Genesis 47:6
Behold, the land of Egypt is before thee; settle thy father and thy brethren in the best land.
Updated Brenton Septuagint
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 in Jacob his father, and set him before Pharaoh; and Jacob blessed Pharaoh.
Cross References
Genesis 20:15And Abimelech said to Abraham, Behold, my land is before thee, dwell wheresoever it may please thee.
Genesis 45:10And thou shalt dwell in the land of Goshen of Arabia; and thou shalt be near me, thou and thy sons, and thy sons’ sons, thy sheep and thine oxen, and whatsoever things are thine.
Genesis 45:20And be not sparing in regard to your property, for all the good 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 land, in the land of Rameses, as Pharaoh commanded.
Exodus 9:3behold, the hand of the Lord shall be upon thy cattle in the fields, both on the horses, and on the asses, and on the camels and oxen and sheep, a very great mortality.
Exodus 9:21And he that did not attend in his mind to the word of the Lord, left the cattle in 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 →