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Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלlivedוַיֵּשֶׁבin the landבְּאֶרֶץof Egypt,מִצְרַיִםin the landבְּאֶרֶץof Goshen;גֹּשֶׁןthey acquired possessionsוַיֵּאָחֲזוּin it,בָהּand were fruitfulוַיִּפְרוּand multipliedוַיִּרְבּוּgreatly.מְאֹד
Genesis 47:27
Study it in the app“Israel lived in the land of Egypt, in the land of Goshen; they acquired possessions in it, and were fruitful and multiplied greatly.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Genesis 47:27, word by word
- Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyisrael
Israel
Israel, the new name Jacob received from God, explained as "you have striven with God" (Genesis 32:28); then the name of the people that came from him and, after the division, of the northern kingdom.
Where else “yisrael” appears- livedיֵּשֶׁבyeshev
dwell
To make one's home in a place.
Where else “yeshev” appears- in the landאֶרֶץerets
land
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “erets” appears- of Egyptמִצְרַיִםmitsrayim
Egypt, Mizraim
See it on the mapWhere else “mitsrayim” appears- of Goshenגֹּשֶׁןgoshen
Goshen
See it on the mapWhere else “goshen” appears- they acquired possessionsיֵּאָחֲזוּyeachazu
possess
To keep a land and settle in it.
Where else “yeachazu” appears- and were fruitfulיִּפְרוּyifru
be fruitful
Bear fruit; be fruitful, have descendants.
Where else “yifru” appears- and multipliedיִּרְבּוּyirbu
multiply
To grow in number.
Where else “yirbu” appears- greatlyמְאֹדmeod
very
To a very high degree: the word that adds force to what is said.
Where else “meod” appears
Places in this verse
1Egypt
Today: Egypt (Nile Valley)
A country in northeast Africa along the Nile River, southwest of Israel.
Joseph was sold into it, and his family went down to live there (Gen 37:28; 46:6). God brought Israel out of it with a mighty hand (Exod 12:41). The child Jesus fled there with his parents (Matt 2:14).
2Goshen ?
Today: eastern Nile Delta (Wadi Tumilat), Egypt; debated
A region of the eastern Nile delta in Egypt; how far it extended is not certain.
Pharaoh gave that land to Jacob and his family to live in (Gen 47:6). During the plagues, no hail fell on Goshen (Exod 9:26).
The context
26Joseph made it a statute, to this day, concerning the land of Egypt: to Pharaoh belongs the fifth. Only the land of the priests by itself did not become Pharaoh’s.
27 · This verse (above)
28Jacob lived in the land of Egypt seventeen years; and the days of Jacob, the years of his life, were a hundred forty-seven years.
To study Genesis 47 in a group
1. What it says
What did Joseph do for his family and for Egypt during the famine (vv. 11-12, 14-26)?
2. What it means
How does Jacob describe his years to Pharaoh, and what does he do when he arrives and when he leaves (vv. 7-10)?
3. How I live it
How can you help someone in need with what you have?