the Week of Proper 12 / Ordinary 17
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Exodus 1:7
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The children of Yisra'el were fruitful, and increased abundantly, and multiplied, and grew exceedingly mighty; and the land was filled with them.
And the children of Israel were fruitful, and increased abundantly, and multiplied, and waxed exceeding mighty; and the land was filled with them.
And the Israelites were fruitful and multiplied and were many and were very, very numerous, and the land was filled with them.
But the people of Israel had many children, and their number grew greatly. They became very strong, and the country of Egypt was filled with them.
The Israelites, however, were fruitful, increased greatly, multiplied, and became extremely strong, so that the land was filled with them.
but the Israelites were prolific and increased greatly; they multiplied and became extremely strong, so that the land was filled with them.
But the sons of Israel were fruitful and increased greatly, and multiplied, and became exceedingly mighty, so that the land was filled with them.
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.
But the sons of Israel were fruitful and increased and multiplied and became exceedingly mighty, so that the land was filled with them.
the people of Israel became so numerous that the whole region of Goshen was full of them.
The descendants of Isra'el were fruitful, increased abundantly, multiplied and grew very powerful; the land became filled with them.
And the children of Israel were fruitful, and swarmed and multiplied, and became exceeding strong; and the land was full of them.
But the Israelites had many children, and their number grew until the country of Egypt was filled with them.
But the people of Israel were fruitful and increased greatly; they multiplied and grew exceedingly strong, so that the land was filled with them.
And the children of Israel were fruitful and increased abundantly, and multiplied and grew exceedingly strong; and the land was filled with them.
but their descendants, the Israelites, had many children and became so numerous and strong that Egypt was filled with them.
But the Israelites were fruitful, increased rapidly, multiplied, and became extremely numerous so that the land was filled with them.
And the sons of Israel were fruitful and increased very much, and multiplied, and became very strong; and the land was filled with them.
the children of Israel grewe, and increased, and multiplied, and became exceadinge mightie, so yt the lande was full of them.
And the children of Israel were fruitful, and increased abundantly, and multiplied, and waxed exceeding mighty; and the land was filled with them.
And the children of Israel were fertile, increasing very greatly in numbers and in power; and the land was full of them.
And the children of Israel were fruitfull, encreased, multiplied, & waxed exceedyng myghtie, and the lande was full of them.
And the children of Israel were fruitful, and increased abundantly, and multiplied, and waxed exceeding mighty; and the land was filled with them.
And the children of Israel were fruitfull, and increased aboundantly, and multiplied, and waxed exceeding mighty, and the land was filled with them.
And the children of Israel increased and multiplied, and became numerous and grew exceedingly strong, and the land multiplied them.
And the children of Israel were fruitful, and increased abundantly, and multiplied, and waxed exceeding mighty; and the land was filled with them.
but the Israelites were fruitful and increased abundantly; they multiplied and became exceedingly strong, so that the land was filled with them.
the sones of Israel encreessiden, and weren multiplied as buriounnyng, and thei weren maad strong greetli, and filliden the lond.
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.
And the sons of Israel were fruitful, and increased abundantly, and multiplied, and waxed exceeding mighty; and the land was filled with them.
And the children of Israel were fruitful, and increased abundantly, and multiplied, and became exceeding mighty; and the land was filled with them.
The children of Israel were fruitful, and increased abundantly, and multiplied, and grew exceedingly mighty; and the land was filled with them.
But the children of Israel were fruitful and increased abundantly, multiplied and grew exceedingly mighty; and the land was filled with them.
But their descendants, the Israelites, had many children and grandchildren. In fact, they multiplied so greatly that they became extremely powerful and filled the land.
But the sons of Israel had many children, and the people became many in number. There were so many that the land was filled with them.
But the Israelites were fruitful and prolific; they multiplied and grew exceedingly strong, so that the land was filled with them.
But the sons of Israel, were fruitful and swarmed and multiplied and waxed mighty, with exceeding vigour, - so that the land was filled with them.
The children of Israel increased, and sprung up into multitudes, and growing exceedingly strong they filled the land.
But the descendants of Israel were fruitful and increased greatly; they multiplied and grew exceedingly strong; so that the land was filled with them.
But the sons of Israel were fruitful and increased greatly, and multiplied, and became exceedingly mighty, so that the land was filled with them.
