Lexicon :: Strong's G3173 - megas

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.

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.

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

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.

“and I will also make a nation of the slave’s son because he is your offspring.”

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

And the LORD said to her:

Two nations are in your womb;

two peoples will come from you and be separated.

One people will be stronger than the other,

and the older will serve the younger.

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

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! ”

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.

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

Then Judah said to his daughter-in-law Tamar, “Remain a widow in your father’s house until my son Shelah grows up.” For he thought, “He might die too, like his brothers.” So Tamar went to live in her father’s house.

So she took off her widow’s clothes, veiled her face, covered herself, and sat at the entrance to Enaim, which is on the way to Timnah. For she saw that, though Shelah had grown up, she had not been given to him as a wife.

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.

“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]

Then Israel said, “Enough! My son Joseph is still alive. I will go to see him before I die.”

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.

But his father refused and said, “I know, my son, I know! He too will become a tribe,[fn] and he too will be great; nevertheless, his younger brother will be greater than he, and his offspring will become a populous nation.”[fn]

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

He said to his people, “Look, the Israelite people are more numerous and powerful than we are.

Years later,[fn] after Moses had grown up, he went out to his own people[fn] and observed their forced labor. He saw an Egyptian striking a Hebrew, one of his people.

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.

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

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.

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

On the third day, when morning came, there was thunder and lightning, a thick cloud on the mountain, and a very loud blast from a ram’s horn, so that all the people in the camp shuddered.

“I will set your borders from the Red Sea to the Mediterranean Sea,[fn] and from the wilderness to the Euphrates River.[fn] For I will place the inhabitants of the land under your control, and you will drive them out ahead of 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.”