Genesis 47:6
The land of Egypt is before thee; in the best of the land let thy father and brothers dwell; let them dwell in the land of Goshen; and if thou knowest that there are among them men of activity, then appoint them rulers over my cattle.
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
In Context
5And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, thus, Thy father and thy brothers are come unto thee:
7And Joseph brought in Jacob his father, and placed him before Pharaoh; and Jacob blessed Pharaoh.
Cross References
Genesis 20:15And Abimelech said, Behold, my land is before thee: dwell where it is pleasing in thy eyes.
Genesis 45:10And thou shalt dwell in the land of Goshen, and thou shalt be near unto me, thou, and thy children, and thy children's children, and thy flocks, and thy herds, and all that is thine.
Genesis 45:20And do ye feel no concern on account of your household goods; for the best of all the land of Egypt is yours.
Genesis 47:11And Joseph assigned places of residence for his father and his brothers, and gave them a possession in the land of Egypt, in the best of the land, in the land of Ra'meses, as Pharaoh had commanded.
Exodus 9:3Behold, the hand of the Lord will be sent against thy cattle which is in the field, against the horses, against the asses, against the camels, against the oxen, and against the sheep;—a very grievous pestilence.
Exodus 9:21And he that regarded not the word of the Lord left his servants 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 →