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Exodus 1:7

NETBible	The Israelites,¹ however,² were fruitful, increased greatly, multiplied, and became extremely strong,³ so that the land was filled with them.
NIV © biblegateway Exo 1:7	but the Israelites were fruitful and multiplied greatly and became exceedingly numerous, so that the land was filled with them.
NASB © biblegateway Exo 1:7	But the sons of Israel were fruitful and increased greatly, and multiplied, and became exceedingly mighty, so that the land was filled with them.
NLT © biblegateway Exo 1:7	But their descendants had many children and grandchildren. In fact, they multiplied so quickly that they soon filled the land.
MSG © biblegateway Exo 1:7	But the children of Israel kept on reproducing. They were very prolific--a population explosion in their own right--and the land was filled with them.
BBE © SABDAweb Exo 1:7	And the children of Israel were fertile, increasing very greatly in numbers and in power; and the land was full of them.
NRSV © bibleoremus Exo 1:7	But the Israelites were fruitful and prolific; they multiplied and grew exceedingly strong, so that the land was filled with them.
NKJV © biblegateway Exo 1:7	But the children of Israel were fruitful and increased abundantly, multiplied and grew exceedingly mighty; and the land was filled with them.
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KJV	And the children <01121> of Israel <03478> were fruitful <06509> (8804)_, and increased abundantly <08317> (8799)_, and multiplied <07235> (8799)_, and waxed exceeding <03966> <03966> mighty <06105> (8799)_; and the land <0776> was filled <04390> (8735) with them.
NASB © biblegateway Exo 1:7	But the sons <01121> of Israel <03478> were fruitful <06509> and increased <08317> greatly <08317> , and multiplied <07235> , and became <06105> exceedingly <03966> mighty <06105> , so that the land <0776> was filled <04390> with them.
LXXM	oi <3588> T-NPM de <1161> PRT uioi <5207> N-NPM israhl <2474> N-PRI huxhyhsan <837> V-API-3P kai <2532> CONJ eplhyunyhsan <4129> V-API-3P kai <2532> CONJ cudaioi {A-NPM} egenonto <1096> V-AMI-3P kai <2532> CONJ katiscuon <2729> V-IAI-3P sfodra <4970> ADV sfodra <4970> ADV eplhyunen <4129> V-AAI-3S de <1161> PRT h <3588> T-NSF gh <1065> N-NSF autouv <846> D-APM
NET [draft] ITL	The Israelites <03478> <01121> , however, were fruitful <06509> , increased greatly <08317> , multiplied <07235> , and became <06105> extremely <03966> <03966> strong <06105> , so that the land <0776> was filled <04390> with <0854> them.
HEBREW	P Mta <0854> Urah <0776> almtw <04390> dam <03966> damb <03966> wmueyw <06105> wbryw <07235> wursyw <08317> wrp <06509> larvy <03478> ynbw (1:7) <01121>

NETBible

The Israelites,¹ however,² were fruitful, increased greatly, multiplied, and became extremely strong,³ so that the land was filled with them.

NET Notes

¹tn Heb “the sons of Israel.”

²tn The disjunctive vav marks a contrast with the note about the deaths of the first generation.

³tn Using מְאֹד (mÿ’od) twice intensifies the idea of their becoming strong (see GKC 431-32 §133.k).

³sn The text is clearly going out of its way to say that the people of Israel flourished in Egypt. The verbs פָּרָה (parah, “be fruitful”), שָׁרַץ (sharats, “swarm, teem”), רָבָה (ravah, “multiply”), and עָצַם (’atsam, “be strong, mighty”) form a literary link to the creation account in Genesis. The text describes Israel’s prosperity in the terms of God’s original command to be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth, to show that their prosperity was by divine blessing and in compliance with the will of God. The commission for the creation to fill the earth and subdue it would now begin to materialize through the seed of Abraham.