Genesis 47:6
you can choose wherever you like in Egypt, the best place, for them to live. Let them live in Goshen. If you know any of them who are good at what they do, put them in charge of my livestock as well.”
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In Context
5Pharaoh said to Joseph, “Now that your father and brothers have arrived to join you,
7Then Joseph went with his father Jacob and introduced him to Pharaoh. After Jacob blessed Pharaoh,
Cross References
Genesis 20:15Abimelech told him, “Look over my land. You can choose to live anywhere you like.”
Genesis 45:10You'll live in the land of Goshen so you can be close to me with your children and grandchildren, and with your flocks and herds and everything that belongs to you.
Genesis 45:20Don't worry about bringing your possessions because the best of all Egypt is yours.’”
Genesis 47:11So Joseph arranged for his father and brothers to live in Egypt and gave them land in the best part near Rameses, as Pharaoh had ordered.
Exodus 9:3I will punish you by bringing a very severe plague on your livestock—on your horses, donkeys, camels, herds, and flocks.
Exodus 9:21But those who didn't care what the Lord said left their servants and livestock outside.
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 →