Thus Israel settled in the land of Egypt, in the land of Goshen. And they gained possessions in it, and were fruitful and multiplied greatly.
Then he said, “I am God, the God of your father. Do not be afraid to go down to Egypt, for there I will make you into a great nation.
But the people of Israel were fruitful and increased greatly; they multiplied and grew exceedingly strong, so that the land was filled with them.
“But as the time of the promise drew near, which God had granted to Abraham, the people increased and multiplied in Egypt
By his blessing they multiply greatly, and he does not let their livestock diminish.
“I will whistle for them and gather them in, for I have redeemed them, and they shall be as many as they were before.
And the Lord made his people very fruitful and made them stronger than their foes.
“And you shall make response before the Lord your God, ‘A wandering Aramean was my father. And he went down into Egypt and sojourned there, few in number, and there he became a nation, great, mighty, and populous.
I will multiply your offspring as the stars of heaven and will give to your offspring all these lands. And in your offspring all the nations of the earth shall be blessed,
You multiplied their children as the stars of heaven, and you brought them into the land that you had told their fathers to enter and possess.
Your fathers went down to Egypt seventy persons, and now the Lord your God has made you as numerous as the stars of heaven.
But the more they were oppressed, the more they multiplied and the more they spread abroad. And the Egyptians were in dread of the people of Israel.
Your offspring shall be like 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 your offspring shall all the families of the earth be blessed.
I will make you exceedingly fruitful, and I will make you into nations, and kings shall come from you.
I will make your offspring as the dust of the earth, so that if one can count the dust of the earth, your offspring also can be counted.
But the dove found no place to set her foot, and she returned to him to the ark, for the waters were still on the face of the whole earth. So he put out his hand and took her and brought her into the ark with him.
and sent forth a raven. It went to and fro until the waters were dried up from the earth.
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