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Exodus 1:4–7

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Dan, and Naphtali, Gad, and Asher.
And all the souls that came out of the loins of Jacob were seventy souls: for Joseph was in Egypt already.
And Joseph died, and all his brethren, and all that generation.
¶ And the children of Israel were fruitful, and increased abundantly, and multiplied, and waxed exceeding mighty; and the land was filled with them.
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From verse 5

  1. Deuteronomy 10:22Rank 1 from verse 5
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    22Thy fathers went down into Egypt with threescore and ten persons; and now the Lord thy God hath made thee as the stars of heaven for multitude.

  2. Genesis 46:26–27Rank 2 from verse 5
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    26All the souls that came with Jacob into Egypt, which came out of his loins, besides Jacob’s sons’ wives, all the souls were threescore and six;

    27And the sons of Joseph, which were born him in Egypt, were two souls: all the souls of the house of Jacob, which came into Egypt, were threescore and ten.

  3. Judges 8:30Rank 3 from verse 5
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    30And Gideon had threescore and ten sons of his body begotten: for he had many wives.

  4. Exodus 1:20Rank 4 from verse 5
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    20Therefore God dealt well with the midwives: and the people multiplied, and waxed very mighty.

From verse 6

  1. Genesis 50:26Rank 1 from verse 6
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    26So Joseph died, being an hundred and ten years old: and they embalmed him, and he was put in a coffin in Egypt.

  2. Acts 7:14–16Rank 2 from verse 6
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    14Then sent Joseph, and called his father Jacob to him, and all his kindred, threescore and fifteen souls.

    15So Jacob went down into Egypt, and died, he, and our fathers,

    16And were carried over into Sychem, and laid in the sepulchre that Abraham bought for a sum of money of the sons of Emmor the father of Sychem.

  3. Genesis 50:24Rank 3 from verse 6
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    24And Joseph said unto his brethren, I die: and God will surely visit you, and bring you out of this land unto the land which he sware to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob.

From verse 7

  1. Genesis 46:3Rank 1 from verse 7
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    3And he said, I am God, the God of thy father: fear not to go down into Egypt; for I will there make of thee a great nation:

  2. Deuteronomy 26:5Rank 2 from verse 7
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    5And thou shalt speak and say before the Lord thy God, A Syrian ready to perish was my father, and he went down into Egypt, and sojourned there with a few, and became there a nation, great, mighty, and populous:

  3. Genesis 1:28Rank 3 from verse 7
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    28And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.

  4. Genesis 35:11Rank 4 from verse 7
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    11And God said unto him, I am God Almighty: be fruitful and multiply; a nation and a company of nations shall be of thee, and kings shall come out of thy loins;

  5. Genesis 47:27Rank 5 from verse 7
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    27¶ And Israel dwelt in the land of Egypt, in the country of Goshen; and they had possessions therein, and grew, and multiplied exceedingly.

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Exodus 1:4

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Gad

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Sense 1: The name of Jacob's son by Zilpah, and by extension the tribe descended from him, its people, and its allotted territory. Sense 2: The name of David's prophet and seer. Sense 3: An element in the place names Dibon-gad, Baal-gad, and Migdal-gad.

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Exodus 1:5

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out

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Outside, away from within, forth, absent, or no longer in a stated condition.

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for

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1. In behalf of or in the place of. 2. With respect to, concerning, or toward. 3. Because of or on account of. 4. During or throughout. 5. In order to obtain or reach. 6. As a conjunction, because or seeing that.

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COMBINED MEANING

in

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1. A preposition marking position, presence, state, circumstance, manner, means, sphere, reference, relation, association, or participation. 2. As an adverb, inward, inside, or into the place or position referred to.

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Exodus 1:6

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brethren

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1. Persons of the same people, tribe, community, or shared service who are regarded or addressed as brothers. 2. Persons regarded as brothers by reason of faith or another spiritual relation. 3. Male siblings or other male relatives.

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Exodus 1:7

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children

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Sons or daughters; descendants; or persons likened to children by age, relation, or character.

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Israel

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The name given to Jacob and, by extension, his descendants, their nation, or the people so called.

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fruitful

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Prolific; bearing children; not barren. Very productive; producing fruit in abundance.

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multiplied

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Made or became more numerous or abundant; increased in number, amount, extent, or degree.

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waxed

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Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of wax, meaning to grow, increase, or become.

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exceeding

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Very great, abundant, intense, extensive, or beyond ordinary measure or degree; exceedingly.

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mighty

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Possessing or displaying great strength, power, ability, rank, or effect.

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land

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Sense 1: The ground or earth; a country, territory, or region. Sense 2: To set or come on shore.

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filled

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Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of fill. Sense 1: To make full or occupy capacity. Sense 2: To satisfy. Sense 3: To occupy. Sense 4: To complete what is lacking.

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1:1NOW these are the names of the children of Israel, which came into Egypt; every man and his household came with Jacob.

1:2Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah,

1:3Issachar, Zebulun, and Benjamin,

1:4Dan, and Naphtali, Gad, and Asher.

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1:5And all the souls that came out of the loins of Jacob were seventy souls: for Joseph was in Egypt already.

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1:6And Joseph died, and all his brethren, and all that generation.

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1:7¶ And the children of Israel were fruitful, and increased abundantly, and multiplied, and waxed exceeding mighty; and the land was filled with them.

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1:8Now there arose up a new king over Egypt, which knew not Joseph.

1:9And he said unto his people, Behold, the people of the children of Israel are more and mightier than we:

1:10Come on, let us deal wisely with them; lest they multiply, and it come to pass, that, when there falleth out any war, they join also unto our enemies, and fight against us, and so get them up out of the land.

1:11Therefore they did set over them taskmasters to afflict them with their burdens. And they built for Pharaoh treasure cities, Pithom and Raamses.

1:12But the more they afflicted them, the more they multiplied and grew. And they were grieved because of the children of Israel.

1:13And the Egyptians made the children of Israel to serve with rigour:

1:14And they made their lives bitter with hard bondage, in morter, and in brick, and in all manner of service in the field: all their service, wherein they made them serve, was with rigour.

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