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Exodus 1:7 KJV
Exodus · chapter 1 · verse 7
And the children of Israel were fruitful, and increased abundantly, and multiplied, and waxed exceeding mighty; and the land was filled with them.Exodus 1:7 · King James Version
Exodus 1:7 in context
5And all the souls that came out of the loins of Jacob were seventy souls: for Joseph was in Egypt already.
6And Joseph died, and all his brethren, and all that generation.
7And the children of Israel were fruitful, and increased abundantly, and multiplied, and waxed exceeding mighty; and the land was filled with them.
8Now there arose up a new king over Egypt, which knew not Joseph.
9And he said unto his people, Behold, the people of the children of Israel are more and mightier than we:
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Key words (Strong's)
- abundantlyshâratsto wriggleH8317 →
- multipliedrâbâhto increaseH7235 →
- exceedingmᵉʼôdproperly, vehemenceH3966 →
- childrenbêna son , in the widest sense , etc.)H1121 →
- fruitfulpârâhto bear fruitH6509 →
- IsraelYisrâʼêlJisrael, a symbolical name of JacobH3478 →
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In these verses we have, 1. A recital of the names of the twelve patriarchs, as they are called, Act 7:8. Their names are often repeated in scripture, that they may not sound uncouth to us, as other hard names, but that, by their occurring so frequently, they may become familiar to us;
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-7