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

Then Joseph settled his father and his brothers 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 sent forth a raven. It went to and fro until the waters were dried up from the earth.

I will make your offspring as the dust of the earth, so that if one can count the dust of the earth, your offspring also can be counted.

I will multiply your offspring as the stars of heaven and will give to your offspring all these lands. And in your offspring all the nations of the earth shall be blessed,

Your offspring shall be like the dust of the earth, and you shall spread abroad to the west and to the east and to the north and to the south, and in you and your offspring shall all the families of the earth be blessed.

Then he said, "I am God, the God of your father. Do not be afraid to go down to Egypt, for there I will make you into a great nation.

But the people of Israel were fruitful and increased greatly; they multiplied and grew exceedingly strong, so that the land was filled with them.

Your fathers went down to Egypt seventy persons, and now the LORD your God has made you as numerous as the stars of heaven.

"And you shall make response before the LORD your God, 'A wandering Aramean was my father. And he went down into Egypt and sojourned there, few in number, and there he became a nation, great, mighty, and populous.

You multiplied their children as the stars of heaven, and you brought them into the land that you had told their fathers to enter and possess.

And the LORD made his people very fruitful and made them stronger than their foes.

By his blessing they multiply greatly, and he does not let their livestock diminish.

"I will whistle for them and gather them in, for I have redeemed them, and they shall be as many as they were before.

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