TSK · Genesis 46:3

Then I will make you into a great nation, and I will bless you, and I will make your name great, so that you will exemplify divine blessing.

The Cutting of the Covenant After these things the LORD’s message came to Abram in a vision:“Fear not, Abram! I am your shield and the one who will reward you in great abundance.”

After all, Abraham will surely become a great and powerful nation, and all the nations on the earth may receive blessing through him.

The LORD appeared to Isaac and said,“Do not go down to Egypt; settle down in the land that I will point out to you.

Then God said to him,“I am the Sovereign God. Be fruitful and multiply! A nation– even a company of nations– will descend from you; kings will be among your descendants!

The Israelites, however, were fruitful, increased greatly, multiplied, and became extremely strong, so that the land was filled with them.

The LORD your God has increased your population to the point that you are now as numerous as the very stars of the sky.

Then you must affirm before the LORD your God,“A wandering Aramean was my ancestor, and he went down to Egypt and lived there as a foreigner with a household few in number, but there he became a great, powerful, and numerous people.

The Lord Will Rescue His People Now, this is what the LORD says, the one who created you, O Jacob, and formed you, O Israel:“Don’t be afraid, for I will protect you. I call you by name, you are mine.

“But as the time drew near for God to fulfill the promise he had declared to Abraham, the people increased greatly in number in Egypt,