Genesis 47:27

Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version

Israel stayed in Egypt. He lived in the land of Goshen. His family grew and became very large. They became landowners there and did very well.

Cross References

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.

Exodus 1:7

But the Israelites had many children, and their number grew until the country of Egypt was filled with them.

Acts 7:17

“The number of our people in Egypt grew. There were more and more of our people there. The promise that God made to Abraham was soon to come true.

Psalm 107:38

God blessed them with many children and plenty of animals.

Zechariah 10:8

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

Psalm 105:24

Jacob’s family became very large and more powerful than their enemies.

Deuteronomy 26:5

Then there before the Lord your God you will say: ‘My ancestor was a wandering Aramean. 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.

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 every nation on earth will be blessed.

Nehemiah 9:23

You made their descendants as many as the stars in the sky. You brought them to the land you promised to give their ancestors. They went in and took that land.

Deuteronomy 10:22

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

Exodus 1:12

The Egyptians forced the Israelites to work harder and harder. But the harder they worked, the more they grew and spread, and the more the Egyptians became afraid of them.

Genesis 28:14

You will have as many descendants as there are particles of dust on the 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 17:6

I will give you many descendants. New nations and kings will come from you.

Genesis 13:16

I will make your people so many that they will be like the dust of the earth. If people could count all the particles of dust on earth, they could count your people.

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.

Genesis 8:7

Then he sent out a raven. The raven flew from place to place until the ground was dry and the water was gone.

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, 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 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, around Rameses.