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 made a place for his father and his brothers, and gave them a heritage in the land of Egypt, in the best of the land, the land of Rameses, as Pharaoh had given orders.

Grew

Noah sent out a raven, which went this way and that till the waters were gone from the earth.

And I will make your children like the dust of the earth, so that if the dust of the earth may be numbered, then will your children be numbered.

I will make your seed like the stars of heaven in number, and will give them all these lands, and your seed will be a blessing to all the nations of the earth;

Your seed will be like the dust of the earth, covering all the land to the west and to the east, to the north and to the south: you and your seed will be a name of blessing to all the families of the earth.

And he said, I am God, the God of your father: go down to Egypt without fear, for I will make a great nation of you there:

And the children of Israel were fertile, increasing very greatly in numbers and in power; and the land was full of them.

Your fathers went down into Egypt with seventy persons; and now the Lord your God has made you like the stars of heaven in number.

And these are the words which you will say before the Lord your God: My father was a wandering Aramaean, and he went down with a small number of people into Egypt; there he became a great and strong nation:

And you made their children as great in number as the stars of heaven, and took them into the land, of which you had said to their fathers that they were to go in and take it for themselves.

And his people were greatly increased, and became stronger than those who were against them.

He gives them his blessing so that they are increased greatly, and their cattle do not become less.

With the sound of the pipe I will get them together; for I have given the price to make them free: and they will be increased as they were increased.

But when the time was near for putting into effect the undertaking which God had given to Abraham, the people were increasing in Egypt,