I will make you exceedingly fruitful, and I will make nations of you, and (A)kings will come forth from you.

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(A)I will multiply your [a]descendants as the stars of heaven, and will give your [b]descendants all these lands; and (B)by your [c]descendants all the nations of the earth [d]shall be blessed;

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  1. Genesis 26:4 Lit seed
  2. Genesis 26:4 Lit seed
  3. Genesis 26:4 Lit seed
  4. Genesis 26:4 Or bless themselves

11 God also said to him,

“I am [a](A)God Almighty;
(B)Be fruitful and multiply;
A nation and a (C)company of nations shall [b]come from you,
And (D)kings shall [c]come forth from [d]you.

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  1. Genesis 35:11 Heb El Shaddai
  2. Genesis 35:11 Or come into being
  3. Genesis 35:11 Or come into being
  4. Genesis 35:11 Lit your loins

But the sons of Israel (A)were fruitful and [a]increased greatly, and multiplied, and became exceedingly [b]mighty, so that the land was filled with them.

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  1. Exodus 1:7 Lit swarmed
  2. Exodus 1:7 Or numerous

You shall answer and say before the Lord your God, ‘(A)My father was a [a]wandering Aramean, and he went down to Egypt and [b]sojourned there, (B)few in number; but there he became a (C)great, mighty and populous nation.

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  1. Deuteronomy 26:5 Or perishing
  2. Deuteronomy 26:5 Or lived as an alien

17 “But as the (A)time of the promise was approaching which God had assured to Abraham, (B)the people increased and multiplied in Egypt,

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