmåte tallrike, og landet ble fullt av dem.
OTB
Israelittene var fruktbare og økte sterkt; de ble mange og vokste seg meget sterke, og landet ble fylt med dem.
B1930
Men Israels barn var fruktbare og tok sterkt til og blev mange og overmåte tallrike, og landet blev fullt av dem.

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • Genesis 46:3

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

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  • Deuteronomy 26:5

    and you are to declare before the LORD your God, “My father was a wandering Aramean, and he went down to Egypt few in number and lived there and became a great nation, mighty and numerous.

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  • Genesis 1:28

    God blessed them and said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth and subdue it; rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air and every creature that crawls upon the earth.”

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  • Genesis 35:11

    And God told him, “I am God Almighty. Be fruitful and multiply. A nation—even a company of nations—shall come from you, and kings shall descend from you.

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  • Genesis 9:1

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

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  • Genesis 47:27

    Now the Israelites settled in the land of Egypt, in the region of Goshen. They acquired property there and became fruitful and increased greatly in number.

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  • Genesis 12:2

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

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  • Nehemiah 9:23

    You multiplied their descendants like the stars of heaven and brought them to the land You had told their fathers to enter and possess.

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