Exodus 1:7 “but the Israelites were fruitful and increased rapidly; they multiplie…”

Exodus 1:7

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

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

And the children of Israel were fruitful, and increased abundantly, and multiplied, and waxed exceeding mighty; and the land was filled with them.

World English Bible

The children of Israel were fruitful, and increased abundantly, and multiplied, and grew exceedingly mighty; and the land was filled with them.

American Standard Version

And the children of Israel were fruitful, and increased abundantly, and multiplied, and waxed exceeding mighty; and the land was filled with them.

Geneva Bible 1599

And the children of Israel brought foorth fruite and encreased in aboundance, and were multiplied, and were exceeding mightie, so that the land was full of them.

Darby Translation

And the children of Israel were fruitful, and swarmed and multiplied, and became exceeding strong; and the land was full of them.

Young's Literal Translation

and the sons of Israel have been fruitful, and they teem, and multiply, and are very very mighty, and the land is filled with them.

Bible in Basic English

And the children of Israel were fertile, increasing very greatly in numbers and in power; and the land was full of them.

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Cross references

“fruitful”

Genesis 46:3 Genesis 1:28 Deuteronomy 26:5 Genesis 9:1 Genesis 35:11 Genesis 47:27

Genesis 46:3 · BSB

“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.

Genesis 1:28 · BSB

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.”

Deuteronomy 26:5 · BSB

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.

Genesis 9:1 · BSB

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

Genesis 35:11 · BSB

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.

Genesis 47:27 · BSB

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.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

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

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

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