Lexicon :: Strong's G4970 - sphodra

The water surged and increased greatly on the earth, and the ark floated on the surface of the water.

When Abram entered Egypt, the Egyptians saw that the woman was very beautiful.

Abram was very rich in livestock, silver, and gold.

(Now the men of Sodom were evil, sinning immensely[fn] against the LORD.)

After these events, the word of the LORD came to Abram in a vision:

Do not be afraid, Abram.

I am your shield;

your reward will be very great.

“I will set up my covenant between me and you, and I will multiply you greatly.”

“I will make you extremely fruitful and will make nations and kings come from you.

“As for Ishmael, I have heard you. I will certainly bless him; I will make him fruitful and will multiply him greatly. He will father twelve tribal leaders, and I will make him into a great nation.

Then the LORD said, “The outcry against Sodom and Gomorrah is immense, and their sin is extremely serious.

“Get out of the way! ” they said, adding, “This one came here as an alien, but he’s acting like a judge! Now we’ll do more harm to you than to them.” They put pressure on Lot and came up to break down the door.

Early in the morning Abimelech got up, called all his servants together, and personally[fn] told them all these things, and the men were terrified.

This was very distressing to[fn] Abraham because of his son.

Now the girl was very beautiful, a virgin ​— ​no man had been intimate with her. She went down to the spring, filled her jug, and came up.

“The LORD has greatly blessed my master, and he has become rich. He has given him flocks and herds, silver and gold, male and female slaves, and camels and donkeys.

and the man became rich and kept getting richer until he was very wealthy.

And Abimelech said to Isaac, “Leave us, for you are much too powerful for us.”[fn]

Isaac began to tremble uncontrollably. “Who was it then,” he said, “who hunted game and brought it to me? I ate it all before you came in, and I blessed him. Indeed, he will be blessed! ”

And the man became very rich.[fn] He had many flocks, female and male slaves, and camels and donkeys.

Jacob was greatly afraid and distressed; he divided the people with him into two camps, along with the flocks, herds, and camels.

Jacob’s sons returned from the field when they heard about the incident. They were deeply grieved and very angry, for Shechem had committed an outrage against Israel by raping Jacob’s daughter, and such a thing should not be done.

“Demand of me a high compensation[fn] and gift; I’ll give you whatever you ask me. Just give the girl to be my wife! ”

He left all that he owned under Joseph’s authority;[fn] he did not concern himself with anything except the food he ate.

Now Joseph was well-built and handsome.

“The abundance in the land will not be remembered because of the famine that follows it, for the famine will be very severe.

So Joseph stored up grain in such abundance ​— ​like the sand of the sea ​— ​that he stopped measuring it because it was beyond measure.

But there was no food in the entire region, for the famine was very severe. The land of Egypt and the land of Canaan were exhausted by the famine.

Israel settled in the land of Egypt, in the region of Goshen. They acquired property in it and became fruitful and very numerous.

Horses and chariots went up with him; it was a very impressive procession.

But the Israelites were fruitful, increased rapidly, multiplied, and became extremely numerous so that the land was filled with them.

But the more they oppressed them, the more they multiplied and spread so that the Egyptians came to dread[fn] the Israelites.

So God was good to the midwives, and the people multiplied and became very numerous.

“then the LORD’s hand will bring a severe plague against your livestock in the field ​— ​the horses, donkeys, camels, herds, and flocks.

“Tomorrow at this time I will rain down the worst hail that has ever occurred in Egypt from the day it was founded until now.

The hail, with lightning flashing through it, was so severe that nothing like it had occurred in the land of Egypt since it had become a nation.

The locusts went up over the entire land of Egypt and settled on the whole territory of Egypt. Never before had there been such a large number of locusts, and there never will be again.

The LORD gave[fn] the people favor with the Egyptians. In addition, Moses himself was very highly regarded[fn] in the land of Egypt by[fn] Pharaoh’s officials and the people.

A mixed crowd also went up with them, along with a huge number of livestock, both flocks and herds.

As Pharaoh approached, the Israelites looked up and there were the Egyptians coming after them! The Israelites were terrified and cried out to the LORD for help.

Mount Sinai was completely enveloped in smoke because the LORD came down on it in fire. Its smoke went up like the smoke of a furnace, and the whole mountain shook violently.

Moses heard the people, family after family, weeping at the entrance of their tents. The LORD was very angry; Moses was also provoked.[fn]

While the meat was still between their teeth, before it was chewed, the LORD’s anger burned against the people, and the LORD struck them with a very severe plague.

Moses was a very humble man, more so than anyone on the face of the earth.

“However, the people living in the land are strong, and the cities are large and fortified. We also saw the descendants of Anak there.

and said to the entire Israelite community, “The land we passed through and explored is an extremely good land.

When Moses reported these words to all the Israelites, the people were overcome with grief.

Then Moses became angry and said to the LORD, “Don’t respect their offering. I have not taken one donkey from them or mistreated a single one of them.”

Moab was terrified of the people because they were numerous, and Moab dreaded the Israelites.