Genesis 47:6
The land of Egypt, is, before thee, in the best of the land, cause thou thy father and thy brethren to dwell,—let them dwell in the land of Goshen, And if thou knowest that there are among them men of ability, then shalt thou set them as chieftains of cattle over mine.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
In Context
5Then spake Pharaoh unto Joseph saying,—Thy father and thy brethren, are come in unto thee.
Cross References
Genesis 20:15And Abimelech, said, Lo! my land is before thee,—wherever it may seem good in thine eyes, dwell.
Genesis 45:10so shalt thou dwell in the land of Goshen, and shalt be near unto me, thou, and thy sons, and thy sons’ sons,—and thy flocks and thy herds and all that is thine;
Genesis 45:20Your eye, moreover, let it not look with pity upon your goods,—for, the best of all the land of Egypt, is, yours.
Genesis 47:11So then Joseph fixed the dwelling of 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.
Exodus 9:3lo! the hand of Yahweh, is coming on thy cattle which are in the field, on the horses, on the asses on the camels, on the herds and on the flocks,—a very grievous pestilence;
Exodus 9:21but, whoso applied not his heart unto the word of Yahweh, left his servants and his cattle in the field.
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 →