Israel also came into Egypt, And 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.
- BSB Then Israel entered Egypt; 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 this people chose our fathers, and exalted the people when they stayed as aliens in the land of Egypt, and with an uplifted arm, he led them out of it.
- Acts 7:11–15Now a famine came over all the land of Egypt and Canaan, and great affliction. Our fathers found no food.
- Ps 106:22Wondrous works in the land of Ham, and awesome things by the Red Sea.
- Ps 78:51and struck all the firstborn in Egypt, the chief of their strength in the tents of Ham.
- Gen 45:9–11Hurry, and go up 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. Don’t wait.
- Gen 46:2–7God spoke to Israel in the visions of the night, and said, “Jacob, Jacob!” He said, “Here I am.”
- Gen 47:6–9The land of Egypt is before you. Make your father and your brothers dwell in the best of the land. Let them dwell in the land of Goshen. If you know any able men among them, then put them in charge of my livestock.”
- Gen 47:28Jacob lived in the land of Egypt seventeen years. So the days of Jacob, the years of his life, were one hundred forty-seven years.
- Gen 10:6The sons of Ham were: Cush, Mizraim, Put, and Canaan.
- Ps 105:27They performed miracles among them, and wonders in the land of Ham.
- Josh 24:4I gave to Isaac Jacob and Esau: and I gave to Esau Mount Seir, to possess it. Jacob and his children went down into Egypt.
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