He makes nations great, and he destroys them; he enlarges nations, and leads them away.
But you have increased the nation, O Lord, you have increased the nation; you are glorified; you have enlarged all the borders of the land.
You have multiplied the nation; you have increased its joy; they rejoice before you as with joy at the harvest, as they are glad when they divide the spoil.
The least one shall become a clan, and the smallest one a mighty nation; I am the Lord; in its time I will hasten it.
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.
As the host of heaven cannot be numbered and the sands of the sea cannot be measured, so I will multiply the offspring of David my servant, and the Levitical priests who minister to me.”
Out of them shall come songs of thanksgiving, and the voices of those who celebrate. I will multiply them, and they shall not be few; I will make them honored, and they shall not be small.
Look to Abraham your father and to Sarah who bore you; for he was but one when I called him, that I might bless him and multiply him.
In days to come Jacob shall take root, Israel shall blossom and put forth shoots and fill the whole world with fruit.
So God dealt well with the midwives. And the people multiplied and grew very strong.
But the people of Israel were fruitful and increased greatly; they multiplied and grew exceedingly strong, so that the land was filled with them.
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