Exodus 1:1-7

The Children of Israel Settle and Grow

Exodus 1:1-7

The Children of Israel Settle and Grow

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Now these are the names of the children of Israel, which came into Egypt (euery man and his housholde came thither with Iaakob)
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Reuben, Simeon, Leui, and Iudah,
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Issachar, Zebulun, and Beniamin,
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Dan, and Naphtali, Gad, and Asher.
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So al the soules, that came out of the loines of Iaakob, were seuentie soules: Ioseph was in Egypt already.
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Nowe Ioseph died and all his brethren, and that whole generation.
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And the children of Israel brought foorth fruite and encreased in aboundance, and were multiplied, and were exceeding mightie, so that the land was full of them.
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Where else Scripture says this.

  • Genesis 46:3

    Then hee sayde, I am God, the God of thy father, feare not to goe downe into Egypt: for I will there make of thee a great nation.
    from verse 7

  • Deuteronomy 10:22

    Thy fathers went downe into Egypt with seuentie persons, and now the Lord thy God hath made thee, as ye starres of ye heauen in multitude.
    from verse 5

  • 1 Chronicles 2:1

    These are the sonnes of Israel, Reuben, Simeon, Leui and Iudah, Isshachar, and Zebulun,
    from verse 1

  • 1 Chronicles 2:2

    Dan, Ioseph, and Beniamin, Naphtali, Gad, and Asher.
    from verse 1

  • Genesis 46:8

    And these are the names of the children of Israel, which came into Egypt, euen Iaakob and his sonnes: Reuben, Iaakobs first borne.
    from verse 1

  • Genesis 46:26

    Al the soules, that came with Iaakob into Egypt, which came out of his loynes (beside Iaakobs sonnes wiues) were in the whole, three score and sixe soules.
    from verse 1

  • Deuteronomy 26:5

    And thou shalt answere and say before the Lord thy God, A Syrian was my father, who being ready to perish for hunger, went downe into Egypt, and soiourned there with a small company, and grew there vnto a nation great, mightie and full of people.
    from verse 7

  • Genesis 1:28

    And God blessed them, and God said to them, Bring forth fruite and multiplie, and fill the earth, and subdue it, and rule ouer the fish of the sea, and ouer the foule of the heauen, and ouer euery beast that moueth vpon the earth.
    from verse 7

  • Genesis 50:26

    So Ioseph died, when he was an hundreth and ten yere olde: and they enbaumed him and put him in a chest in Egypt.
    from verse 6

  • Genesis 9:1

    And God blessed Noah and his sonnes, and said to them, Bring foorth fruite, and multiplie, and replenish the earth.
    from verse 7

  • Genesis 12:2

    And I will make of thee a great nation, and will blesse thee, and make thy name great, and thou shalt be a blessing.
    from verse 7

  • Genesis 35:11

    Againe God said vnto him, I am God all sufficient. growe, and multiplie. a nation and a multitude of nations shall spring of thee, and Kings shall come out of thy loynes.
    from verse 7
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