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were fruitful
"gave birth to many children". The author here emphasizes how God was blessing the Israelites by saying five different ways that there very many of them.
became very, very mighty
They were mighty because there were so many of them.
very, very mighty
The writer is saying that the people were more than just "mighty" and even more than just "very mighty." Your language may have another way of expressing an idea stronger than "very mighty."
the land was filled with them
"the land was full of them"
with them
The word "them" refers to the Israelites.