The waters completely overwhelmed the earth, and the ark floated on the surface of the waters.

May the sovereign God bless you! May he make you fruitful and give you a multitude of descendants! Then you will become a large nation.

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.

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

But the more the Egyptians oppressed them, the more they multiplied and spread. As a result the Egyptians loathed the Israelites,

But I will harden Pharaoh’s heart, and although I will multiply my signs and my wonders in the land of Egypt,

When they measured with an omer, the one who gathered much had nothing left over, and the one who gathered little lacked nothing; each one had gathered what he could eat.

I will turn to you, make you fruitful, multiply you, and maintain my covenant with you.

To a larger group you will give a larger inheritance, and to a smaller group you will give a smaller inheritance. To each one its inheritance must be given according to the number of people in it.

The Lord your God has increased your population to the point that you are now as numerous as the very stars of the sky.

Then he will bring you to the land your ancestors possessed and you also will possess it; he will do better for you and multiply you more than he did your ancestors.

The Israelites and the men hiding in ambush had arranged a signal. When the men hiding in ambush sent up a smoke signal from the city,

As she continued praying to the Lord, Eli was watching her mouth.

From Tebah and Berothai, Hadadezer’s cities, King David took a great deal of bronze.

Solomon was wiser than all the men of the east and all the sages of Egypt.

In each city there were shields and spears; he strongly fortified them. Judah and Benjamin belonged to him.

He did not humble himself before the Lord as his father Manasseh had done. Amon was guilty of great sin.

You multiplied their descendants like the stars of the sky. You brought them to the land you had told their ancestors to enter in order to possess.

You bring new witnesses against me, and increase your anger against me; relief troops come against me.

If his children increase – it is for the sword! His offspring never have enough to eat.