Genesis 50:8

And Joseph’s brothers, and the rest of his family, and his father’s relatives, they all went with Joseph too. Only the little kids and the animals stayed in Egypt country, that was all. They stayed there in the place where they were living, called Goshen. Everybody else went with Joseph to Canaan country.

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In The King James Version

And all the house of Joseph, and his brethren, and his father’s house: only their little ones, and their flocks, and their herds, they left in the land of Goshen.

In Context

7So Joseph left Egypt, and he started to go towards Canaan country. He took his father’s coffin with him, so that he could bury him in Canaan country. And lots of people went with Joseph. All of Pharaoh’s important workers went with him, and all the boss men from Egypt country went with him.

9And some of Pharaoh’s soldiers went with Joseph too. Some of those soldiers rode on horses, and some of them rode in trailers with horses pulling them. All of that mob went with Joseph to Canaan country. It was a really big mob of people.

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Matthew Henry on Genesis 50:8-15

7 And Joseph went up to bury his father: and with him went up all the servants of Pharaoh, the elders of his house, and all the elders of the land of Egypt, 8 And all the house of Joseph, and his brethren, and his father's house: only their little ones, and their flocks, and their herds, they left in the land of Goshen. 9 And there went up with him both chariots and horsemen: and it was a very great company. 10 And they came to the threshingfloor of Atad, which is beyond Jordan, and there they mourned with a great… Read the whole commentary →

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