Genesis 12:2
12:2 Then I will make you into a great nation, and I will bless you,
and I will make your name great,
so that you will exemplify divine blessing.
Genesis 13:15-16
13:15 I will give all the land that you see to you and your descendants
forever.
13:16 And I will make your descendants like the dust of the earth, so that if anyone is able to count the dust of the earth, then your descendants also can be counted.
Genesis 18:18
18:18 After all, Abraham
will surely become
a great and powerful nation, and all the nations on the earth will pronounce blessings on one another
using his name.
Genesis 22:17
22:17 I will indeed bless you,
and I will greatly multiply
your descendants
so that they will be as countless as the stars in the sky or the grains of sand on the seashore. Your descendants will take possession
of the strongholds
of their enemies.
Genesis 28:14
28:14 Your descendants will be like the dust of the earth,
and you will spread out
to the west, east, north, and south. All the families of the earth will pronounce blessings on one another
using your name and that of your descendants.
Genesis 35:11
35:11 Then God said to him, “I am the sovereign God.
Be fruitful and multiply! A nation – even a company of nations – will descend from you; kings will be among your descendants!
Genesis 47:27
47:27 Israel settled in the land of Egypt, in the land of Goshen, and they owned land there. They were fruitful and increased rapidly in number.
Exodus 1:7-10
1:7 The Israelites,
however,
were fruitful, increased greatly, multiplied, and became extremely strong,
so that the land was filled with them.
1:8 Then a new king, who did not know about Joseph, came to power over Egypt.
1:9 He said to his people, “Look at the Israelite people, more numerous and stronger than we are!
1:10 Come, let’s deal wisely with them. Otherwise they will continue to multiply, and if a war breaks out, they will ally themselves with our enemies and fight against us and leave the country.”
Deuteronomy 1:10
1:10 The
Lord your God has increased your population
to the point that you are now as numerous as the very stars of the sky.
Deuteronomy 10:22
10:22 When your ancestors went down to Egypt, they numbered only seventy, but now the
Lord your God has made you as numerous as the stars of the sky.
Deuteronomy 26:5
26:5 Then you must affirm before the
Lord your God, “A wandering
Aramean
was my ancestor,
and he went down to Egypt and lived there as a foreigner with a household few in number,
but there he became a great, powerful, and numerous people.
Acts 7:17
7:17 “But as the time drew near for God to fulfill the promise he had declared to Abraham, the people increased greatly in number in Egypt,