Êxodo 1:7

7 Depois os filhos de Israel frutificaram e aumentaram muito, multiplicaram-se e tornaram-se sobremaneira fortes, de modo que a terra se encheu deles.

Êxodo 1:7 Meaning and Commentary

Exodus 1:7

And the children of Israel were fruitful
In their offspring; became like fruitful trees, as the word signifies:

and increased abundantly;
like creeping things, or rather like fishes, which increase very much, see ( Genesis 1:20 )

and multiplied;
became very numerous, whereby the promises made to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, were fulfilled:

and waxed exceeding mighty;
were hale, and strong, of good constitutions, able bodied men, and so more dreaded by the Egyptians: a heap of words is here used to express the vast increase of the people of Israel in Egypt:

and the land was filled with them;
not the whole land of Egypt, but the land of Goshen: at first they were seated in a village in that country, but now they were spread throughout the towns and cities in it.

Êxodo 1:7 In-Context

5 Todas as almas, pois, que procederam da coxa de Jacó, foram setenta; José, porém, já estava no Egito.

6 Morreu, pois, José, e todos os seus irmãos, e toda aquela geração.

7 Depois os filhos de Israel frutificaram e aumentaram muito, multiplicaram-se e tornaram-se sobremaneira fortes, de modo que a terra se encheu deles.

8 Entrementes se levantou sobre o Egito um novo rei, que não conhecera a José.

9 Disse ele ao seu povo: Eis que o povo de Israel é mais numeroso e mais forte do que nos.