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Psalms 105:23

105:22 To bind his princes at his pleasure; and teach his senators wisdom.
Israel also came into Egypt; and Jacob sojourned in the land of Ham.

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

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

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

105:24 And he increased his people greatly; and made them stronger than their enemies.

What does Psalms 105:23 mean?

Psalms 105:23 is a verse in the book of Psalms, in the Old Testament. In the original Hebrew, key words include יִשְׂרָאֵל (Yisrâʼêl), בּוֹא (bôwʼ), מִצְרַיִם (Mitsrayim).

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IsraelיִשְׂרָאֵלYisrâʼêl/yis-raw-ale'/H3478Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity
also
cameבּוֹאbôwʼ/bo/H935to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
into
Egypt;מִצְרַיִםMitsrayim/mits-rah'-yim/H4714Mitsrajim, i.e. Upper and Lower Egypt
and
JacobיַעֲקֹבYaʻăqôb/yah-ak-obe'/H3290Jaakob, the Israelitish patriarch
sojournedגּוּרgûwr/goor/H1481properly, to turn aside from the road (for a lodging or any other purpose), i.e. sojourn (as a guest); also to shrink, fear (as in a strange place); also to gather forhostility (as afraid)
in
the
landאֶרֶץʼerets/eh'-rets/H776the earth (at large, or partitively a land)
of
Ham.חָםChâm/khawm/H2526Cham, a son of Noah; also (as a patronymic) his descendants or their country

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Verses like this

Other verses that share key original-language words with Psalms 105:23.

Genesis 10:6

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

Genesis 12:10

And there was a famine in the land: and Abram went down into Egypt to sojourn there; for the famine was grievous in the land.

Genesis 12:11

And it came to pass, when he was come near to enter into Egypt, that he said unto Sarai his wife, Behold now, I know that thou art a fair woman to look upon:

Genesis 12:14

And it came to pass, that, when Abram was come into Egypt, the Egyptians beheld the woman that she was very fair.

Genesis 13:10

And Lot lifted up his eyes, and beheld all the plain of Jordan, that it was well watered every where, before the LORD destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah, even as the garden of the LORD, like the land of Egypt, as thou comest unto Zoar.

Genesis 6:13

And God said unto Noah, The end of all flesh is come before me; for the earth is filled with violence through them; and, behold, I will destroy them with the earth. with the earth: or, from the earth

Genesis 6:17

And, behold, I, even I, do bring a flood of waters upon the earth, to destroy all flesh, wherein is the breath of life, from under heaven; and every thing that is in the earth shall die.

Genesis 6:4

There were giants in the earth in those days; and also after that, when the sons of God came in unto the daughters of men, and they bare children to them, the same became mighty men which were of old, men of renown.

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What does Psalms 105:23 say?

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

Is Psalms 105:23 in the Old or New Testament?

Psalms 105:23 is in the Old Testament of the Bible, in the book of Psalms.

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