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Genesis 47:4

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They also said to Pharaoh, “We have come to live as foreigners in the land, for there is no pasture for your servants’ flocks. For the famine is severe in the land of Canaan. Now therefore, please let your servants dwell in the land of Goshen.”

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Genesis 47:4 in other translations

And they said unto Pharaoh, To sojourn in the land are we come; for there is no pasture for thy servants’ flocks; for the famine is sore in the land of Canaan: now therefore, we pray thee, let thy servants dwell in the land of Goshen.

Genesis 47:4 · American Standard Version

Genesis 47:4 in context

  1. 2From among his brothers he took five men, and presented them to Pharaoh.
  2. 3Pharaoh said to his brothers, “What is your occupation?”
    They said to Pharaoh, “Your servants are shepherds, both we, and our fathers.”
  3. 4They also said to Pharaoh, “We have come to live as foreigners in the land, for there is no pasture for your servants’ flocks. For the famine is severe in the land of Canaan. Now therefore, please let your servants dwell in the land of Goshen.”
  4. 5Pharaoh spoke to Joseph, saying, “Your father and your brothers have come to you.
  5. 6The land of Egypt is before you. Make your father and your brothers dwell in the best of the land. Let them dwell in the land of Goshen. If you know any able men among them, then put them in charge of my livestock.”