Egypt in the Bible
Meaning: that troubles or oppresses; anguish
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And the sons of Ham: Cush, Egypt, Put, and Canaan.
And Egypt fathered Ludim, Anamim, Lehabim, Naphtuhim,
And there was a famine in the land: and Abram went down into Egypt to sojourn there; for the famine was grievous in the land.
And it came to pass, when he was come near to enter into Egypt, that he said unto Sarai his wife, Behold now, I know that thou art a fair woman to look upon:
And I am certain that when the men of Egypt see you, they will say, This is his wife: and they will put me to death and keep you.
And it came to pass, that, when Abram was come into Egypt, the Egyptians beheld the woman that she was very fair.
And Abram went up out of Egypt, he, and his wife, and all that he had, and Lot with him, into the south.
And Lot lifted up his eyes, and beheld all the plain of Jordan, that it was well watered every where, before the LORD destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah, even as the garden of the LORD, like the land of Egypt, as thou comest unto Zoar.
God said to Abram, “Know for sure that your descendants will be strangers [living temporarily] in a land (Egypt) that is not theirs, where they will be enslaved and oppressed for four hundred years.
In the same day the LORD made a covenant with Abram, saying, Unto thy seed have I given this land, from the river of Egypt unto the great river, the river Euphrates:
Now Sarai, Abram's wife, had given him no children; and she had a servant, a woman of Egypt whose name was Hagar.
And he dwelt in the wilderness of Paran: and his mother took him a wife out of the land of Egypt.
And they dwelt from Havilah unto Shur, that is before Egypt, as thou goest toward Assyria: and he died in the presence of all his brethren.
And the LORD appeared unto him, and said, Go not down into Egypt; dwell in the land which I shall tell thee of:
And they sat down to eat bread: and they lifted up their eyes and looked, and, behold, a company of Ishmeelites came from Gilead with their camels bearing spicery and balm and myrrh, going to carry it down to Egypt.
Then there passed by Midianites merchantmen; and they drew and lifted up Joseph out of the pit, and sold Joseph to the Ishmeelites for twenty pieces of silver: and they brought Joseph into Egypt.
And the Midianites sold him into Egypt unto Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh's, and captain of the guard.
And Joseph was brought down to Egypt; and Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh, captain of the guard, an Egyptian, bought him of the hands of the Ishmeelites, which had brought him down thither.
And it came to pass after these things, that the butler of the king of Egypt and his baker had offended their lord the king of Egypt.
And they dreamed a dream both of them, each man his dream in one night, each man according to the interpretation of his dream, the butler and the baker of the king of Egypt, which were bound in the prison.
And it came to pass in the morning that his spirit was troubled; and he sent and called for all the magicians of Egypt, and all the wise men thereof: and Pharaoh told them his dream; but there was none that could interpret them unto Pharaoh.
And, behold, seven other kine came up after them, poor and very ill favoured and leanfleshed, such as I never saw in all the land of Egypt for badness:
Behold, there come seven years of great plenty throughout all the land of Egypt:
And there shall arise after them seven years of famine; and all the plenty shall be forgotten in the land of Egypt; and the famine shall consume the land;
Now therefore let Pharaoh look out a man discreet and wise, and set him over the land of Egypt.
Let Pharaoh do this, and let him appoint officers over the land, and take up the fifth part of the land of Egypt in the seven plenteous years.
And that food shall be for store to the land against the seven years of famine, which shall be in the land of Egypt; that the land perish not through the famine.
And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, See, I have set thee over all the land of Egypt.
And he made him to ride in the second chariot which he had; and they cried before him, Bow the knee: and he made him ruler over all the land of Egypt.
And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, I am Pharaoh, and without thee shall no man lift up his hand or foot in all the land of Egypt.
And Pharaoh called Joseph's name Zaphnathpaaneah; and he gave him to wife Asenath the daughter of Potipherah priest of On. And Joseph went out over all the land of Egypt.
And Joseph was thirty years old when he stood before Pharaoh king of Egypt. And Joseph went out from the presence of Pharaoh, and went throughout all the land of Egypt.
And he gathered up all the food of the seven years, which were in the land of Egypt, and laid up the food in the cities: the food of the field, which was round about every city, laid he up in the same.
And the seven years of plenteousness, that was in the land of Egypt, were ended.
And the seven years of dearth began to come, according as Joseph had said: and the dearth was in all lands; but in all the land of Egypt there was bread.
And when all the land of Egypt was famished, the people cried to Pharaoh for bread: and Pharaoh said unto all the Egyptians, Go unto Joseph; what he saith to you, do.
And the famine was over all the face of the earth: And Joseph opened all the storehouses, and sold unto the Egyptians; and the famine waxed sore in the land of Egypt.
And all countries came into Egypt to Joseph for to buy corn; because that the famine was so sore in all lands.
