Genesis 47:27

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

And Israel dwelt in the land of Egypt, in the land of Goshen; and they gat them possessions therein, and were fruitful, and multiplied exceedingly.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיֵּ֧שֶׁב יִשְׂרָאֵ֛ל בְּאֶ֥רֶץ מִצְרַ֖יִם בְּאֶ֣רֶץ גֹּ֑שֶׁן וַיֵּאָחֲז֣וּ בָ֔הּ וַיִּפְר֥וּ וַיִּרְבּ֖וּ מְאֹֽד׃

Transliteration

wə-yēšeḇ yiśrāʾēl in bə-ʾereṣ miṣrayim in bə-ʾereṣ gōšen wə-yēʾāḥăzû in her wə-yip̄rû wə-yirbû very məʾōḏ

Grammar Details

• *wə-yēšeḇ*: conjunction + Qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular - and dwelt
• *yiśrāʾēl*: proper noun - Israel
• *bə-ʾereṣ*: preposition + noun feminine singular construct - in the land of
• *miṣrayim*: proper noun - Egypt
• *gōšen*: proper noun - Goshen
• *wə-yēʾāḥăzû*: conjunction + Niphal imperfect 3rd masculine plural - and they gained possessions
• in her: preposition with 3rd person feminine singular suffix - in it
• *wə-yip̄rû*: conjunction + Qal imperfect 3rd masculine plural - and were fruitful
• *wə-yirbû*: conjunction + Qal imperfect 3rd masculine plural - and multiplied
• *məʾōḏ*: adverb - very/exceedingly

Word Meanings

• *wə-yēʾāḥăzû*: gained possessions/took hold/settled
• *wə-yip̄rû*: were fruitful/were productive/increased

Referenced Verses

• Gen 46:3 : 3 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:
• Exod 1:7 : 7 And the children of Israel were fruitful, and increased abundantly, and multiplied, and waxed exceeding mighty; and the land was filled with them.
• Deut 26:5 : 5 And thou shalt answer and say before Jehovah thy God, A Syrian ready to perish was my father; and he went down into Egypt, and sojourned there, few in number; and he became there a nation, great, mighty, and populous.
• Gen 26:4 : 4 and I will multiply thy seed as the stars of heaven, and will give unto thy seed all these lands; and in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed;
• Acts 7:17 : 17 But as the time of the promise drew nigh which God vouchsafed unto Abraham, the people grew and multiplied in Egypt,
• Gen 28:14 : 14 and thy seed shall be as the dust of the earth, and thou shalt spread abroad to the west, and to the east, and to the north, and to the south: and in thee and in thy seed shall all the families of the earth be blessed.
• Neh 9:23 : 23 Their children also multipliedst thou as the stars of heaven, and broughtest them into the land concerning which thou didst say to their fathers, that they should go in to possess it.
• Ps 105:24 : 24 And he increased his people greatly, And made them stronger than their adversaries.
• Ps 107:38 : 38 He blesseth them also, so that they are multiplied greatly; And he suffereth not their cattle to decrease.
• Zech 10:8 : 8 I will hiss for them, and gather them; for I have redeemed them; and they shall increase as they have increased.
• Exod 1:12 : 12 But the more they afflicted them, the more they multiplied and the more they spread abroad. And they were grieved because of the children of Israel.
• Deut 10:22 : 22 Thy fathers went down into Egypt with threescore and ten persons; and now Jehovah thy God hath made thee as the stars of heaven for multitude.
• Gen 8:7 : 7 and he sent forth a raven, and it went forth to and fro, until the waters were dried up from off the earth.
• Gen 8:9 : 9 but the dove found no rest for the sole of her foot, and she returned unto him to the ark; for the waters were on the face of the whole earth: and he put forth his hand, and took her, and brought her in unto him into the ark.
• Gen 13:16 : 16 And I will make thy seed as the dust of the earth: so that if a man can number the dust of the earth, then may thy seed also be numbered.
• Gen 17:6 : 6 And I will make thee exceeding fruitful, and I will make nations of thee, and kings shall come out of thee.