Psalms 105:23
So he said that he would have destroyed them, 1 Had not Moses his chosen 1 Stood before him in the breach, 1 To turn him away from the fierceness of his anger, so that he should not destroy them. 1
Updated Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
Israel also came into Egypt; and Jacob sojourned in the land of Ham.
In Context
22Wondrous works in the land of Ham, 1 And terrible things at the Red Sea. 1
24Moreover they set at nought the desirable land, 1 And believed not his word. 1
Cross References
Genesis 45:9Hasten, therefore, and go up to my father, and say to him, These things saith thy son Joseph; God has made me lord of all the land of Egypt; come down therefore to me, and tarry not.
Genesis 46:6And they took up their goods, and all their property, which they had gotten in the land of Canaan; they came into the land of Egypt, Jacob, and all his seed with him.
Genesis 47:6Behold, the land of Egypt is before thee; settle thy father and thy brethren in the best land.
Joshua 24:4and I gave to him Isaac, and to Isaac Jacob and Esau: and I gave to Esau Mount Seir for him to inherit: and Jacob and his sons went down to Egypt, and became there a great and populous and mighty nation: and the Egyptians afflicted them.
Psalms 105:27And to cast down their seed among the nations, 1 And to scatter them in the countries. 1
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 →