Genesis 47:27

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

Israel settled in the land of Egypt, in the land of Goshen, and they owned land there. They were fruitful and increased rapidly in number.

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  • Gen 46:3 : 3 He 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 The Israelites, however, were fruitful, increased greatly, multiplied, and became extremely strong, so that the land was filled with them.
  • Deut 26:5 : 5 Then you must affirm before the LORD your God,“A wandering Aramean was my ancestor, and he went down to Egypt and lived there as a foreigner with a household few in number, but there he became a great, powerful, and numerous people.
  • Gen 26:4 : 4 I will multiply your descendants so they will be as numerous as the stars in the sky, and I will give them all these lands. All the nations of the earth will pronounce blessings on one another using the name of your descendants.
  • Acts 7:17 : 17 “But as the time drew near for God to fulfill the promise he had declared to Abraham, the people increased greatly in number in Egypt,
  • Gen 28:14 : 14 Your descendants will be like the dust of the earth, and you will spread out to the west, east, north, and south. And so all the families of the earth may receive blessings through you and through your descendants.
  • Neh 9:23 : 23 You multiplied their descendants like the stars of the sky. You brought them to the land you had told their ancestors to enter in order to possess.
  • Ps 105:24 : 24 The LORD made his people very fruitful, and made them more numerous than their enemies.
  • Ps 107:38 : 38 He blessed them so that they became very numerous. He would not allow their cattle to decrease in number.
  • Zech 10:8 : 8 I will signal for them and gather them, for I have already redeemed them; then they will become as numerous as they were before.
  • Exod 1:12 : 12 But the more the Egyptians oppressed them, the more they multiplied and spread. As a result the Egyptians loathed the Israelites,
  • Deut 10:22 : 22 When your ancestors went down to Egypt, they numbered only seventy, but now the LORD your God has made you as numerous as the stars of the sky.
  • Gen 8:7 : 7 and sent out a raven; it kept flying back and forth until the waters had dried up on the earth.
  • Gen 8:9 : 9 The dove could not find a resting place for its feet because water still covered the surface of the entire earth, and so it returned to Noah in the ark. He stretched out his hand, took the dove, and brought it back into the ark.
  • Gen 13:16 : 16 And I will make your descendants like the dust of the earth, so that if anyone is able to count the dust of the earth, then your descendants also can be counted.
  • Gen 17:6 : 6 I will make you extremely fruitful. I will make nations of you, and kings will descend from you.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Exod 1:7
    81%

    7The Israelites, however, were fruitful, increased greatly, multiplied, and became extremely strong, so that the land was filled with them.

  • Gen 47:28
    77%

    28Jacob lived in the land of Egypt seventeen years; the years of Jacob’s life were 147 in all.

  • Acts 7:17
    76%

    17“But as the time drew near for God to fulfill the promise he had declared to Abraham, the people increased greatly in number in Egypt,

  • Gen 47:1
    75%

    1Joseph’s Wise Administration Joseph went and told Pharaoh,“My father, my brothers, their flocks and herds, and all that they own have arrived from the land of Canaan. They are now in the land of Goshen.”

  • Gen 47:6-7
    2 verses
    75%

    6The land of Egypt is before you; settle your father and your brothers in the best region of the land. They may live in the land of Goshen. If you know of any highly capable men among them, put them in charge of my livestock.”

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

  • Gen 47:11-12
    2 verses
    74%

    11So Joseph settled his father and his brothers. He gave them territory in the land of Egypt, in the best region of the land, the land of Rameses, just 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 little children.

  • Gen 45:10
    74%

    10You will live in the land of Goshen, and you will be near me– you, your children, your grandchildren, your flocks, your herds, and everything you have.

  • Gen 47:3-4
    2 verses
    74%

    3Pharaoh said to Joseph’s brothers,“What is your occupation?” They said to Pharaoh,“Your servants take care of flocks, just as our ancestors did.”

    4Then they said to Pharaoh,“We have come to live as temporary residents in the land. There is no pasture for your servants’ flocks because the famine is severe in the land of Canaan. So now, please let your servants live in the land of Goshen.”

  • Gen 50:8
    72%

    8all Joseph’s household, his brothers, and his father’s household. But they left their little children and their flocks and herds in the land of Goshen.

  • Gen 37:1
    72%

    1Joseph’s Dreams But Jacob lived in the land where his father had stayed, in the land of Canaan.

  • Gen 46:6
    72%

    6Jacob and all his descendants took their livestock and the possessions they had acquired in the land of Canaan, and they went to Egypt.

  • Gen 50:22
    72%

    22Joseph lived in Egypt, along with his father’s family. Joseph lived 110 years.

  • Ps 105:23-24
    2 verses
    72%

    23Israel moved to Egypt; Jacob lived for a time in the land of Ham.

    24The LORD made his people very fruitful, and made them more numerous than their enemies.

  • Exod 1:12
    72%

    12But the more the Egyptians oppressed them, the more they multiplied and spread. As a result the Egyptians loathed the Israelites,

  • Exod 1:5
    72%

    5All the people who were directly descended from Jacob numbered seventy. But Joseph was already in Egypt,

  • Gen 47:26
    71%

    26So Joseph made it a statute, which is in effect to this day throughout the land of Egypt: One-fifth belongs to Pharaoh. Only the land of the priests did not become Pharaoh’s.

  • Gen 48:4
    71%

    4He said to me,‘I am going to make you fruitful and will multiply you. I will make you into a group of nations, and I will give this land to your descendants as an everlasting possession.’

  • Exod 12:40
    71%

    40Now the length of time the Israelites lived in Egypt was 430 years.

  • Gen 46:27-28
    2 verses
    71%

    27Counting the two sons of Joseph who were born to him in Egypt, all the people of the household of Jacob who were in Egypt numbered seventy.

    28Jacob sent Judah before him to Joseph to accompany him to Goshen. So they came to the land of Goshen.

  • Gen 47:20-21
    2 verses
    71%

    20So Joseph bought all the land of Egypt for Pharaoh. Each of the Egyptians sold his field, for the famine was severe. So the land became Pharaoh’s.

    21Joseph made all the people slaves from one end of Egypt’s border to the other end of it.

  • Gen 41:46-47
    2 verses
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    46Now Joseph was 30 years old when he began serving Pharaoh king of Egypt. Joseph was commissioned by Pharaoh and was in charge of all the land of Egypt.

    47During the seven years of abundance the land produced large, bountiful harvests.

  • Gen 45:25
    70%

    25So they went up from Egypt and came to their father Jacob in the land of Canaan.

  • Acts 7:6
    70%

    6But God spoke as follows:‘Your descendants will be foreigners in a foreign country, whose citizens will enslave them and mistreat them for four hundred years.

  • Josh 21:43
    70%

    43So the LORD gave Israel all the land he had solemnly promised to their ancestors, and they conquered it and lived in it.

  • Gen 41:29
    69%

    29Seven years of great abundance are coming throughout the whole land of Egypt.

  • Gen 47:23
    69%

    23Joseph said to the people,“Since I have bought you and your land today for Pharaoh, here is seed for you. Cultivate the land.

  • Gen 47:14
    69%

    14Joseph collected all the money that could be found in the land of Egypt and in the land of Canaan as payment for the grain they were buying. Then Joseph brought the money into Pharaoh’s palace.

  • Num 20:15
    69%

    15how our ancestors went down into Egypt, and we lived in Egypt a long time, and the Egyptians treated us and our ancestors badly.