Genesis 47:6
Now that you are the boss over all of Egypt, you can let them live wherever you like. But give them the best land. Let them live in Goshen, and if any of them are really good at looking after animals, you can let them look after my sheep and cattle too.”
Barkly (portions)
In The King James Version
In Context
5Pharaoh said to Joseph, “It is really good that your father and brothers have come to live with you.
Cross References
Genesis 20:15Abimelek said to Abraham, “Friend, look at all my country. You can live anywhere you like.”
Genesis 45:10I want you to come and live in a place called Goshen. Bring all your children and grandchildren, all your animals and everything you have so that you can all live near me.
Genesis 45:20Tell them not to worry if they have to leave some of their things behind. We will give them new things, they will be the best things we have here in Egypt.”
Genesis 47:11Joseph did what the king said. He gave his father and his brothers the best land in Egypt near a town called Rameses in Goshen.
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 →