King James Version

Psalms 105:23

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

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וַיָּבֹ֣אvayavoand to comeבּוֹאconjunction, verb, qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “and to come”, the next action in the storyH935to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)abide, apply, attain, [idiom] be, befall, [phrase] besiege, bring (forth, in, into, to pass), call, carry, [idiom] certainly, (cause, let, thing for) to come (against, in, out, upon, to pass), depart, [idiom] doubtless again, [phrase] eat,…יִשְׂרָאֵ֣לyisraelIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵלnoun, proper name — “Israel”H3478Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterityIsrael.מִצְרָ֑יִםmitsrayimEgyptמִצְרַיִםnoun, proper name — “Egypt”H4714Mitsrajim, i.e. Upper and Lower EgyptEgypt, Egyptians, Mizraim.וְ֝יַעֲקֹ֗בveyaaqovand Jacobיַעֲקֹבconjunction, noun, proper name — “and Jacob”H3290Jaakob, the Israelitish patriarchJacob.גָּ֣רgarfearגּוּרverb, qal, perfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “fear”, a completed actionH1481properly, 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)abide, assemble, be afraid, dwell, fear, gather (together), inhabitant, remain, sojourn, stand in awe, (be) stranger, [idiom] surely.בְּאֶֽרֶץbeeretsin earthאֶרֶץpreposition, noun, common, both genders, singular, construct — “in earth”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH776the earth (at large, or partitively a land)[idiom] common, country, earth, field, ground, land, [idiom] natins, way, [phrase] wilderness, world.חָֽםchamHamחָםnoun, proper name — “Ham”H2526Cham, a son of Noah; also (as a patronymic) his descendants or their countryHam.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

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

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American Standard Version (1901)

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

Young’s Literal Translation

And Israel cometh in to Egypt, And Jacob hath sojourned in the land of Ham.

World English Bible

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

Darby Translation

And Israel came into Egypt, and Jacob sojourned in the land of Ham.

Douay-Rheims

And he said that he would destroy them: had not Moses his chosen stood before him in the breach: To turn away his wrath, lest he should destroy them.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

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

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

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

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Καὶ εἰσῆλθεν Ἰσραὴλ εἰς Αἴγυπτον, καὶ Ἰακὼβ παρῴκησεν ἐν γῇ Χάμ.

American Standard Version (1901)

Young’s Literal Translation

World English Bible

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Douay-Rheims

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

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