Bible Cross References
Israel
Genesis 45:9-11
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"Now hurry back to my father and tell him that this is what his son Joseph says: 'God has made me ruler of all Egypt; come to me without delay.
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You can live in the region of Goshen, where you can be near me---you, your children, your grandchildren, your sheep, your goats, your cattle, and everything else that you have.
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If you are in Goshen, I can take care of you. There will still be five years of famine; and I do not want you, your family, and your livestock to starve.' "
Genesis 46:2-7
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God spoke to him in a vision at night and called, "Jacob, Jacob!" "Yes, here I am," he answered.
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"I am God, the God of your father," he said. "Do not be afraid to go to Egypt; I will make your descendants a great nation there.
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I will go with you to Egypt, and I will bring your descendants back to this land. Joseph will be with you when you die."
5
Jacob set out from Beersheba. His sons put him, their small children, and their wives in the wagons which the king of Egypt had sent.
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They took their livestock and the possessions they had acquired in Canaan and went to Egypt. Jacob took all his descendants with him:
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his sons, his grandsons, his daughters, and his granddaughters.
Joshua 24:4
and to Isaac I gave Jacob and Esau. I gave Esau the hill country of Edom as his possession, but your ancestor Jacob and his children went down to Egypt.
Acts 7:11-15
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Then there was a famine all over Egypt and Canaan, which caused much suffering. Our ancestors could not find any food,
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and when Jacob heard that there was grain in Egypt, he sent his sons, our ancestors, on their first visit there.
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On the second visit Joseph made himself known to his brothers, and the king of Egypt came to know about Joseph's family.
14
So Joseph sent a message to his father Jacob, telling him and the whole family, seventy-five people in all, to come to Egypt.
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Then Jacob went to Egypt, where he and his sons died.
Jacob
Genesis 47:6-9
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the land of Egypt is theirs. Let them settle in the region of Goshen, the best part of the land. And if there are any capable men among them, put them in charge of my own livestock."
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Then Joseph brought his father Jacob and presented him to the king. Jacob gave the king his blessing,
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and the king asked him, "How old are you?"
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Jacob answered, "My life of wandering has lasted a hundred and thirty years. Those years have been few and difficult, unlike the long years of my ancestors in their wanderings."
Genesis 47:28-9
the land
Psalm 105:27
They did God's mighty acts and performed miracles in Egypt.
Psalm 78:51
He killed the first-born sons of all the families of Egypt.
Psalm 106:22
What wonderful things he did there! What amazing things at the Red Sea!
Genesis 10:6
The sons of Ham---Cush, Egypt, Libya, and Canaan---were the ancestors of the peoples who bear their names.