Psalms 105:24
And he increased his people exceedingly, and made them stronger then their oppressours.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
And he increased his people greatly; and made them stronger than their enemies.
In Context
23Then Israel came to Egypt, and Iaakob was a stranger in the land of Ham.
25He turned their heart to hate his people, and to deale craftily with his seruants.
Cross References
Genesis 13:16And I will make thy seede, as the dust of the earth: so that if a man can number the dust of the earth, then shall thy seede be numbred.
Exodus 1:7And the children of Israel brought foorth fruite and encreased in aboundance, and were multiplied, and were exceeding mightie, so that the land was full of them.
Exodus 12:37Then the children of Israel tooke their iourney from Rameses to Succoth about sixe hundreth thousand men of foote, beside children.
Acts 7:17But when the time of the promise drewe neere, which God had sworne to Abraham, the people grewe and multiplied in Egypt,
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 →