A moment in scripture
Exodus 1:7
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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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The surrounding passage
- Exodus 1:5
And all the souls that came out of the loins of Jacob were seventy souls: for Joseph was in Egypt already.
- Exodus 1:6
And Joseph died, and all his brethren, and all that generation.
- Exodus 1:8
Now there arose up a new king over Egypt, which knew not Joseph.
- Exodus 1:9
And he said unto his people, Behold, the people of the children of Israel are more and mightier than we:
Scripture: King James Version (KJV), English, 66-book canon. The quotation retains the wording and numbering of our source corpus.