Then Israel entered Egypt; Jacob dwelt in the land of Ham.
Parallel translations
- WEB Israel also came into Egypt. Jacob lived in the land of Ham.
- KJV Israel also came into Egypt; and Jacob sojourned in the land of Ham.
- NKJV Israel also came into Egypt, And Jacob dwelt in the land of Ham.
- NASB Israel also came into Egypt; So Jacob lived in the land of Ham.
- NLT Then Israel arrived in Egypt; Jacob lived as a foreigner in the land of Ham.
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Quick answer
Israel came into Egypt, where Jacob settled in the land of Ham. It matters because God brought His family safely into the place He had prepared.
Overview
At Joseph's invitation Jacob and his sons relocated to Egypt, called 'the land of Ham' after Egypt's ancestry (Genesis 46-47). This sojourn fulfilled God's word to Abraham that his descendants would dwell in a foreign land (Genesis 15:13). God was positioning His people for the great redemption to come at the Exodus.
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- Acts 13:17The God of the people of Israel chose our fathers. He made them into a great people during their stay in Egypt, and with an uplifted arm He led them out of that land.
- Acts 7:11–15Then famine and great suffering swept across Egypt and Canaan, and our fathers could not find food.
- Ps 106:22wondrous works in the land of Ham, and awesome deeds by the Red Sea.
- Ps 78:51He struck all the firstborn of Egypt, the virility in the tents of Ham.
- Gen 45:9–11Now return quickly to my father and tell him, ‘This is what your son Joseph says: God has made me lord of all Egypt. Come down to me without delay.
- Gen 46:2–7And that night God spoke to Israel in a vision: “Jacob, Jacob!” He said. “Here I am,” replied Jacob.
- Gen 47:6–9the land of Egypt is before you; settle your father and brothers in the best part of the land. They may dwell in the land of Goshen. And if you know of any talented men among them, put them in charge of my own livestock.”
- Gen 47:28And Jacob lived in the land of Egypt seventeen years, and the length of his life was 147 years.
- Gen 10:6The sons of Ham: Cush, Mizraim, Put, and Canaan.
- Ps 105:27They performed His miraculous signs among them, and wonders in the land of Ham.
- Josh 24:4and to Isaac I gave Jacob and Esau. I gave Esau Mount Seir to possess, but Jacob and his sons went down to Egypt.
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