Genesis 47:11
And Ioseph placed his father, and his brethren, and gaue them possession in the lande of Egypt, in the best of the land, euen in the lande of Rameses, as Pharaoh had commanded.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
In Context
10And Iaakob tooke leaue of Pharaoh, and departed from the presence of Pharaoh.
Cross References
Exodus 1:11Therefore did they set taskemasters ouer them, to keepe the vnder with burdens: and they built the cities Pithom and Raamses for the treasures of Pharaoh.
Numbers 33:3Nowe they departed from Rameses the first moneth, euen the fifteenth day of the first moneth, on the morowe after the Passeouer: and the children of Israel went out with an hie hand in the sight of all the Egyptians.
John 10:10The theefe commeth not, but for to steale, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might haue life, and haue it in abundance.
John 14:2In my Fathers house are many dwelling places: if it were not so, I would haue tolde you: I go to prepare a place for you.
John 17:2As thou hast giuen him power ouer all flesh, that he shoulde giue eternall life to all them that thou hast giuen 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 →