Lexicon :: Strong's H1419 - gāḏôl

God made the two great lights ​— ​the greater light to rule over the day and the lesser light to rule over the night ​— ​as well as the stars.

So God created the large sea-creatures and every living creature that moves and swarms in the water, according to their kinds. He also created every winged creature according to its kind. And God saw that it was good.

But Cain answered the LORD, “My punishment[fn] is too great to bear!

and Resen, between Nineveh and the great city Calah.

And Shem, Japheth’s older brother, also had sons. Shem was the father of all the sons of Eber.

I will make you into a great nation,

I will bless you,

I will make your name great,

and you will be a blessing.

But the LORD struck Pharaoh and his household with severe plagues because of Abram’s wife, Sarai.

As the sun was setting, a deep sleep came over Abram, and suddenly great terror and darkness descended on him.

“However, I will judge the nation they serve, and afterward they will go out with many possessions.

On that day the LORD made a covenant with Abram, saying, “I give this land to your offspring, from the Brook of Egypt to the great river, the Euphrates River:

“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.

“Abraham is to become a great and powerful nation, and all the nations of the earth will be blessed through him.

They struck the men who were at the entrance of the house, both young and old, with blindness[fn] so that they were unable to find the entrance.

Then Abimelech called Abraham in and said to him, “What have you done to us? How did I sin against you that you have brought such enormous guilt on me and on my kingdom? You have done things to me that should never be done.”

The child grew and was weaned, and Abraham held a great feast on the day Isaac was weaned.

“Get up, help the boy up, and grasp his hand, for I will make him a great nation.”

When Isaac was old and his eyes were so weak that he could not see, he called his older son Esau and said to him, “My son.”

And he answered, “Here I am.”

Then Rebekah took the best clothes of her older son Esau, which were in the house, and had her younger son Jacob wear them.

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! ”

When the words of her older son Esau were reported to Rebekah, she summoned her younger son Jacob and said to him, “Listen, your brother Esau is consoling himself by planning to kill you.

He looked and saw a well in a field. Three flocks of sheep were lying there beside it because the sheep were watered from this well. But a large stone covered the opening of the well.

Then Jacob said, “Look, it is still broad daylight. It’s not time for the animals to be gathered. Water the flock, then go out and let them graze.”

Now Laban had two daughters: the older was named Leah, and the younger was named Rachel.

“No one in this house is greater than I am. He has withheld nothing from me except you, because you are his wife. So how could I do this immense evil, and how could I sin against God? ”

she called her household servants. “Look,” she said to them, “my husband brought a Hebrew man to make fools of us. He came to me so he could sleep with me, and I screamed as loud as I could.

“Seven years of great abundance are coming throughout the land of Egypt.

The steward searched, beginning with the oldest and ending with the youngest, and the cup was found in Benjamin’s sack.

“God sent me ahead of you to establish you as a remnant within the land and to keep you alive by a great deliverance.[fn]

God said, “I am God, the God of your father. Do not be afraid to go down to Egypt, for I will make you into a great nation there.

When they reached the threshing floor of Atad, which is across the Jordan, they lamented and wept loudly, and Joseph mourned seven days for his father.

So Moses thought, “I must go over and look at this remarkable sight. Why isn’t the bush burning up? ”

“Therefore tell the Israelites: I am the LORD, and I will bring you out from the forced labor of the Egyptians and rescue you from slavery to them. I will redeem you with an outstretched arm and great acts of judgment.

“Pharaoh will not listen to you, but I will put my hand into Egypt and bring the military divisions of my people the Israelites out of the land of Egypt by great acts of judgment.

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.

“Then there will be a great cry of anguish through all the land of Egypt such as never was before or ever will be again.

During the night Pharaoh got up, he along with all his officials and all the Egyptians, and there was a loud wailing throughout Egypt because there wasn’t a house without someone dead.

When Israel saw the great power that the LORD used against the Egyptians, the people feared the LORD and believed in him and in his servant Moses.

terror and dread will fall on them.

They will be as still[fn] as a stone

because of your powerful arm

until your people pass by, LORD,

until the people whom you purchased[fn] pass by.

“Now I know that the LORD is greater than all gods, because he did wonders when the Egyptians acted arrogantly against Israel.”[fn]

“They should judge the people at all times. Then they can bring you every major case but judge every minor case themselves. In this way you will lighten your load,[fn] and they will bear it with you.

“Now leave me alone, so that my anger can burn against them and I can destroy them. Then I will make you into a great nation.”

Then Moses asked Aaron, “What did these people do to you that you have led them into such a grave sin? ”

The following day Moses said to the people, “You have committed a grave sin. Now I will go up to the LORD; perhaps I will be able to atone for your sin.”

“Do not act unjustly when deciding a case. Do not be partial to the poor or give preference to the rich; judge your neighbor fairly.

“The priest who is highest among his brothers, who has had the anointing oil poured on his head and has been ordained[fn] to wear the clothes, must not dishevel his hair[fn] or tear his clothes.

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

“I will strike them with a plague and destroy them. Then I will make you into a greater and mightier nation than they are.”