Now when Jacob saw that there was corn in Egypt, Jacob said unto his sons, Why do ye look one upon another?
And he said, Behold, I have heard that there is corn in Egypt: get you down thither, and buy for us from thence; that we may live, and not die.
And Joseph's ten brethren went down to buy corn in Egypt.
Israel's sons went in a caravan that included others who were going to Egypt to buy grain, because the famine pervaded the land of Canaan, too.
And it came to pass, when they had eaten up the corn which they had brought out of Egypt, their father said unto them, Go again, buy us a little food.
If you will send our brother with us, we will go down [to Egypt] and buy you food.
And the men took that present, and they took double money in their hand, and Benjamin; and rose up, and went down to Egypt, and stood before Joseph.
And Joseph said unto his brethren, Come near to me, I pray you. And they came near. And he said, I am Joseph your brother, whom ye sold into Egypt.
"I'm your brother Joseph, whom you sold into slavery in Egypt!" he told them. "But don't be distressed or angry at yourselves because you sold me here, because God sent me ahead of you all in order to deliver us.
So now it was not you that sent me hither, but God: and he hath made me a father to Pharaoh, and lord of all his house, and a ruler throughout all the land of Egypt.
Haste ye, and go up to my father, and say unto him, Thus saith thy son Joseph, God hath made me lord of all Egypt: come down unto me, tarry not:
And ye shall tell my father of all my glory in Egypt, and of all that ye have seen; and ye shall haste and bring down my father hither.
And take your father and your households, and come unto me: and I will give you the good of the land of Egypt, and ye shall eat the fat of the land.
Now thou art commanded, this do ye; take you wagons out of the land of Egypt for your little ones, and for your wives, and bring your father, and come.
Also regard not your stuff; for the good of all the land of Egypt is yours.
And to his father he sent after this manner; ten asses laden with the good things of Egypt, and ten she asses laden with corn and bread and meat for his father by the way.
And they went up out of Egypt, and came into the land of Canaan unto Jacob their father,
And told him, saying, Joseph is yet alive, and he is governor over all the land of Egypt. And Jacob's heart fainted, for he believed them not.
And 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 will go down with thee into Egypt; and I will also surely bring thee up again: and Joseph shall put his hand upon thine eyes.
And they took their cattle, and their goods, which they had gotten in the land of Canaan, and came into Egypt, Jacob, and all his seed with him:
His sons, and his sons' sons with him, his daughters, and his sons' daughters, and all his seed brought he with him into Egypt.
And these are the names of the children of Israel, which came into Egypt, Jacob and his sons: Reuben, Jacob's firstborn.
And unto Joseph in the land of Egypt were born Manasseh and Ephraim, which Asenath the daughter of Potipherah priest of On bare unto him.
All the souls that came with Jacob into Egypt, which came out of his loins, besides Jacob's sons' wives, all the souls were threescore and six;
And the sons of Joseph, which were born him in Egypt, were two souls: all the souls of the house of Jacob, which came into Egypt, were threescore and ten.
The land of Egypt is before thee; in the best of the land make thy father and brethren to dwell; in the land of Goshen let them dwell: and if thou knowest any men of activity among them, then make them rulers over my cattle.
And Joseph placed 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.
And there was no bread in all the land; for the famine was very sore, so that the land of Egypt and all the land of Canaan fainted by reason of the famine.
And Joseph gathered up all the money that was found in the land of Egypt, and in the land of Canaan, for the corn which they bought: and Joseph brought the money into Pharaoh's house.
And when money failed in the land of Egypt, and in the land of Canaan, all the Egyptians came unto Joseph, and said, Give us bread: for why should we die in thy presence? for the money faileth.
And Joseph bought all the land of Egypt for Pharaoh; for the Egyptians sold every man his field, because the famine prevailed over them: so the land became Pharaoh's.
And as for the people, he removed them to cities from one end of the borders of Egypt even to the other end thereof.
And Joseph made it a law over the land of Egypt unto this day, that Pharaoh should have the fifth part; except the land of the priests only, which became not Pharaoh's.
And Israel dwelt in the land of Egypt, in the country of Goshen; and they had possessions therein, and grew, and multiplied exceedingly.
And Jacob lived in the land of Egypt seventeen years: so the whole age of Jacob was an hundred forty and seven years.
And the time drew nigh that Israel must die: and he called his son Joseph, and said unto him, If now I have found grace in thy sight, put, I pray thee, thy hand under my thigh, and deal kindly and truly with me; bury me not, I pray thee, in Egypt:
But I will lie with my fathers, and thou shalt carry me out of Egypt, and bury me in their buryingplace. And he said, I will do as thou hast said.
And now thy two sons, Ephraim and Manasseh, which were born unto thee in the land of Egypt before I came unto thee into Egypt, are mine; as Reuben and Simeon, they shall be mine.
