Psalm 105:23
New International Version
Then Israel entered Egypt; Jacob resided as a foreigner in the land of Ham.

New Living Translation
Then Israel arrived in Egypt; Jacob lived as a foreigner in the land of Ham.

English Standard Version
Then Israel came to Egypt; Jacob sojourned in the land of Ham.

Berean Standard Bible
Then Israel entered Egypt; Jacob dwelt in the land of Ham.

King James Bible
Israel also came into Egypt; and Jacob sojourned in the land of Ham.

New King James Version
Israel also came into Egypt, And Jacob dwelt in the land of Ham.

New American Standard Bible
Israel also came into Egypt; So Jacob lived in the land of Ham.

NASB 1995
Israel also came into Egypt; Thus Jacob sojourned in the land of Ham.

NASB 1977
Israel also came into Egypt; Thus Jacob sojourned in the land of Ham.

Legacy Standard Bible
Then Israel came to Egypt; And Jacob sojourned in the land of Ham.

Amplified Bible
Israel also came into Egypt; Thus Jacob sojourned in the land of Ham.

Christian Standard Bible
Then Israel went to Egypt; Jacob lived as an alien in the land of Ham.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Then Israel went to Egypt; Jacob lived as a foreigner in the land of Ham.

American Standard Version
Israel also came into Egypt; And Jacob sojourned in the land of Ham.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
Israel entered Egypt and Jacob dwelt in the habitation of Ham.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
Israel also came into Egypt, and Jacob sojourned in the land of Cham.

Contemporary English Version
Jacob and his family came and settled in Egypt as foreigners.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And Israel went into Egypt: and Jacob was a sojourner in the land of Cham.

English Revised Version
Israel also came into Egypt; and Jacob sojourned in the land of Ham.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Then Israel came to Egypt. Jacob lived as a foreigner in the land of Ham.

Good News Translation
Then Jacob went to Egypt and settled in that country.

International Standard Version
Then Israel came to Egypt; indeed, Jacob lived in the land of Ham.

JPS Tanakh 1917
Israel also came into Egypt; And Jacob sojourned in the land of Ham.

Literal Standard Version
And Israel comes into Egypt, | And Jacob has sojourned in the land of Ham.

Majority Standard Bible
Then Israel entered Egypt; Jacob dwelt in the land of Ham.

New American Bible
Then Israel entered Egypt; Jacob sojourned in the land of Ham.

NET Bible
Israel moved to Egypt; Jacob lived for a time in the land of Ham.

New Revised Standard Version
Then Israel came to Egypt; Jacob lived as an alien in the land of Ham.

New Heart English Bible
Israel also came into Egypt. Jacob sojourned in the land of Ham.

Webster's Bible Translation
Israel also came into Egypt; and Jacob sojourned in the land of Ham.

World English Bible
Israel also came into Egypt. Jacob lived in the land of Ham.

Young's Literal Translation
And Israel cometh in to Egypt, And Jacob hath sojourned in the land of Ham.

Additional Translations ...
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Context
Tell of His Wonders
22to instruct his princes as he pleased and teach his elders wisdom. 23Then Israel entered Egypt; Jacob dwelt in the land of Ham. 24And the LORD made His people very fruitful, more numerous than their foes,…

Cross References
Acts 7:15
So Jacob went down to Egypt, where he and our fathers died.

Acts 13:17
The 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.

Genesis 46:6
They also took the livestock and possessions they had acquired in the land of Canaan, and Jacob and all his offspring went to Egypt.

Genesis 47:4
Then they said to Pharaoh, "We have come to live in the land for a time, because there is no pasture for the flocks of your servants, since the famine in the land of Canaan has been severe. So now, please allow your servants to settle in the land of Goshen."

Psalm 78:51
He struck all the firstborn of Egypt, the virility in the tents of Ham.


Treasury of Scripture

Israel also came into Egypt; and Jacob sojourned in the land of Ham.

Israel

Genesis 45:9-11
Haste ye, and go up to my father, and say unto him, Thus saith thy son Joseph, God hath made me lord of all Egypt: come down unto me, tarry not: …

Genesis 46:2-7
And God spake unto Israel in the visions of the night, and said, Jacob, Jacob. And he said, Here am I…

Joshua 24:4
And I gave unto Isaac Jacob and Esau: and I gave unto Esau mount Seir, to possess it; but Jacob and his children went down into Egypt.

Jacob

Genesis 47:6-9,28
The land of Egypt is before thee; in the best of the land make thy father and brethren to dwell; in the land of Goshen let them dwell: and if thou knowest any men of activity among them, then make them rulers over my cattle…

the land

Psalm 104:27
These wait all upon thee; that thou mayest give them their meat in due season.

Psalm 78:51
And smote all the firstborn in Egypt; the chief of their strength in the tabernacles of Ham:

Psalm 106:22
Wondrous works in the land of Ham, and terrible things by the Red sea.

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Psalm 105
1. An exhortation to praise God, and to seek out his works
7. The story of God's providence over Abraham
16. Over Joseph
23. Over Jacob in Egypt
26. Over Moses delivering the Israelites
37. Over the Israelites brought out of Egypt, fed in the desert, and planted in Canaan.














Verse 23. - Israel also came into Egypt; and Jacob. (For the conjunction of both names of the patriarch, see ver. 10. For the journey of the Patriarch from Canaan into Egypt, see Genesis 46:1-7.) Sojourned in the land of Ham; or, was a sojourner. As a "stranger" and a "sojourner," Jacob charged his sons not to bury him in Egypt, but in the land of Canaan, with his fathers (Genesis 49:29; Genesis 50:5). (For the use of the periphrasis, "land of Ham," instead of Egypt, see below, ver. 27; and comb. Psalm 106:22.)

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
Then Israel
יִשְׂרָאֵ֣ל (yiś·rā·’êl)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3478: Israel -- 'God strives', another name of Jacob and his desc

went
וַיָּבֹ֣א (way·yā·ḇō)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 935: To come in, come, go in, go

to Egypt;
מִצְרָ֑יִם (miṣ·rā·yim)
Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's 4714: Egypt -- a son of Ham, also his descendants and their country in Northwest Africa

Jacob
וְ֝יַעֲקֹ֗ב (wə·ya·‘ă·qōḇ)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3290: Jacob -- a son of Isaac, also his desc

sojourned
גָּ֣ר (gār)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 1481: To turn aside from the road, sojourn, to shrink, fear, to gather for, hostility

in the land
בְּאֶֽרֶץ־ (bə·’e·reṣ-)
Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular construct
Strong's 776: Earth, land

of Ham.
חָֽם׃ (ḥām)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 2526: Ham -- a son of Noah, also his descendants, also a name for Egyptians


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