- I will:
- "And I will make¹ of thee²° a greatª nation,ª and I will blessª° thee, and make²° thy name² great;ª°¹ and thou shalt be¹ a blessing:ª" {Gen 12:2} + "For¹¹ all¹ the landª which¹ thou¹ seest,ª° to thee will I give¹ it,²° and to thy seedª for² ever.ª¹ ... And I will makeª°¹ thy seedª as the dustª of the earth:ª so thatª if¹ a manª canª° numberª°¹ the dustª of the earth,ª [then] shall thy seedª also¹ be numbered.ª°" {Gen 13:15-16} + "Seeing that Abrahamª shall surely becomeª a greatª and mightyª nation,ª and all¹ the nationsª of the earthª shall be blessedª° in him?" {Gen 18:18} + "That¹ in blessingª° I will blessª° thee, and in multiplyingª° I will multiplyª°¹ thy seedª as the starsª of the heaven,ª and as the sandª which¹ [is] upon¹ the seaª shore;ª and thy seedª shall possessª°¹ the gateª of his enemies;ª°" {Gen 22:17} + "And thy seedª shall be¹ as the dustª of the earth,ª and thou shalt spread abroadª° to the west,ª and to the east,ª and to the north,ª and to the south:ª and in thee and in thy seedª shall all¹ the familiesª of the earthª be blessed.ª°" {Gen 28:14} + "And Godª saidª° unto him, I¹ [am] Godª Almighty:ª be fruitfulª° and multiply;ª° a nationª and a companyª of nationsª shall be¹ of¹ thee, and kingsª shall come²° out¹ of thy loins;ª¹" {Gen 35:11} + "And Israelª dweltª° in the landª of Egypt,ª in the countryª of Goshen;ª and they had possessionsª° therein, and grew,ª° and multipliedª° exceedingly.ª" {Gen 47:27} + "And the childrenª of Israelª were fruitful,ª° and increased abundantly,ª° and multiplied,ª° and waxed exceedingª mighty;ªª° and the landª was filledª° with¹ them. ... Come¹ on,²° let us deal wiselyª° with them; lest¹ they multiply,ª° and it come to pass,¹ that, when¹ there falleth outª° any war,ª theyª joinª° also¹ unto¹ our enemies,ª° and fightª° against us, and [so] get them upª° out of¹ the land.ª" {Exd 1:7-10} + "The LORDª your Godª hath multipliedª° you, and, behold,¹ ye [are] this dayª as the starsª of heavenª for multitude.ª" {Deu 1:10} + "Thy fathersª went downª° into Egyptª with threescore and tenª persons;ª and now¹ the LORDª thy Godª hath madeª° thee as the starsª of heavenª for multitude.ª" {Deu 10:22} + "And thou shalt speakª° and sayª° beforeª the LORDª thy God,ª A Syrianª ready to perishª° [was] my father,ª and he went downª° into Egypt,ª and sojournedª° there¹ with² a few,ª¹ and became¹ there¹ a nation,ª great,ª mighty,ª and populous:ª" {Deu 26:5} + "Butª whenª the¹ timeª of the¹ promiseª drew nigh,ª° whichª Godª had swornª° to Abraham,ª the¹ peopleª grewª° andª multipliedª° inª Egypt,ª" {Act 7:17}
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