Exodus 1:7

KJV1611 – Modern English

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

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  • Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

    But the Israelites were fruitful, multiplied greatly, increased in number, and became exceedingly strong, so that the land was filled with them.

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

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

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    And the children{H1121} of Israel{H3478} were fruitful,{H6509} and increased abundantly,{H8317} and multiplied,{H7235} and waxed exceeding{H3966} mighty;{H6105} and the land{H776} was filled{H4390} with them.

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    And the children{H1121} of Israel{H3478} were fruitful{H6509}{(H8804)}, and increased abundantly{H8317}{(H8799)}, and multiplied{H7235}{(H8799)}, and waxed exceeding{H3966}{H3966} mighty{H6105}{(H8799)}; and the land{H776} was filled{H4390}{(H8735)} with them.

  • Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

    the children of Israel grewe, encreased, multiplied and waxed enceadinge myghtie: so that the londe was full of them.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    the children of Israel grewe, and increased, and multiplied, and became exceadinge mightie, so yt the lande was full of them.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    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.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    And the children of Israel were fruitfull, encreased, multiplied, & waxed exceedyng myghtie, and the lande was full of them.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

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

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

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

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

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

  • World English Bible (2000)

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

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    The Israelites, however, were fruitful, increased greatly, multiplied, and became extremely strong, so that the land was filled with them.

Referenced Verses

  • Gen 46:3 : 3 And He said, I am God, the God of your father; do not fear to go down into Egypt, for I will make of you a great nation there.
  • Gen 47:27 : 27 And Israel dwelt in the land of Egypt, in the country of Goshen; and they had possessions there, and grew, and multiplied exceedingly.
  • Gen 35:11 : 11 And God said to him, I am God Almighty: be fruitful and multiply; a nation and a company of nations shall be from you, and kings shall come from your body;
  • Gen 12:2 : 2 And I will make of you a great nation, and I will bless you, and make your name great; and you shall be a blessing:
  • Deut 26:5 : 5 And you shall speak and say before the LORD your God, A Syrian ready to perish was my father, and he went down into Egypt, and sojourned there with a few, and became there a nation, great, mighty, and populous:
  • Neh 9:23 : 23 You also multiplied their children as the stars of heaven, and brought them into the land which You had promised to their forefathers they would enter and possess.
  • Deut 10:22 : 22 Your fathers went down into Egypt with seventy persons; and now the LORD your God has made you as the stars of heaven for multitude.
  • Gen 1:28 : 28 And God blessed them, and God said to them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the earth, and subdue it; and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the birds of the air, and over every living thing that moves upon the earth.
  • Gen 9:1 : 1 And God blessed Noah and his sons, and said to them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the earth.
  • Gen 28:3-4 : 3 And God Almighty bless you, and make you fruitful, and multiply you, that you may be a multitude of people; 4 And give you the blessing of Abraham, to you and to your descendants with you; that you may inherit the land where you are a stranger, which God gave to Abraham.
  • Gen 48:4 : 4 And said to me, Behold, I will make you fruitful, and multiply you, and I will make of you a multitude of people; and will give this land to your descendants after you for an everlasting possession.
  • Gen 28:14 : 14 And your descendants shall be as the dust of the earth, and you shall spread abroad to the west, and to the east, and to the north, and to the south: and in you and in your descendants shall all the families of the earth be blessed.
  • Gen 1:20 : 20 And God said, Let the waters bring forth abundantly the moving creature that has life, and birds that may fly above the earth in the open sky of heaven.
  • Gen 13:16 : 16 And I will make your descendants as the dust of the earth: so that if a man can number the dust of the earth, then your descendants also shall be numbered.
  • Gen 17:4-6 : 4 As for me, behold, my covenant is with you, and you shall be a father of many nations. 5 Neither shall your name any more be called Abram, but your name shall be Abraham; for a father of many nations have I made you. 6 And I will make you exceedingly fruitful, and I will make nations of you, and kings shall come from you.
  • Gen 17:16 : 16 And I will bless her and give you a son also by her; yes, I will bless her, and she shall be a mother of nations; kings of people shall come from her.
  • Gen 22:17 : 17 That in blessing I will bless you, and in multiplying I will multiply your descendants as the stars of the heavens, and as the sand which is upon the seashore; and your descendants shall possess the gate of their enemies;
  • Ps 105:24 : 24 And he increased his people greatly; and made them stronger than their enemies.
  • Acts 7:17-18 : 17 But when the time of the promise drew near, which God had sworn to Abraham, the people grew and multiplied in Egypt, 18 Until another king arose who did not know Joseph.
  • Gen 26:4 : 4 And I will make your descendants multiply as the stars of heaven, and will give to your descendants all these countries; and in your seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed;
  • Gen 15:5 : 5 And he brought him outside, and said, Look now toward heaven, and count the stars, if you are able to number them: and he said to him, So shall your offspring be.
  • Gen 48:16 : 16 The Angel who redeemed me from all evil, bless the lads; and let my name be named on them, and the name of my fathers Abraham and Isaac; and let them grow into a multitude in the midst of the earth.
  • Exod 12:37 : 37 And the children of Israel journeyed from Rameses to Succoth, about six hundred thousand on foot that were men, besides children.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 27 And Israel dwelt in the land of Egypt, in the country of Goshen; and they had possessions there, and grew, and multiplied exceedingly.

