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Genesis 47

Gen. 47:27 KJV (With Strong’s)

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And Israel
Yisra'el (Hebrew #3478)
from 8280 and 410; he will rule as God; Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity: --Israel.
Pronounce: yis-raw-ale'
dwelt
yashab (Hebrew #3427)
properly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry
KJV usage: (make to) abide(-ing), continue, (cause to, make to) dwell(-ing), ease self, endure, establish, X fail, habitation, haunt, (make to) inhabit(-ant), make to keep (house), lurking, X marry(-ing), (bring again to) place, remain, return, seat, set(- tle), (down-)sit(-down, still, -ting down, -ting (place) -uate), take, tarry.
Pronounce: yaw-shab'
Origin: a primitive root
in the land
'erets (Hebrew #776)
the earth (at large, or partitively a land)
KJV usage: X common, country, earth, field, ground, land, X natins, way, + wilderness, world.
Pronounce: eh'-rets
Origin: from an unused root probably meaning to be firm
of Egypt
Mitsrayim (Hebrew #4714)
Mitsrajim, i.e. Upper and Lower Egypt
KJV usage: Egypt, Egyptians, Mizraim.
Pronounce: mits-rah'-yim
Origin: dual of 4693
, in the country
'erets (Hebrew #776)
the earth (at large, or partitively a land)
KJV usage: X common, country, earth, field, ground, land, X natins, way, + wilderness, world.
Pronounce: eh'-rets
Origin: from an unused root probably meaning to be firm
of Goshen
Goshen (Hebrew #1657)
Goshen, the residence of the Israelites in Egypt; also a place in Palestine
KJV usage: Goshen.
Pronounce: go'-shen
Origin: probably of Egyptian origin
; and they had possessions
'achaz (Hebrew #270)
to seize (often with the accessory idea of holding in possession)
KJV usage: + be affrighted, bar, (catch, lay, take) hold (back), come upon, fasten, handle, portion, (get, have or take) possess(-ion).
Pronounce: aw-khaz'
Origin: a primitive root
therein, and grew
parah (Hebrew #6509)
to bear fruit (literally or figuratively)
KJV usage: bear, bring forth (fruit), (be, cause to be, make) fruitful, grow, increase.
Pronounce: paw-raw'
Origin: a primitive root
, and multiplied
rabah (Hebrew #7235)
to increase (in whatever respect)
KJV usage: (bring in) abundance (X -antly), + archer (by mistake for 7232), be in authority, bring up, X continue, enlarge, excel, exceeding(-ly), be full of, (be, make) great(-er, -ly, X -ness), grow up, heap, increase, be long, (be, give, have, make, use) many (a time), (any, be, give, give the, have) more (in number), (ask, be, be so, gather, over, take, yield) much (greater, more), (make to) multiply, nourish, plenty(-eous), X process (of time), sore, store, thoroughly, very.
Pronounce: raw-baw'
Origin: a primitive root
d exceedingly
m`od (Hebrew #3966)
properly, vehemence, i.e. (with or without preposition) vehemently; by implication, wholly, speedily, etc. (often with other words as an intensive or superlative; especially when repeated)
KJV usage: diligently, especially, exceeding(-ly), far, fast, good, great(-ly), X louder and louder, might(-ily, -y), (so) much, quickly, (so) sore, utterly, very (+ much, sore), well.
Pronounce: meh-ode'
Origin: from the same as 181
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Ex. 1:7,12• 7And the children of Israel were fruitful, and swarmed and multiplied, and became exceeding strong; and the land was full of them.
 12But the more they afflicted them, the more they multiplied and spread; and they were distressed because of the children of Israel. (Ex. 1:7,12)
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Deut. 10:22• 22With seventy souls thy fathers went down into Egypt; and now Jehovah thy God hath made thee as the stars of heaven for multitude. (Deut. 10:22)
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Neh. 9:23• 23And their children thou didst multiply as the stars of heaven, and thou broughtest them into the land concerning which thou didst say to their fathers that they should go in to possess it. (Neh. 9:23)

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Egypt,
Goshen,
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Cross References

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dwelt.
Gen. 47:11• 11And Joseph settled his father and his brethren, and gave them a possession in the land of Egypt, in the best of the land, in the land of Rameses, as Pharaoh had commanded. (Gen. 47:11)
grew.
Gen. 8:7,9• 7And he sent out the raven, which went forth going to and fro, until the waters were dried from the earth.
 9But the dove found no resting-place for the sole of her foot, and returned to him into the ark; for the waters were on the whole earth; and he put forth his hand, and took her, and brought her to him into the ark. (Gen. 8:7,9)
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Gen. 13:16• 16And I will make thy seed as the dust of the earth, so that if any one can number the dust of the earth, thy seed also will be numbered. (Gen. 13:16)
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Gen. 26:4• 4And I will multiply thy seed as the stars of heaven, and unto thy seed will I give all these countries; and in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth bless themselves-- (Gen. 26:4)
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Gen. 28:14• 14And thy seed shall be as the dust of the earth, and thou shalt spread abroad to the west, and to the east, and to the north, and to the south; and in thee and in thy seed shall all the families of the earth be blessed. (Gen. 28:14)
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Gen. 46:3• 3And he said, I am *God, the God of thy father: fear not to go down to Egypt; for I will there make of thee a great nation. (Gen. 46:3)
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Ex. 1:7,12• 7And the children of Israel were fruitful, and swarmed and multiplied, and became exceeding strong; and the land was full of them.
 12But the more they afflicted them, the more they multiplied and spread; and they were distressed because of the children of Israel. (Ex. 1:7,12)
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Deut. 10:22• 22With seventy souls thy fathers went down into Egypt; and now Jehovah thy God hath made thee as the stars of heaven for multitude. (Deut. 10:22)
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Deut. 26:5• 5And thou shalt speak and say before Jehovah thy God, A perishing Aramæan was my father, and he went down to Egypt with a few, and sojourned there, and became there a nation, great, mighty, and populous. (Deut. 26:5)
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Neh. 9:23• 23And their children thou didst multiply as the stars of heaven, and thou broughtest them into the land concerning which thou didst say to their fathers that they should go in to possess it. (Neh. 9:23)
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Psa. 105:24• 24And he made his people exceeding fruitful, and made them mightier than their oppressors. (Psa. 105:24)
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Psa. 107:38• 38And he blesseth them, so that they are multiplied greatly; and he suffereth not their cattle to decrease. (Psa. 107:38)
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Zech. 10:8• 8I will hiss for them, and gather them; for I have redeemed them: and they shall multiply as they used to multiply. (Zech. 10:8)
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Acts 7:17• 17But as the time of promise drew near which God had promised to Abraham, the people increased and multiplied in Egypt, (Acts 7:17)

J. N. Darby Translation

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And Israel dwelt in the land of Egypt, in the land of Goshen; and they had possessions in it, and were fruitful and multiplied exceedingly.