Genesis 47:11

Joseph [May he add] placed his father and his brothers, and gave them a possession in the land of Egypt [Abode of slavery], in the best of the land, in the land of Rameses, as Pharaoh had enjoined.

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And Joseph placed his father and his brethren, and gave them a possession in the land of Egypt, in the best of the land, in the land of Rameses, as Pharaoh had commanded.

In Context

10Jacob [Supplanter] blessed Pharaoh, and went out from the presence of Pharaoh. (7)

12Joseph [May he add] nourished his father, his brothers, and all of his father’s household, with bread, according to their families.

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Cross References

Exodus 1:11Therefore they set taskmasters over them to afflict them with their burdens. They built storage cities for Pharaoh: Pithom and Raamses.

Numbers 33:3They traveled from Rameses in the first month Nissan ·Miracles (in Aramaic), 1·, on the fifteenth day of the first month Nissan ·Miracles (in Aramaic), 1·; on the next day after the Pesac ·Passover·, the children of Israel [God prevails] went out with a high hand in the sight of all the Egyptians [people from Abode of slavery],

John 10:10The thief only comes to steal, kill, and destroy. I came that they may have life, and may have it abundantly.

John 14:2+ 14:2. MP: Nobody has seen or heard the things that God has prepared for those who wait for Him. (Is 64:4) + 14:2 (2-3) MPr: The King Messiah will be revealed to the congregation of Israel. And the children of Israel shall say to Him, “Come and be a brother to us, and let us go up to Jerusalem. And there we will together suck the meaning of Torah, as an infant its mother’s breast.” (Targum Song of Songs 8:1). (Song of Songs 8:1) In 'Avi ·my Father·’s house are many homes. + 14:2. MP: Nobody has seen or heard the things that God has prepared for those who wait for Him. (Is 64:4) If it was not so, I would have told you. I am going to prepare a place for you.

John 17:2even as you gave him authority over all flesh, he will give eternal life to all whom you have given him.

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 →

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