Contextual Overview
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from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
fruitful: Exodus 12:37, Genesis 1:20, Genesis 1:28, Genesis 9:1, Genesis 12:2, Genesis 13:16, Genesis 15:5, Genesis 17:4-6, Genesis 17:16, Genesis 22:17, Genesis 26:4, Genesis 28:3, Genesis 28:4, Genesis 28:14, Genesis 35:11, Genesis 46:3, Genesis 47:27, Genesis 48:4, Genesis 48:16, Deuteronomy 10:22, Deuteronomy 26:5, Nehemiah 9:23, Psalms 105:24, Acts 7:17, Acts 7:18
Reciprocal: Genesis 1:21 - brought Genesis 26:22 - be fruitful Exodus 1:20 - the people Exodus 5:5 - General Leviticus 26:9 - make you Numbers 22:5 - they cover Deuteronomy 6:3 - that ye may Job 12:23 - increaseth Psalms 107:38 - He blesseth Ecclesiastes 1:4 - One generation Ezekiel 16:7 - caused Zechariah 10:8 - and they Acts 13:17 - and exalted Hebrews 6:15 - General
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God spoke: "Separate! Water-beneath-Heaven, gather into one place; Land, appear!" And there it was. God named the land Earth. He named the pooled water Ocean. God saw that it was good.
God spoke: "Earth, green up! Grow all varieties of seed-bearing plants, Every sort of fruit-bearing tree." And there it was. Earth produced green seed-bearing plants, all varieties, And fruit-bearing trees of all sorts. God saw that it was good. It was evening, it was morning— Day Three.
God spoke: "Earth, generate life! Every sort and kind: cattle and reptiles and wild animals—all kinds." And there it was: wild animals of every kind, Cattle of all kinds, every sort of reptile and bug. God saw that it was good.
Then God said, "I've given you every sort of seed-bearing plant on Earth And every kind of fruit-bearing tree, given them to you for food. To all animals and all birds, everything that moves and breathes, I give whatever grows out of the ground for food." And there it was.
When the clouds are full of water, it rains. When the wind blows down a tree, it lies where it falls. Don't sit there watching the wind. Do your own work. Don't stare at the clouds. Get on with your life.
The men rubbed their eyes, astonished. "What's going on here? Wind and sea come to heel at his command!"
Gill's Notes on the Bible
And the children of Israel were fruitful,.... In their offspring; became like fruitful trees, as the word signifies:
and increased abundantly; like creeping things, or rather like fishes, which increase very much, see Genesis 1:20
and multiplied; became very numerous, whereby the promises made to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, were fulfilled:
and waxed exceeding mighty; were hale, and strong, of good constitutions, able bodied men, and so more dreaded by the Egyptians: a heap of words is here used to express the vast increase of the people of Israel in Egypt:
and the land was filled with them; not the whole land of Egypt, but the land of Goshen: at first they were seated in a village in that country, but now they were spread throughout the towns and cities in it.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
In no province does the population increase so rapidly as in that which was occupied by the Israelites. See the note at Genesis 47:6. At present it has more flocks and herds than any province in Egypt, and more fishermen, though many villages are deserted. Until the accession of the new king, the relations between the Egyptians and the Israelites were undoubtedly friendly. The expressions used in this verse imply the lapse of a considerable period after the death of Joseph.
The land was filled with them - i. e. the district allotted to them Genesis 45:10.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Exodus 1:7. The children of Israel were fruitful — פרו paru, a general term, signifying that they were like healthy trees, bringing forth an abundance of fruit.
And increased — ישרץ yishretsu, they increased like fishes, as the original word implies. See Genesis 1:20, and the note there. Genesis 1:20.
Abundantly — ירבו yirbu, they multiplied; this is a separate term, and should not have been used as an adverb by our translators.
And waxed exceeding mighty — ויעצמו במאד מאד vaiyaatsmu bimod meod, and they became strong beyond measure - superlatively, superlatively-so that the land (Goshen) was filled with them. This astonishing increase was, under the providence of God, chiefly owing to two causes:
1. The Hebrew women were exceedingly fruitful, suffered very little in parturition, and probably often brought forth twins.
2. There appear to have been no premature deaths among them. Thus in about two hundred and fifteen years they were multiplied to upwards of 600,000, independently of old men, women, and children.