27And Israel dwelt in the land of Egypt, in the country of Goshen; and they had possessions therein, and grew, and multiplied exceedingly.
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And he said, I am God, the God of thy father: fear not to go down into Egypt; for I will there make of thee a great nation:
And the children of Israel were fruitful, and increased abundantly, and multiplied, and waxed exceeding mighty; and the land was filled with them.
But when the time of the promise drew nigh, which God had sworn to Abraham, the people grew and multiplied in Egypt,
He blesseth them also, so that they are multiplied greatly; and suffereth not their cattle to decrease.
And I will make thy seed to multiply as the stars of heaven, and will give unto thy seed all these countries; and in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed;
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 27-31)Observe, 1. The comfort Jacob lived in ( Gen. 47:27 , 28 ); while the Egyptians were impoverished in their own land, Jacob was replenished in a strange land. He lived seventeen years after he came into Egypt, far beyond his own expectation. Seventeen years he had nourished Joseph (for so old he was when he was sold from him, Gen. 37:2), and now, by way of requital, seventeen years Joseph nourished…
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