Genesis 47:6
the land of Egypt is at your disposal. Settle them in the best part of it. Let them stay in the province of Goshen; and if you know any capable men among them, put them in charge of my cattle.”
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5Then Pharaoh said to Joseph, “Since your father and your brothers have come to you,
7Joseph also brought in Jacob his father and presented him to Pharaoh; and Jacob blessed Pharaoh.
Cross References
Genesis 20:15Also Abimelech said, “My land lies before you; live wherever you please.”
Genesis 45:10You will live in the land of Goshen, and you will be near me with your children and children’s children, with your flocks and your herds and all that you have,
Genesis 45:20Also pay no attention to your household goods, for the best of all the land of Egypt is yours.’”
Genesis 47:11So Joseph gave his father and his brothers a place to live in and a home in the land of Egypt, in the best of the land, near Rameses, as Pharaoh had commanded.
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 →