Genesis 47:27

New International Version

Now the Israelites settled in Egypt in the region of Goshen. They acquired property there and were fruitful and increased greatly in number.

Cross References

Genesis 46:3

“I am God, the God of your father,” he said. “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 exceedingly fruitful; they multiplied greatly, increased in numbers and became so numerous that the land was filled with them.

Acts 7:17

“As the time drew near for God to fulfill his promise to Abraham, the number of our people in Egypt had greatly increased.

Psalm 107:38

he blessed them, and their numbers greatly increased, and he did not let their herds diminish.

Zechariah 10:8

I will signal for them and gather them in. Surely I will redeem them; they will be as numerous as before.

Psalm 105:24

The Lord made his people very fruitful; he made them too numerous for their foes,

Deuteronomy 26:5

Then you shall declare before the Lord your God: “My father was a wandering Aramean, and he went down into Egypt with a few people and lived there and became a great nation, powerful and numerous.

Genesis 26:4

I will make your descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky and will give them all these lands, and through your offspring all nations on earth will be blessed,

Nehemiah 9:23

You made their children as numerous as the stars in the sky, and you brought them into the land that you told their parents to enter and possess.

Deuteronomy 10:22

Your ancestors who went down into Egypt were seventy in all, and now the Lord your God has made you as numerous as the stars in the sky.

Exodus 1:12

But the more they were oppressed, the more they multiplied and spread; so the Egyptians came to dread the Israelites

Genesis 28:14

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

Genesis 17:6

I will make you very fruitful; I will make nations of you, and kings will 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, then your offspring could be counted.

Genesis 8:9

But the dove could find nowhere to perch because there was water over all the surface of the earth; so it returned to Noah in the ark. He reached out his hand and took the dove and brought it back to himself in the ark.

Genesis 8:7

and sent out a raven, and it kept flying back and forth until the water had dried up from the earth.

Genesis 34:10

You can settle among us; the land is open to you. Live in it, trade in it, and acquire property in it.”

Genesis 35:11

And God said to him, “I am God Almighty; be fruitful and increase in number. A nation and a community of nations will come from you, and kings will be among your descendants.

Genesis 47:11

So Joseph settled his father and his brothers in Egypt and gave them property in the best part of the land, the district of Rameses, as Pharaoh directed.