Genesis 47:27

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Summary

And Israel dwelt in the land of Egypt, in the country of Goshen; and they had possessions therein, and grew, and multiplied exceedingly.

Dwelt

Genesis 47:11

Grew

Bible References

Dwelt

And Joseph settled his father and his brethren, and gave them a possession in the land of Egypt, in the best of the land, in the land of Rameses, as Pharaoh had commanded.

Grew

And he sent out the raven, which went forth going to and fro, until the waters were dried from the earth.

And I will make thy seed as the dust of the earth, so that if any one can number the dust of the earth, thy seed also will be numbered.

And I will multiply thy seed as the stars of heaven, and unto thy seed will I give all these countries; and in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth bless themselves --

And 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.

And he said, I am God, the God of thy father: fear not to go down to Egypt; for I will there make of thee a great nation.

And the children of Israel were fruitful, and swarmed and multiplied, and became exceeding strong; and the land was full of them.

With seventy souls thy fathers went down into Egypt; and now Jehovah thy God hath made thee as the stars of heaven for multitude.

And thou shalt speak and say before Jehovah thy God, A perishing Aramean was my father, and he went down to Egypt with a few, and sojourned there, and became there a nation, great, mighty, and populous.

And their children thou didst multiply as the stars of heaven, and thou broughtest them into the land concerning which thou didst say to their fathers that they should go in to possess it.

And he made his people exceeding fruitful, and made them mightier than their oppressors.

And he blesseth them, so that they are multiplied greatly; and he suffereth not their cattle to decrease.

I will hiss for them, and gather them; for I have redeemed them: and they shall multiply as they used to multiply.

But as the time of promise drew near which God had promised to Abraham, the people increased and multiplied in Egypt,