Genesis 47:6
The land of Egypt is in your sight. Cause them to live in the best place, and deliver to them the land of Goshen. And if you know there to be industrious men among them, appoint these as foremen over my cattle.”
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In Context
5And so the king said to Joseph: “Your father and brothers have come to you.
7After this, Joseph brought in his father to the king, and he stood him in his sight. He blessed him,
Cross References
Genesis 20:15And he said, “The land is in your sight. Dwell wherever it will please you.”
Genesis 45:10and you will live in the land of Goshen. And you will be next to me, you and your sons and the sons of your sons, your sheep and your herds, and all that you possess.
Genesis 45:20You need not give up anything from your household, for all the riches of Egypt will be yours.’”
Genesis 47:11Truly, Joseph gave his father and brothers a possession in Egypt, in the best place of the land, in Rameses, as Pharaoh had instructed.
Exodus 9:3behold, my hand will be over your fields. And a very grievous pestilence will be upon the horses, and the donkeys, and the camels, and the oxen, and the sheep.
Exodus 9:21But he who neglected the word of the Lord released his servants and cattle into the fields.
Matthew Henry on Genesis 47:2-13
Pharaoh's Generosity; Jacob Presented to Pharaoh. ( b. c. 1706.) 1 Then Joseph came and told Pharaoh, and said, My father and my brethren, and their flocks, and their herds, and all that they have, are come out of the land of Canaan; and, behold, they are in the land of Goshen. 2 And he took some of his brethren, even five men, and presented them unto Pharaoh. 3 And Pharaoh said unto his brethren, What is your occupation? And they said unto Pharaoh, Thy servants are shepherds, both we, and also our fathers. 4 They… Read the whole commentary →