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 

Ulangan 13:17

13:17 You must not take for yourself anything that has been placed under judgment. ⁹  Then the Lord will relent from his intense anger, show you compassion, have mercy on you, and multiply you as he promised your ancestors.

Ulangan 30:5

30:5 Then he ¹⁰  will bring you to the land your ancestors ¹¹  possessed and you also will possess it; he will do better for you and multiply you more than he did your ancestors.

Mazmur 107:38

107:38 He blessed ¹²  them so that they became very numerous.

He would not allow their cattle to decrease in number. ¹³ 

[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.

[13:17]  ⁹ tn Or “anything that has been put under the divine curse”; Heb “anything of the ban” (cf. NASB). See note on the phrase “divine judgment” in Deut 2:34.

[30:5]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “the Lord your God.” See note on the second occurrence of the word “he” in v. 3.

[30:5]  ¹¹ tn Heb “fathers” (also later in this verse and in vv. 9, 20).

[107:38]  ¹² tn “Bless” here carries the nuance “endue with sexual potency, make fertile.” See Gen 1:28, where the statement “he blessed them” directly precedes the command “be fruitful and populate the earth” (see also 1:22). The verb “bless” carries this same nuance in Gen 17:16 (where God’s blessing of Sarai imparts to her the capacity to bear a child); 48:16 (where God’s blessing of Joseph’s sons is closely associated with their having numerous descendants); and Deut 7:13 (where God’s blessing is associated with fertility in general, including numerous descendants). See also Gen 49:25 (where Jacob uses the noun derivative in referring to “blessings of the breast and womb,” an obvious reference to fertility) and Gen 27:27 (where the verb is used of a field to which God has given the capacity to produce vegetation).

[107:38]  ¹³ tn The verbal form in this line appears to be an imperfect, which may be taken as customary (drawing attention to typical action in a past time frame) or as generalizing (in which case one should use the English present tense, understanding a move from narrative to present reality).