Genesis 47:27

New Century Version

The Israelites continued to live in the land of Goshen in Egypt. There they got possessions and had many children and grew in number.

Cross References

Genesis 13:16

I will make your descendants as many as the dust of the earth. If anyone could count the dust on the earth, he could count your people.

Genesis 17:6

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

Genesis 26:4

I will give you many descendants, as hard to count as the stars in the sky, and I will give them all these lands. Through your descendants all the nations on the earth will be blessed.

Genesis 28:14

Your descendants will be as many as the dust of the earth. They will spread west and east, north and south, and all the families of the earth will be blessed through you and your descendants.

Genesis 34:10

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

Genesis 35:11

God said to him, “I am God Almighty. Have many children and grow in number as a nation. You will be the ancestor of many nations and kings.

Genesis 46:3

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

Genesis 47:11

Joseph obeyed the king and gave his father and brothers the best land in Egypt, near the city of Rameses.

Genesis 8:7

he sent out a raven. It flew here and there until the water had dried up from the earth.

Genesis 8:9

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

Nehemiah 9:23

You made their children as many as the stars in the sky, and you brought them into the land that you told their ancestors to enter and take over.

Psalm 105:24

The Lord made his people grow in number, and he made them stronger than their enemies.

Psalm 107:38

God blessed them, and they grew in number. Their cattle did not become fewer.

Exodus 1:12

But the harder the Egyptians forced the Israelites to work, the more the Israelites grew in number and spread out. So the Egyptians became very afraid of them

Exodus 1:7

But the people of Israel had many children, and their number grew greatly. They became very strong, and the country of Egypt was filled with them.

Zechariah 10:8

I will call my people and gather them together. I will save them, and they will grow in number as they grew in number before.

Acts 7:17

“The promise God made to Abraham was soon to come true, and the number of people in Egypt grew large.

Deuteronomy 10:22

There were only seventy of your ancestors when they went down to Egypt, and now the Lord your God has made you as many as the stars in the sky.

Deuteronomy 26:5

Then you shall announce before the Lord your God: “My father was a wandering Aramean. He went down to Egypt with only a few people, but they became a great, powerful, and large nation there.