Kejadian 17:6

17:6 I will make you ¹  extremely ²  fruitful. I will make nations of you, and kings will descend from you. ³ 

Keluaran 1:7

1:7 The Israelites, ⁴  however, ⁵  were fruitful, increased greatly, multiplied, and became extremely strong, ⁶  so that the land was filled with them.

Ulangan 1:10

1:10 The Lord your God has increased your population ⁷  to the point that you are now as numerous as the very stars of the sky. ⁸ 

[17:6]  ¹ tn This verb starts a series of perfect verbal forms with vav (ו) consecutive to express God’s intentions.

[17:6]  ² tn Heb “exceedingly, exceedingly.” The repetition is emphatic.

[17:6]  ³ tn Heb “and I will make you into nations, and kings will come out from you.”

[1:7]  ⁴ tn Heb “the sons of Israel.”

[1:7]  ⁵ tn The disjunctive vav marks a contrast with the note about the deaths of the first generation.

[1:7]  ⁶ tn Using מְאֹד (mÿ’od) twice intensifies the idea of their becoming strong (see GKC 431-32 §133.k).

[1:7]  sn The text is clearly going out of its way to say that the people of Israel flourished in Egypt. The verbs פָּרָה (parah, “be fruitful”), שָׁרַץ (sharats, “swarm, teem”), רָבָה (ravah, “multiply”), and עָצַם (’atsam, “be strong, mighty”) form a literary link to the creation account in Genesis. The text describes Israel’s prosperity in the terms of God’s original command to be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth, to show that their prosperity was by divine blessing and in compliance with the will of God. The commission for the creation to fill the earth and subdue it would now begin to materialize through the seed of Abraham.

[1:10]  ⁷ tn Heb “multiplied you.”

[1:10]  ⁸ tn Or “heavens.” The Hebrew term שָׁמַיִם (shamayim) may be translated “heaven(s)” or “sky” depending on the context.