²³ Magnifying the nations, and He destroyeth them, Spreading out the nations, and He quieteth them.

¹⁵ Thou hast added to the nation, O Jehovah, Thou hast added to the nation, Thou hast been honoured, Thou hast put far off all the ends of earth.

³ Thou hast multiplied the nation, Thou hast made great its joy, They have joyed before Thee as the joy in harvest, As `men' rejoice in their apportioning spoil.

²² The little one doth become a chief, And the small one a mighty nation, I, Jehovah, in its own time do hasten it!

³⁸ And He blesseth them, and they multiply exceedingly, And their cattle He doth not diminish.

⁸ I hist for them, and I gather them, For I have redeemed them, And they have multiplied as they did multiply.

²² As the host of the heavens is not numbered, Nor the sand of the sea measured, So I multiply the seed of David My servant, And the Levites My ministers.'

¹⁹ And gone forth from them hath thanksgiving, And the voice of playful ones, And I have multiplied them and they are not few, And made them honourable, and they are not small.

² Look attentively unto Abraham your father, And unto Sarah -- she bringeth you forth, For -- one -- I have called him, And I bless him, and multiply him.

⁶ Those coming in He causeth to take root, Jacob doth blossom, and flourished hath Israel, And they have filled the face of the world `with' increase.

²⁰ And God doth good to the midwives, and the people multiply, and are very mighty;

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