Genesis 47:6
Behold, the land of Egypt is before you; settle your father and your brethren in the best land.
LXX2012 (US English)
In The King James Version
In Context
5And Pharao spoke to Joseph, saying, Your father, and your brethren, are come to you.
7And Joseph brought in Jacob his father, and set him before Pharao; and Jacob blessed Pharao.
Cross References
Genesis 20:15And Abimelech said to Abraam, Behold, my land is before you, dwell wherever it may please you.
Genesis 45:10And you shall dwell in the land of Gesem of Arabia; and you shall be near me, you and your sons, and your sons' sons, your sheep and your oxen, and whatever things are your.
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 Ramesses, as Pharao commanded.
Exodus 9:3behold, the hand of the Lord shall be upon your cattle in the fields, both on the horses, and on the asses, and on the camels and oxen and sheep, a very great + 9:3 Or, death. 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 →