"These are my sons," Joseph replied. "God gave them to me here in Egypt." "Please bring them close to me," Jacob said, "so I can bless them."
And Joseph went up to bury his father: and with him went up all the servants of Pharaoh, the elders of his house, and all the elders of the land of Egypt,
When the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites, saw the mourning at the threshing floor of Atad, they said, “This is a grievous mourning for the Egyptians.” Therefore the place was named Abel-mizraim (mourning of Egypt); it is west of the Jordan.
And Joseph returned into Egypt, he, and his brethren, and all that went up with him to bury his father, after he had buried his father.
And Joseph dwelt in Egypt, he, and his father's house: and Joseph lived an hundred and ten years.
So Joseph died, being an hundred and ten years old: and they embalmed him, and he was put in a coffin in Egypt.
Now these are the names of the children of Israel, which came into Egypt; every man and his household came with Jacob.
And all the souls that came out of the loins of Jacob were seventy souls: for Joseph was in Egypt already.
Now there arose up a new king over Egypt, which knew not Joseph.
And the king of Egypt spake to the Hebrew midwives, of which the name of the one was Shiphrah, and the name of the other Puah:
But the midwives feared God, and did not as the king of Egypt commanded them, but saved the men children alive.
And the king of Egypt called for the midwives, and said unto them, Why have ye done this thing, and have saved the men children alive?
And the midwives answered Pharaoh, that the Hebrews' women were not as the women of Egypt: but were sturdy women, and were delivered yer the midwives came at them.
And it came to pass in process of time, that the king of Egypt died: and the children of Israel sighed by reason of the bondage, and they cried, and their cry came up unto God by reason of the bondage.
And the LORD said, I have surely seen the affliction of my people which are in Egypt, and have heard their cry by reason of their taskmasters; for I know their sorrows;
Come now therefore, and I will send thee unto Pharaoh, that thou mayest bring forth my people the children of Israel out of Egypt.
And Moses said unto God, Who am I, that I should go unto Pharaoh, and that I should bring forth the children of Israel out of Egypt?
And he said, Certainly I will be with thee; and this shall be a token unto thee, that I have sent thee: When thou hast brought forth the people out of Egypt, ye shall serve God upon this mountain.
Go, and gather the elders of Israel together, and say unto them, The LORD God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Jacob, appeared unto me, saying, I have surely visited you, and seen that which is done to you in Egypt:
And I have said, I will bring you up out of the affliction of Egypt unto the land of the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites, unto a land flowing with milk and honey.
And they shall hearken to thy voice: and thou shalt come, thou and the elders of Israel, unto the king of Egypt, and ye shall say unto him, The LORD God of the Hebrews hath met with us: and now let us go, we beseech thee, three days' journey into the wilderness, that we may sacrifice to the LORD our God.
And I am sure that the king of Egypt will not let you go, no, not by a mighty hand.
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Egypt » Prophecies against
Egypt » Often a refuge to strangers
Egypt » River, or brook (rv), of: perhaps identical with sihor, which see [sihor→] » A small stream flowing into the mediterranean sea, the western boundary of the land promised to the children of israel
Egypt » Inhabitants of » Often intermarried with strangers
Egypt » Prophecies respecting » Captivity of its people
Egypt » Subject to plague, &c
Egypt » Religion of, idolatrous
Egypt » Prophecies respecting » Utter desolation of, for forty years
Egypt » Prophecies respecting » Destruction of its idols
Egypt » Exports of
Egypt » History of israel in » Israel placed in the land of goshen
Egypt » The armies of » Assistance of, sought by judah against the chaldees
Egypt » Called » The south
Egypt » Idolatry of, followed by israel
Egypt » Productions of
Egypt » Magi of
Egypt » Prophecies respecting » Invasion by babylon
Egypt » History of israel in » Jacob's death and burial
Egypt » Peopled by mizraim's posterity
Egypt » Inhabitants of » Hospitable
Egypt » Ruled by kings who assumed the name of pharaoh
Egypt » Prophecies respecting » Infatuation of its princes
Egypt » Prophecies respecting » Dismay of its inhabitants
Egypt » Celebrated for » Fertility
Egypt » History of israel in » Moses proves his divine mission by miracles
Egypt » History of israel in » Date of the exodus
Egypt » History of israel in » Joseph sold into
Egypt » As a power, was » Treacherous
Egypt » Celebrated for » Commerce
Egypt » Had princes and counsellors
Egypt » Watered by the nile
Egypt » Prophecies respecting » Allies to share its misfortunes
