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Now as the time of the promise that God had sworn to Abraham was drawing near, the people increased and multiplied in Egypt,

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Verse part Definition: Part of speech: Strong's: Greek: Transliteration:
time Time, a particular time, season. N-NMS H5550 χρόνος chronos
promise A promise. N-GFS H1860 ἐπαγγελίας epangelias
was drawing near, To bring near; to come near, approach. V-IIA-3S H1448 ἤγγιζεν ēngizen
that Who, which, what, that. RelPro-GFS H3739 ἧς ēs
God (a) God, (b) a god, generally. N-NMS H2316 θεὸς theos
Analysis:

God God God
had sworn (a) to promise, agree, (b) to confess, (c) to publicly declare, (d) a Hebraism, to praise, celebrate. V-AIA-3S H3670 ὡμολόγησεν ōmologēsen
to Abraham Abraham, progenitor of the Hebrew race. N-DMS H11 Ἀβραάμ abraam
Analysis:
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people (a) a people, characteristically of God's chosen people, first the Jews, then the Christians, (b) sometimes, but rarely, the people, the crowd. N-NMS H2992 λαὸς laos
in In, on, among. V-AIA-3S H837 ἠύξησεν ēuxēsen
multiplied To increase, multiply. V-AIP-3S H4129 ἐπληθύνθη eplēthunthē
Egypt, Egypt. N-DFS H125 Αἰγύπτῳ aiguptō
Analysis:

Egypt is often associated with the secular world. We become enslaved to our worldly desires, such as job, money, cars. In other words the world or (Egypt) looks good and very tempting until we get so wrapped up in it that we become a slave to it.

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Locations

Egypt

EGYPTe'-jipt:I. THE COUNTRY1. The Basis of the Land 2. The Nile Valley 3. Earliest Human Remains 4. Climate 5. Conditions of Life 6. The Nile 7. The Fauna 8. The Flora 9. The Prehistoric RacesII. THE HISTORY1. 1st and 2nd Ages: Prehistoric 2. 3d Age: Ist and IInd Dynasties 3. 4th Age: IIIrd through VIth Dynasties 4. 5th Age: VIIth through XIVth Dynasties 5.... View Details

People

Abraham

 The father of the Jewish nation. His original name was Abraham    Abraham  father of a multitude, son of Terah, named ( Genesis 11:27 ) before his older brothers Nahor and Haran, because he was the heir of the promises. Till the age of seventy, Abram sojourned among his kindred in his native country of Chaldea. He then, with his father and his family and household, quitted the city of Ur, in which he had hitherto... View Details

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Berean Bible Now as the time of the promise that God had sworn to Abraham was drawing near, the people increased and multiplied in Egypt,
King James Bible Now as But when the time of the promise that drew nigh, which God had sworn to Abraham was drawing near, Abraham, the people increased grew and multiplied in Egypt,
Hebrew Greek English Now "But as the time of the promise that was approaching which God had sworn assured to Abraham was drawing near, Abraham, the people increased and multiplied in Egypt,
New American Standard Bible 1995 Now "But as the time of the promise that was approaching which God had sworn assured to Abraham was drawing near, Abraham, the people increased and multiplied in Egypt,