Genesis 47:27

Easy To Read Version

Israel (Jacob) stayed in Egypt. He lived in the land of Goshen. His family grew and became very large. They got that land in Egypt and did very well.

Cross References

Genesis 13:16

I will make your people as many as the dust of the earth. If people could count all the dust on earth, then they could count your people.

Genesis 17:6

I will give you many, many descendants. [94] New nations and kings will come from you.

Genesis 26:4

I will make your family as many as the stars of heaven. And I will give all these lands to your family. Through your descendants, [152] every nation on earth will be blessed.

Genesis 28:14

You will have many, many descendants. [163] They will be as many as the pieces of dust on earth. They will spread east and west, north and south. All the families on earth will be blessed because of you and your descendants.

Genesis 34:10

You can live in the same land with us. You will be free to own the land and to trade here.”

Genesis 35:11

God said to him, “I am God All-Powerful. [208] {And I give you this blessing:} Have many children and grow into a great nation. Other nations and other kings will come out of you.

Genesis 46:3

Then God said, “I am God, the God of your father. Don’t be afraid to go to Egypt. In Egypt I will make you a great nation.

Genesis 47:11

Joseph did what Pharaoh said and gave his father and brothers land in Egypt. It was the best land in Egypt, {in the eastern part of the country} in the land of Rameses.

Genesis 8:7

Then Noah sent out a raven. [53] The raven flew from place to place until the ground was dry and the water was gone.

Genesis 8:9

The dove could not find a place to rest because water still covered the earth, so the dove came back to the boat. Noah reached out his hand and caught the dove and brought it back into the boat.

Nehemiah 9:23

You made their descendants {\cf2\super [53]} \par as many as the stars in the sky.\par You brought them to the land\par you promised to give their ancestors. {\cf2\super [54]} \par They went in and took that land.\par

Psalm 105:24

Jacob’s family became very large.\par They became more powerful\par than their enemies.\par

Psalm 107:38

God blessed those people.\par Their families grew.\par They had many, many animals.\par

Exodus 1:12

The Egyptians forced the Israelites to work harder and harder. But the more the people of Israel were forced to work, the more they grew and spread. And the Egyptian people became more and more afraid of the people of Israel.

Exodus 1:7

But the people of Israel had many children, and their number grew and grew. The people of Israel became strong, and the country of Egypt was filled with the Israelites.

Zechariah 10:8

“I will whistle for them and call them all together. I really will save them. There will be many, many people.

Acts 7:17

“The number of Israelites {\cf2\super [130]} in Egypt grew. There were more and more of our people there. (The promise that God made to Abraham was soon to come true.)

Deuteronomy 10:22

When your ancestors [64] went down into Egypt, there were only 70 people. Now the Lord your God has made you many, many people—as many as the stars in the sky.

Deuteronomy 26:5

Then there before the Lord your God you will say: ‘My ancestor was a wandering Aramean. [157] He went down into Egypt and stayed there. When he went there, he had only a few people in his family. But in Egypt he became a great nation—a powerful nation with many people.