²³ He increases the nations, and he destroys them. He enlarges the nations, and he leads them captive.

¹⁵ You have increased the nation, O Yahweh, you have increased the nation; you are glorified; you have enlarged all the borders of the land.

³ You have multiplied the nation, you have increased their joy: they joy before you according to the joy in harvest, as men rejoice when they divide the spoil.

²² The little one shall become a thousand, and the small one a strong nation; I, Yahweh, will hasten it in its time.

³⁸ He blesses them also, so that they are multiplied greatly. He doesn't allow their cattle to decrease.

⁸ I will signal for them, and gather them; For I have redeemed them; And they will increase as they have increased.

²² As the host of the sky can't be numbered, neither the sand of the sea measured; so will I multiply the seed of David my servant, and the Levites who minister to me.

¹⁹ Out of them shall proceed thanksgiving and the voice of those who make merry: and I will multiply them, and they shall not be few; I will also glorify them, and they shall not be small.

² Look to Abraham your father, and to Sarah who bore you; for when he was but one I called him, and I blessed him, and made him many.

⁶ In days to come shall Jacob take root; Israel shall blossom and bud; and they shall fill the surface of the world with fruit.

²⁰ God dealt well with the midwives, and the people multiplied, and grew very mighty.

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