Egypt » Celebrated for » Fine linen, &c
Egypt » As a power, was » Proud and arrogant
Egypt » Called » The land of ham
Egypt » Magic practised in
Egypt » Called » House of bondmen
Egypt » Prophecies respecting » Christ to be called out of
Egypt » Celebrated for » Literature
Egypt » Called » Rahab
Egypt » Army of destroyed in the red sea
Egypt » Dry climate of
Egypt » History of israel in » Egypt is plagued for pharaoh's obstinacy
Egypt » Land of ham
Egypt » Armies of
Egypt » Abraham lives in
Egypt » Prophecies respecting » The jews who practised its idolatry to share its punishments
Egypt » Prophecies respecting » Spoil of, a reward to babylon for services against tyre
Egypt » Prophecies respecting » Prophetic illustration of its destruction
Egypt » Prophecies respecting » Armies destroyed by babylon
Egypt » Prophecies respecting » Destruction of its cities
Egypt » Prophecies respecting » Destruction of its power
Egypt » History of israel in » Joseph's successful provision against the years of famine
Egypt » History of israel in » Joseph interprets pharaoh's dreams
Egypt » History of israel in » Pharaoh invites jacob into
Egypt » History of israel in » Joseph enriches the king
Egypt » History of israel in » Joseph counsels pharaoh
Egypt » History of israel in » Joseph made governor
Egypt » Inhabitants of » Might be received into the congregation in the third generation
Egypt » Inhabitants of » Not to be abhorred by israel
Egypt » Celebrated for » Fine horses
Egypt » The armies of » Besieged and plundered jerusalem in rehoboam's time
Egypt » The armies of » Deposed jehoahaz and made judea tributary
Egypt » Mode of entertaining in
Egypt » Under a governor
Egypt » Prophecies respecting » To be numbered and blessed along with israel
Egypt » Prophecies respecting » Terror occasioned by its fall
Egypt » Prophecies respecting » Conversion of
Egypt » History of israel in » Joseph interprets the chief baker's and the chief butler's dreams
Egypt » History of israel in » Joseph unjustly cast into prison
Egypt » History of israel in » Jacob, &c presented to pharaoh
Egypt » History of israel in » Destruction of the first-born
Egypt » History of israel in » Joseph sends for his father
Egypt » History of israel in » Israel spoil the egyptians
Egypt » History of israel in » Israel driven out of
Egypt » The armies of » Destroyed in the red sea
Egypt » Priests of
Egypt » Prophecies respecting » Failure of internal resources
Egypt » History of israel in » Pharaoh pursues israel and is miraculously destroyed
Egypt » History of israel in » Joseph makes himself known to his brethren
Egypt » History of israel in » Potiphar blessed for joseph's sake
Egypt » History of israel in » Joseph recognizes his brethren
Egypt » History of israel in » Joseph's ten brethren arrive
Egypt » History of israel in » Male children destroyed
Egypt » History of israel in » The passover instituted
Egypt » History of israel in » Moses slays an egyptian
Egypt » History of israel in » Jacob's journey
Egypt » Famine in
Egypt » Rahab
Egypt » Prophecies respecting » Ever to be a base kingdom
Egypt » History of israel in » Moses adopted and brought up by pharaoh's daughter
Egypt » History of israel in » Israel increase and are oppressed
Egypt » History of israel in » Their sojourn in it, foretold
Egypt » History of israel in » Moses sent to pharaoh
Egypt » History of israel in » Benjamin brought
Egypt » As a power, was » Ambitious of conquests
Egypt » As a power, was » Pompous
Egypt » Inhabitants of » Abhorred shepherds
Egypt » As a power, was » Mighty
Egypt » Celebrated for » Wealth
Egypt » The armies of » Invaded assyria and killed josiah who assisted it
Egypt » The armies of » Described
Egypt » Sometimes visited by famine
Egypt » Boundaries of
Egypt » History of israel in » Moses exposed on the nile
Egypt » The armies of » Captured and burned gezer
Egypt » Mode of embalming in
Egypt » Diet used in
Egypt » Of horses
Egypt » Prophecies respecting » Civil war
Egypt » History of israel in » Moses flees to midian
Egypt » Inhabitants of » Abhorred the sacrifice of oxen, &c
Egypt » Inhabitants of » Superstitious
Egypt » Called » Sihor
Egypt » The king acquires title to land of
Egypt » Overflowed by the nile river
Egypt » Imports of
Egypt » History of israel in » Moses born and hid for three months
Egypt » Joseph takes jesus to
Then Herod, when he saw that he was baffled by the wise-men, was very much enraged; and he sent and slew all the male-children in Bethlehem, and in all its borders, from two years old and under, according to the time which he had exactly inquired of the wise-men. Then was fulfilled that which was spoken by Jeremias the prophet, saying, In Rama was there a voice heard, lamentation, and weeping, and great mourning, Rachel bewailing her children, and would not be comforted, because they are not. But when Herod was dead, behold, an angel of the Lord appeareth in a dream to Joseph in Egypt, saying, Arise and take the child and his mother, and go into the land of Israel: for they, that sought the child's life, are dead.