Psalms 105:23
And Israel came into Egypt, and Jacob sojourned in the land of Ham.
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
Israel also came into Egypt; and Jacob sojourned in the land of Ham.
In Context
22To bind his princes at his pleasure, and teach his elders wisdom.
24And he made his people exceeding fruitful, and made them mightier than their oppressors.
Cross References
Genesis 45:9Haste and go up to my father, and say to him, Thus says thy son Joseph: God has made me lord of all Egypt; come down to me, tarry not.
Genesis 46:6And they took their cattle, and their goods which they had acquired in the land of Canaan, and came to Egypt, Jacob and all his seed with him;
Genesis 47:6The land of Egypt is before thee; in the best of the land settle thy father and thy brethren: let them dwell in the land of Goshen. And if thou knowest men of activity among them, then set them as overseers of cattle over what I have.
Joshua 24:4And I gave unto Isaac Jacob and Esau; and I gave unto Esau mount Seir, to possess it; and Jacob and his sons went down into Egypt.
Psalms 105:27They set his signs among them, and miracles in the land of Ham.
Acts 7:11But a famine came upon all the land of Egypt and Canaan, and great distress, and our fathers found no food.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 105:9-25
The Divine Promise to the Patriarchs; Providences Concerning the Patriarchs. 8 He hath remembered his covenant for ever, the word which he commanded to a thousand generations. 9 Which covenant he made with Abraham, and his oath unto Isaac; 10 And confirmed the same unto Jacob for a law, and to Israel for an everlasting covenant: 11 Saying, Unto thee will I give the land of Canaan, the lot of your inheritance: 12 When they were but a few men in number; yea, very few, and strangers in it. 13 When they went from one… Read the whole commentary →