Genesis 47:27

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Now Israel settled in the land of Egypt, in the region of Goshen. They gained property there, were fruitful, and greatly multiplied in number.

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  • Gen 46:3 : 3 God said, 'I am God, the God of your father. Do not be afraid to go down to Egypt, for I will make you into a great nation there.'
  • Exod 1:7 : 7 But the Israelites were fruitful, multiplied greatly, increased in number, and became exceedingly strong, so that the land was filled with them.
  • Deut 26:5 : 5 And you shall declare before the LORD your God, 'My father was a wandering Aramean, and he went down to Egypt, where he lived as a foreigner with only a few people. But there he became a great nation, powerful and numerous.'
  • Gen 26:4 : 4 I will make your offspring as numerous as the stars of the sky and give them all these lands, and through your descendants all the nations of the earth will be blessed.
  • Acts 7:17 : 17 As the time drew near for God to fulfill the promise He had made to Abraham, the people increased and multiplied in Egypt.
  • Gen 28:14 : 14 Your descendants will be as numerous as the dust of the earth, and you will spread out to the west, to the east, to the north, and to the south. Through you and your descendants, all the families of the earth will be blessed.
  • Neh 9:23 : 23 You multiplied their descendants like the stars of heaven and brought them to the land You had promised their ancestors they would enter and take possession of.
  • Ps 105:24 : 24 The LORD made his people very fruitful and made them stronger than their adversaries.
  • Ps 107:38 : 38 He blessed them, and they multiplied greatly, and He did not let their livestock decrease.
  • Zech 10:8 : 8 I will whistle for them and gather them, for I have redeemed them. They will become as numerous as they were before.
  • Exod 1:12 : 12 Yet, the more they were oppressed, the more they multiplied and spread; so the Egyptians came to dread the Israelites.
  • Deut 10:22 : 22 Your ancestors went down to Egypt with seventy people, and now the LORD your God has made you as numerous as the stars of the heavens.
  • Gen 8:7 : 7 He sent out a raven, and it kept flying back and forth until the waters had dried up from the earth.
  • Gen 8:9 : 9 But the dove found no resting place for the sole of her foot, so she returned to the ark, for the waters were still over the surface of the whole earth. Noah reached out his hand, took her, and brought her back to himself in the ark.
  • Gen 13:16 : 16 I will make your descendants like the dust of the earth, so that if anyone could count the dust of the earth, your descendants could also be counted.
  • Gen 17:6 : 6 I will make you very fruitful; I will make nations come from you, and kings will be among your descendants.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Exod 1:7
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    7But the Israelites were fruitful, multiplied greatly, increased in number, and became exceedingly strong, so that the land was filled with them.

  • Gen 47:28
    77%

    28Jacob lived in Egypt for seventeen years, and the years of his life were one hundred and forty-seven in total.

  • Acts 7:17
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    17As the time drew near for God to fulfill the promise He had made to Abraham, the people increased and multiplied in Egypt.

  • Gen 47:1
    75%

    1So Joseph went and told Pharaoh, 'My father, my brothers, their flocks, their herds, and everything they own have come from the land of Canaan, and they are now in the region of Goshen.'

  • Gen 47:6-7
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    6'The land of Egypt is before you. Settle your father and brothers in the best part of the land, in Goshen. And if you know any among them who are capable men, appoint them as overseers of my livestock.'

    7Then Joseph brought his father Jacob in and presented him before Pharaoh, and Jacob blessed Pharaoh.

  • Gen 47:11-12
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    11So Joseph settled his father and brothers, giving them property in the best part of the land in Egypt, in the region of Rameses, as Pharaoh had commanded.

    12Joseph also provided food for his father, his brothers, and all his father’s household according to the number of their children.

  • Gen 45:10
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    10You shall dwell in the land of Goshen and be near me—you, your children, your grandchildren, your flocks, your herds, and everything you have.

  • Gen 47:3-4
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    3Pharaoh asked Joseph’s brothers, 'What is your occupation?' and they replied to Pharaoh, 'Your servants are shepherds, just as our fathers were.'

    4They also said to Pharaoh, 'We have come to sojourn in this land because there is no pasture for your servants’ flocks, for the famine in the land of Canaan is severe. Please allow your servants to settle in the region of Goshen.'

  • Gen 50:8
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    8Joseph's entire household, his brothers, and his father's household accompanied him. But they left their children, flocks, and cattle in the land of Goshen.

  • Gen 37:1
    72%

    1Jacob settled in the land where his father had sojourned, the land of Canaan.

  • Gen 46:6
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    6They also took with them their livestock and the possessions they had acquired in Canaan. Jacob and all his descendants went to Egypt.

  • Gen 50:22
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    22Joseph stayed in Egypt, along with his father's family. He lived to be 110 years old.

  • Ps 105:23-24
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    23Then Israel came to Egypt; Jacob lived as a foreigner in the land of Ham.

    24The LORD made his people very fruitful and made them stronger than their adversaries.

  • Exod 1:12
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    12Yet, the more they were oppressed, the more they multiplied and spread; so the Egyptians came to dread the Israelites.

  • Exod 1:5
    72%

    5The total number of Jacob's descendants was seventy, and Joseph was already in Egypt.

  • Gen 47:26
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    26So Joseph established it as a law in Egypt to this day: A fifth of the produce belongs to Pharaoh. Only the land of the priests did not become Pharaoh’s.

  • Gen 48:4
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    4He said to me, 'I am about to make you fruitful and multiply you. I will make you a community of peoples, and I will give this land to your descendants after you as a permanent possession.'

  • Exod 12:40
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    40Now the time that the Israelites lived in Egypt was four hundred thirty years.

  • Gen 46:27-28
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    27And the two sons of Joseph, who were born to him in Egypt, brought the total number of Jacob's family who came to Egypt to seventy.

    28Jacob sent Judah ahead of him to Joseph to get directions to Goshen. When they arrived in the land of Goshen,

  • Gen 47:20-21
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    20So Joseph bought all the land of Egypt for Pharaoh. The Egyptians sold their fields, because the famine was severe upon them. The land became Pharaoh’s.

    21As for the people, he relocated them to the cities, from one end of Egypt's border to the other.

  • Gen 41:46-47
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    46Joseph was thirty years old when he entered the service of Pharaoh king of Egypt. He went out from Pharaoh’s presence and traveled throughout all the land of Egypt.

    47During the seven years of abundance, the land produced bountifully.

  • Gen 45:25
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    25So they went up from Egypt and came to Canaan to their father Jacob.

  • Acts 7:6
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    6God spoke to Abraham in this way: 'Your descendants will be strangers in a foreign land, and they will be enslaved and mistreated for four hundred years.

  • Josh 21:43
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    43So the LORD gave Israel all the land He had sworn to give to their ancestors, and they took possession of it and settled there.

  • Gen 41:29
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    29Behold, seven years of great abundance are coming throughout the land of Egypt.

  • Gen 47:23
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    23Then Joseph said to the people, 'Now that I have bought you and your land for Pharaoh, here is seed for you to sow in the land.'

  • Gen 47:14
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    14Joseph collected all the money that was found in the land of Egypt and in the land of Canaan in exchange for the grain they were buying, and he brought the money into Pharaoh’s house.

  • Num 20:15
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    15Our ancestors went down to Egypt, and we lived there for a long time. But the Egyptians mistreated us and our ancestors.