Psalms 105 · Verse 23

Psalms 105:23

Israel also came into Egypt; and Jacob sojourned in the land of Ham.
Psalms 105:23, King James Version

Psalms 105:23 in other translations

BSBThen Israel entered Egypt; Jacob dwelt in the land of Ham.
WEBIsrael also came into Egypt. Jacob lived in the land of Ham.
ASVIsrael also came into Egypt; And Jacob sojourned in the land of Ham.
YLTAnd Israel cometh in to Egypt, And Jacob hath sojourned in the land of Ham.
DARBYAnd Israel came into Egypt, and Jacob sojourned in the land of Ham.
BBEThen Israel came into Egypt, and Jacob was living in the land of Ham.
WebsterIsrael also came into Egypt; and Jacob sojourned in the land of Ham.

What does Psalms 105:23 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Psalms 105:23-25
23-25. Israel ... and Jacob--that is, Jacob himself is meant, as Psa 105:24 speaks of "his people." Still, he came with his whole house (Ge 46:6, 7). sojourned--(Ge 47:4). land of Ham--or, Egypt (Psa 78:51).

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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Psalms 105:8-23

Let us remember the Redeemer's marvellous works, his wonders, and the judgments of his mouth. Though true Christians are few number, strangers and pilgrims upon earth, yet a far better inheritance than Canaan is made sure to them by the covenant of God; and if we have the anointing of the Holy Spirit, none can do us any harm. Afflictions are among our mercies. They prove our faith and love, they humble our pride…

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Psalms 105:23 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וַיָּבֹ֣אvai.ya.Vo'and he cameH935
יִשְׂרָאֵ֣לYis.ra.'ElIsraelH3478
מִצְרָ֑יִםmitz.Ra.yimEgyptH4714
וְ֝יַעֲקֹ֗בve.ya.'a.Koand JacobH3290
גָּ֣רgarhe sojournedH1481
בְּאֶֽרֶץ\־be.'e.retz-in [the] land ofH776
חָֽם\׃ChamHamH2526

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Cross references for Psalms 105:23

  • Acts 13:17

    The God of this people of Israel chose our fathers, and exalted the people when they dwelt as strangers in the land of Egypt, and with an high arm brought he them out of it.

  • Acts 7:11-15

    Now there came a dearth over all the land of Egypt and Chanaan, and great affliction: and our fathers found no sustenance. But when Jacob heard that there was corn in Egypt, he sent out our fathers first. And at the second time Joseph was made known to his brethren; and Joseph’s kindred was made known unto Pharaoh. Then sent Joseph, and called his father Jacob to him, and all his kindred, threescore and fifteen souls. …

  • Psalms 78:51

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

  • Psalms 106:22

    Wondrous works in the land of Ham, and terrible things by the Red sea.

  • 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. 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: I will go down with thee into Egypt; and I will also surely bring thee up again: and Joseph shall put his hand upon thine eyes. And Jacob rose up from Beer–sheba: and the sons of Israel carried Jacob their father, and their little ones, and their wives, in the wagons which Pharaoh had sent to carry him. …

  • 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: And thou shalt dwell in the land of Goshen, and thou shalt be near unto me, thou, and thy children, and thy children’s children, and thy flocks, and thy herds, and all that thou hast: And there will I nourish thee; for yet there are five years of famine; lest thou, and thy household, and all that thou hast, come to poverty.

  • Genesis 47:6-9

    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. And Joseph brought in Jacob his father, and set him before Pharaoh: and Jacob blessed Pharaoh. And Pharaoh said unto Jacob, How old art thou? And Jacob said unto Pharaoh, The days of the years of my pilgrimage are an hundred and thirty years: few and evil have the days of the years of my life been, and have not attained unto the days of the years of the life of my fathers in the days of their pilgrimage.

  • Genesis 47:28

    And Jacob lived in the land of Egypt seventeen years: so the whole age of Jacob was an hundred forty and seven years.

  • Genesis 10:6

    And the sons of Ham; Cush, and Mizraim, and Phut, and Canaan.

  • 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.

  • Psalms 105:27

    They shewed his signs among them, and wonders in the land of Ham.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Israel.
Ge 45:9-11; 46:2-7; Jos 24:4; Ac 7:11-15
Jacob.
Ge 47:6-9,28
the land.
27; 78:51; 106:22; Ge 10:6

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Context

  • Psalms 105:22

    To bind his princes at his pleasure; and teach his senators wisdom.

  • Psalms 105:23

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

  • Psalms 105:24

    And he increased his people greatly; and made them stronger than their enemies.

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Psalms 105:23 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Después entró Israel en Egipto, y Jacob fué extranjero en la tierra de Châm.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Alors Israël entra en Égypte, et Jacob séjourna dans le pays de Cham.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Und Israel kam nach Ägypten, und Jakob hielt sich auf im Lande Hams.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Et dixit ut disperderet eos, si non Moyses, electus ejus, stetisset in confractione in conspectu ejus, ut averteret iram ejus, ne disperderet eos.