11 And God said to him, ^o“I am God Almighty:¹ be ^pfruitful and multiply. ^qA nation and a company of nations shall come from you, and kings shall come from your own body.²

2 ⁿAnd I will make of you a great nation, and I will bless you and make your name great, so that you will be a blessing.

7 ^dBut the people of Israel were fruitful and increased greatly; they multiplied and grew exceedingly strong, so that the land was filled with them.

9 And he said to his people, “Behold, ^fthe people of Israel are too many and too mighty for us.

5 “And you shall make response before the Lord your God, ‘A ^zwandering Aramean was my father. And he went down into Egypt and sojourned there, ^afew in number, and there he became a nation, great, mighty, and populous.