And he increased his people greatly; and made them stronger than their enemies.
Parallel translations
- WEB He increased his people greatly, and made them stronger than their adversaries.
- BSB And the LORD made His people very fruitful, more numerous than their foes,
- NKJV He increased His people greatly, And made them stronger than their enemies.
- NASB And He made His people very fruitful, And made them stronger than their enemies.
- NLT And the Lord multiplied the people of Israel until they became too mighty for their enemies.
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God multiplied His people greatly, making them stronger than their foes. It matters because He kept His promise to make Abraham's offspring numerous.
Overview
In Egypt Israel grew rapidly from a small clan into a great multitude (Exodus 1:7). This fulfilled the covenant promise of numerous descendants (Genesis 12:2; 15:5). Their increase, even under pressure, displays God's faithfulness to multiply and preserve the people through whom the Savior would come.
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- Acts 7:17But when the time of the promise drew nigh, which God had sworn to Abraham, the people grew and multiplied in Egypt,
- Deut 26:5And thou shalt speak and say before the LORD thy God, A Syrian ready to perish was my father, and he went down into Egypt, and sojourned there with a few, and became there a nation, great, mighty, and populous:
- Heb 11:12Therefore sprang there even of one, and him as good as dead, so many as the stars of the sky in multitude, and as the sand which is by the sea shore innumerable.
- Exod 12:37And the children of Israel journeyed from Rameses to Succoth, about six hundred thousand on foot that were men, beside children.
- Gen 46:3And he said, I am God, the God of thy father: fear not to go down into Egypt; for I will there make of thee a great nation:
- Exod 1:7–9And the children of Israel were fruitful, and increased abundantly, and multiplied, and waxed exceeding mighty; and the land was filled with them.
- Gen 13:16And I will make thy seed as the dust of the earth: so that if a man can number the dust of the earth, then shall thy seed also be numbered.
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