Genesis 47:6
The land of Egypt is before thee; in the best of the land settle thy father and thy brethren: let them dwell in the land of Goshen. And if thou knowest men of activity among them, then set them as overseers of cattle over what I have.
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
5And Pharaoh spoke to Joseph, saying, Thy father and thy brethren are come to thee.
7And Joseph brought Jacob his father, and set him before Pharaoh. And Jacob blessed Pharaoh.
Cross References
Genesis 20:15And Abimelech said, Behold, my land is before thee: dwell where it is good in thine eyes.
Genesis 45:10And thou shalt dwell in the land of Goshen, and thou shalt be near to me, thou, and thy sons, and thy sons' sons, and thy sheep, and thy cattle, and all that thou hast.
Genesis 45:20And let not your eye regret your stuff; for the good of all the land of Egypt shall be yours.
Genesis 47:11And Joseph settled his father and his brethren, and gave them a possession in the land of Egypt, in the best of the land, in the land of Rameses, as Pharaoh had commanded.
Exodus 9:3behold, the hand of Jehovah shall be on thy cattle which is in the field, on the horses, on the asses, on the camels, on the oxen and on the sheep, with a very grievous plague.
Exodus 9:21But he that did not regard the word of Jehovah left his bondmen and his cattle in the field.
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 →