7but the Israelites were fruitful and multiplied greatly and became exceedingly numerous, so that the land was filled with them.


In Context

4 Dan and Naphtali; Gad and Asher.

5 The descendants of Jacob numbered seventy in all; Joseph was already in Egypt.

6 Now Joseph and all his brothers and all that generation died,

7 but the Israelites were fruitful and multiplied greatly and became exceedingly numerous, so that the land was filled with them.

8 Then a new king, who did not know about Joseph, came to power in Egypt.

9 "Look," he said to his people, "the Israelites have become much too numerous for us.

Exodus 1:7 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

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

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

1:7And the children of Israel were fruitful, and swarmed and multiplied, and became exceeding strong; and the land was full of them.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

1:7The children of Israel increased, and sprung up into multitudes, and growing exceedingly strong they filled the land.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

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

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

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

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

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

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

1:7The children of Israel were fruitful, and increased abundantly, and multiplied, and grew exceedingly mighty; and the land was filled with them.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

1:7and the sons of Israel have been fruitful, and they teem, and multiply, and are very very mighty, and the land is filled with them.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

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