I increased my possessions: ¹  I built houses for myself; ²  I planted vineyards for myself.

The Israelites, ¹  however, ²  were fruitful, increased greatly, multiplied, and became extremely strong, ³  so that the land was filled with them.

These who are named above were the leaders of their clans. Their extended families increased greatly in numbers.

But she increased her prostitution. She saw men carved on the wall, images of the Chaldeans carved in bright red, ¹ 

By your great skill ¹  in trade you have increased your wealth, and your heart is proud because of your wealth.

The flood engulfed the earth for forty days. As the waters increased, they lifted the ark and raised it above the earth.

Israel settled in the land of Egypt, in the land of Goshen, and they owned land there. They were fruitful and increased rapidly in number.

The Lord your God has increased your population ¹  to the point that you are now as numerous as the very stars of the sky. ² 

Yet she increased her prostitution, remembering the days of her youth when she engaged in prostitution in the land of Egypt.

The more the priests increased in numbers, the more they rebelled against me. They have turned ¹  their glorious calling into a shameful disgrace!

Indeed, ¹  you had little before I arrived, ²  but now your possessions have increased many times over. ³  The Lord has blessed you wherever I worked. ⁴  But now, how long must it be before I do something for my own family too?” ⁵ 

In the east they settled as far as the entrance to the desert that stretches to the Euphrates River, for their cattle had increased in numbers in the land of Gilead.

Have you ¹  not made a hedge ²  around him and his household and all that he has on every side? You have blessed ³  the work of his hands, and his livestock ⁴  have increased ⁵  in the land.

The side chambers surrounding the temple were wider at each successive story; ¹  for the structure ²  surrounding the temple went up story by story all around the temple. For this reason the width of the temple increased as it went up, and one went up from the lowest story to the highest by the way of the middle story.