Genesis 47:27

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

So Israel dwelt in Egypt, that is, in the land of Gessen, and possessed it: and grew, and was multiplied exceedingly.

Cross References

Genesis 46:3

God said to him: I am the most mighty God of thy father. Fear not, go down into Egypt, for I will make a great nation of thee there.

Exodus 1:7

The children of Israel increased, and sprung up into multitudes. And growing exceedingly strong they filled the land.

Acts 7:17

And when the time of the promise drew near, which God had promised to Abraham, the people increased, and were multiplied in Egypt,

Zechariah 10:8

I will whistle for them, and I will gather them together, because I have redeemed them: and I will multiply them as they were multiplied before.

Psalm 105:24

And they set at nought the desirable land. They believed not his word,

Deuteronomy 26:5

And thou shalt speak thus in the sight of the Lord thy God: The Syrian pursued my father, who went down into Egypt, and sojourned there in a very small number, and grew into a nation great and strong and of an infinite multitude.

Genesis 26:4

And I will multiply thy seed like the stars of heaven: and I will give to thy posterity all these countries. And in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed.

Nehemiah 9:23

And thou didst multiply their children as the stars of heaven: and broughtest them to the land concerning which thou hadst said to their fathers, that they should go in and possess it.

Deuteronomy 10:22

In seventy souls thy fathers went down into Egypt: and, behold, now the Lord thy God hath multiplied thee as the stars of heaven.

Exodus 1:12

But the more they oppressed them, the more they were multiplied, and increased.

Genesis 28:14

And thy seed shall be as the dust of the earth: Thou shalt spread abroad to the west, and to the east, and to the north, and to the south: AND IN THEE AND THY SEED ALL THE TRIBES OF THE EARTH SHALL BE BLESSED.

Genesis 17:6

And I will make thee increase, exceedingly: and I will make nations of thee; and kings shall come out of thee.

Genesis 13:16

And I will make thy seed as the dust of the earth: if any man be able to number the dust of the earth, he shall be able to number thy seed also.

Genesis 8:9

But she, not finding where her foot might rest, returned to him into the ark: for the waters were upon the whole earth: and he put forth his hand, and caught her, and brought her into the ark.

Genesis 8:7

Which went forth and did not return, till the waters were dried up upon the earth.

Genesis 34:10

And dwell with us: the land is at your command, till, trade, and possess it.

Genesis 35:11

And said to him: I am God Almighty. Increase thou and be multiplied. Nations and peoples of nations shall be from thee, and kings shall come out of thy loins.

Genesis 47:11

But Joseph gave a possession to his father and his brethren in Egypt, in the best place of the land, in Ramesses, as Pharao had commanded.