Genesis 47:27

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

Israel settled in the land of Egypt, in the region of Goshen. They acquired property in it and became fruitful and very numerous.

Cross References

Genesis 46:3

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.

Exodus 1:7

But the Israelites were fruitful, increased rapidly, multiplied, and became extremely numerous  so that the land was filled with them.

Acts 7:17

‘As the time was approaching to fulfil the promise that God had made to Abraham, the people flourished and multiplied in Egypt

Zechariah 10:8

I will whistle  and gather them because I have redeemed   them; they will be as numerous as they once were.

Deuteronomy 26:5

You are to respond by saying in the presence of the Lord your God: My father was a wandering Aramean.  He went down to Egypt with a few people and resided there as a foreigner.  There he became a great, powerful, and populous nation.

Genesis 26:4

I will make your offspring as numerous as the stars of the sky, I will give your offspring all these lands, and all the nations of the earth will be blessed  by your offspring,

Nehemiah 9:23

You multiplied their descendants like the stars of the sky and brought them to the land you told their ancestors to go in and possess.

Deuteronomy 10:22

Your ancestors went down to Egypt, seventy people in all,  and now the Lord your God has made you numerous, like the stars of the sky.

Exodus 1:12

But the more they oppressed them, the more they multiplied and spread so that the Egyptians came to dread  the Israelites.

Genesis 28:14

Your offspring will be like the dust of the earth,  and you will spread out towards the west, the east, the north, and the south. All the peoples on earth will be blessed through you and your offspring.

Genesis 17:6

I will make you extremely fruitful and will make nations and kings come from you.

Genesis 13:16

I will make your offspring like the dust of the earth,  so that if anyone could count the dust of the earth, then your offspring could be counted.

Genesis 8:9

but the dove found no resting place for its foot. It returned to him in the ark because water covered the surface of the whole earth. He reached out and brought it into the ark to himself.

Genesis 8:7

and he sent out a raven. It went back and forth until the water had dried up from the earth.

Genesis 34:10

Live with us. The land is before you. Settle here, move about, and acquire property in it.’

Genesis 35:11

God also said to him, ‘I am God Almighty.  Be fruitful and multiply.  A nation, indeed an assembly of nations, will come from you,  and kings will descend from you.  ,

Genesis 47:11

Then Joseph settled his father and brothers in the land of Egypt and gave them property in the best part of the land, the land of Rameses,  as Pharaoh had commanded.