Genesis 47:27
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And Israel dwelt in the land of Egypt, in the country of Goshen; and they had possessions therein, and grew, and multiplied exceedingly.Now the Israelites settled in the land of Egypt, in the region of Goshen. They acquired property there and became fruitful and increased greatly in number.
In other translations
And Israel dwelt in the land of Egypt, in the country of Goshen; and they had possessions therein, and grew, and multiplied exceedingly.Now the Israelites settled in the land of Egypt, in the region of Goshen. They acquired property there and became fruitful and increased greatly in number.
Hebrew words
וַיֵּשֶׁבvaiyeshevand he dweltH3427יִשְׂרָאֵלyisra'elIsraelH3478בְּאֶרֶץbe'eretzin [the] land ofH776מִצְרַיִםmitzrayimEgyptH4714בְּאֶרֶץbe'eretzin [the] land ofH776גֹּשֶׁןgoshenGoshenH1657וַיֵּאָחֲזוּvaiye'achazuand they had possessionsH270בָהּvahin itוַיִּפְרוּvaiyifruand they were fruitfulH6509וַיִּרְבּוּvaiyirbuand they multipliedH7235מְאֹד׃me'odexceedinglyH3966
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Related verses
- Genesis 46:3And he said, I am God, the God of thy father: fear not to go down into Egypt; for I will there make of thee a great nation:“I am God,” He said, “the God of your father. Do not be afraid to go down to Egypt, for I will make you into a great nation there.
- Exodus 1:7And the children of Israel were fruitful, and increased abundantly, and multiplied, and waxed exceeding mighty; and the land was filled with them.but the Israelites were fruitful and increased rapidly; they multiplied and became exceedingly numerous, so that the land was filled with them.
- Acts 7:17But when the time of the promise drew nigh, which God had sworn to Abraham, the people grew and multiplied in Egypt,As the time drew near for God to fulfill His promise to Abraham, our people in Egypt increased greatly in number.
- Psalm 107:38He blesseth them also, so that they are multiplied greatly; and suffereth not their cattle to decrease.He blesses them, and they multiply greatly; He does not let their herds diminish.
- Genesis 26:4And I will make thy seed to multiply as the stars of heaven, and will give unto thy seed all these countries; and in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed;I will make your descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky, and I will give them all these lands, and through your offspring all nations of the earth will be blessed,
- Psalm 105:24And he increased his people greatly; and made them stronger than their enemies.And the LORD made His people very fruitful, more numerous than their foes,
- Deuteronomy 26:5And thou shalt speak and say before the Lord thy God, A Syrian ready to perish was my father, and he went down into Egypt, and sojourned there with a few, and became there a nation, great, mighty, and populous:and you are to declare before the LORD your God, “My father was a wandering Aramean, and he went down to Egypt few in number and lived there and became a great nation, mighty and numerous.
- Zechariah 10:8I will hiss for them, and gather them; for I have redeemed them: and they shall increase as they have increased.I will whistle for them to gather, for I have redeemed them; and they will be as numerous as they once were.
- Nehemiah 9:23Their children also multipliedst thou as the stars of heaven, and broughtest them into the land, concerning which thou hadst promised to their fathers, that they should go in to possess it.You multiplied their descendants like the stars of heaven and brought them to the land You had told their fathers to enter and possess.
- Genesis 28:14And thy seed shall be as the dust of the earth, and thou shalt spread abroad to the west, and to the east, and to the north, and to the south: and in thee and in thy seed shall all the families of the earth be blessed.Your descendants will be like the dust of the earth, and you will spread out to the west and east and north and south. All the families of the earth will be blessed through you and your offspring.
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