  • Exod 1:8-13
    6 verses
    80%

    8 Now there arose a new king over Egypt, who did not know Joseph.

    9 And he said to his people, Behold, the people of the children of Israel are more and mightier than we:

    10 Come, let us deal wisely with them; lest they multiply, and it happen, that when any war breaks out, they join also with our enemies, and fight against us, and so go up out of the land.

    11 Therefore they set over them taskmasters to afflict them with their burdens. And they built for Pharaoh treasure cities, Pithom and Raamses.

    12 But the more they afflicted them, the more they multiplied and grew. And they were grieved because of the children of Israel.

    13 And the Egyptians made the children of Israel serve with rigor:

  • Acts 7:17-18
    2 verses
    77%

    17 But when the time of the promise drew near, which God had sworn to Abraham, the people grew and multiplied in Egypt,

    18 Until another king arose who did not know Joseph.

  • 24 And he increased his people greatly; and made them stronger than their enemies.

  • Exod 1:19-20
    2 verses
    75%

    19 And the midwives said to Pharaoh, Because the Hebrew women are not like the Egyptian women; for they are lively, and give birth before the midwives come to them.

    20 Therefore God dealt well with the midwives: and the people multiplied, and became very mighty.

  • Neh 9:23-25
    3 verses
    74%

    23 You also multiplied their children as the stars of heaven, and brought them into the land which You had promised to their forefathers they would enter and possess.

    24 So the children entered and possessed the land; You subdued before them the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites, and gave them into their hands, with their kings and the people of the land, so that they might do with them as they wished.

    25 And they captured fortified cities and a fertile land, and took possession of houses full of all goods, wells already dug, vineyards, olive groves, and fruit trees in abundance. So they ate and were filled and became fat, and delighted themselves in Your great goodness.

  • 1 Now these are the names of the children of Israel, who came into Egypt; every man and his household came with Jacob.

  • Exod 1:5-6
    2 verses
    73%

    5 And all the people that came out of the loins of Jacob were seventy souls: for Joseph was already in Egypt.

    6 And Joseph died, and all his brothers, and all that generation.

  • 37 And the children of Israel journeyed from Rameses to Succoth, about six hundred thousand on foot that were men, besides children.

  • Deut 1:10-11
    2 verses
    73%

    10 The LORD your God has multiplied you, and, behold, you are today as the stars of heaven in multitude.

    11 (The LORD God of your fathers make you a thousand times more numerous than you are, and bless you, as He has promised you!)

  • 7 And as for you, be fruitful and multiply; bring forth abundantly on the earth and multiply in it.

  • 13 And he will love you, and bless you, and multiply you: he will also bless the fruit of your womb, and the fruit of your land, your grain, and your wine, and your oil, the increase of your cattle, and the flocks of your sheep, in the land which he swore to your fathers to give you.

  • 34 Abraham begot Isaac. The sons of Isaac: Esau and Israel.

  • 22 And God blessed them, saying, Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let birds multiply on the earth.

  • 23 Now it happened, in the process of time, that the king of Egypt died. The children of Israel groaned because of the bondage, and they cried out; and their cry came up to God because of the bondage.

  • 28 And God blessed them, and God said to them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the earth, and subdue it; and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the birds of the air, and over every living thing that moves upon the earth.

  • 11 And God said to him, I am God Almighty: be fruitful and multiply; a nation and a company of nations shall be from you, and kings shall come from your body;

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

  • 7 His sons, and his sons' sons with him, his daughters, and his sons' daughters, and all his descendants he brought with him into Egypt.

  • 3 And God Almighty bless you, and make you fruitful, and multiply you, that you may be a multitude of people;

  • 3 And so it was, when Israel had sown, that the Midianites came up, and the Amalekites, and the children of the east, even they came up against them;

  • 13 And when your herds and your flocks multiply, and your silver and your gold is multiplied, and all that you have is multiplied;

  • 11 Now there came a famine over all the land of Egypt and Canaan, and great affliction; and our fathers found no sustenance.

  • 29 Seven years of great abundance will come throughout all the land of Egypt.

  • 4 And said to me, Behold, I will make you fruitful, and multiply you, and I will make of you a multitude of people; and will give this land to your descendants after you for an everlasting possession.

  • 6 And God spoke in this way, that his descendants would dwell in a strange land, and that they would bring them into bondage, and treat them poorly for four hundred years.

  • 13 And the man became great, and went forward, and grew until he became very great:

  • 11 And the LORD shall make you plentiful in goods, in the fruit of your body, and in the fruit of your cattle, and in the fruit of your ground, in the land which the LORD swore unto your fathers to give you.

  • 21 That your days may be multiplied, and the days of your children, in the land which the LORD swore to your fathers to give them, as the days of heaven upon the earth.