Genesis 47:27

And Israel dwells in the land of Egypt, in the land of Goshen, and they have possession in it, and are fruitful, and multiply exceedingly;

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In The King James Version

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

In Context

26and Joseph sets it for a statute to this day, concerning the ground of Egypt, [that] Pharaoh has a fifth; only the ground of the priests alone has not become Pharaoh’s.

28and Jacob lives in the land of Egypt seventeen years, and the days of Jacob, the years of his life, are one hundred and forty-seven years.

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Cross References

Genesis 8:7and he sends forth the raven, and it goes out, going out and turning back until the drying of the waters from off the earth.

Genesis 13:16And I have set your seed as dust of the earth, so that, if one is able to number the dust of the earth, even your seed is numbered;

Genesis 26:4and I have multiplied your seed as stars of the heavens, and I have given to your seed all these lands; and all nations of the earth have blessed themselves in your Seed;

Genesis 46:3And He says, “I [am] God, God of your father, do not be afraid of going down to Egypt, for I set you there for a great nation;

Exodus 1:12and as they afflict it, so it multiplies, and so it breaks forth, and they are distressed because of the sons of Israel;

Deuteronomy 26:5And you have answered and said before your God YHWH, My father [is] a perishing Aramean! And he goes down to Egypt, and sojourns there with few men, and becomes a great, mighty, and populous nation there;

Matthew Henry on Genesis 47:14-27

Distressed Occasioned by the Famine. ( b. c. 1706.) 13 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. 14 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. 15 And when money failed in the land of Egypt, and in the land of Canaan, all the Egyptians came unto Joseph, and said,… Read the whole commentary →

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