Genesis 47:4

They said moreover unto Pharaoh, For to sojourn in the land are we come; for thy servants have no pasture for their 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.

They said {H559} moreover unto Pharaoh {H6547}, For to sojourn {H1481} in the land {H776} are we come {H935}; for thy servants {H5650} have no pasture {H4829} for their flocks {H6629}; for the famine {H7458} is sore {H3515} in the land {H776} of Canaan {H3667}: now therefore, we pray thee, let thy servants {H5650} dwell {H3427} in the land {H776} of Goshen {H1657}.

and added, "We have come to live in the land, because in the land of Kena'an there is no place to pasture your servant's flocks, the famine is so severe there. Therefore, please, let your servants live in the land of Goshen."

Then they said to Pharaoh, “We have come to live in the land for a time, because there is no pasture for the flocks of your servants, since the famine in the land of Canaan has been severe. So now, please allow your servants to settle in the land of Goshen.”

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.

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Cross-References

  • Genesis 46:34 (6 votes)

    That ye shall say, Thy servants' trade hath been about cattle from our youth even until now, both we, [and] also our fathers: that ye may dwell in the land of Goshen; for every shepherd [is] an abomination unto the Egyptians.

  • Genesis 15:13 (5 votes)

    And he said unto Abram, Know of a surety that thy seed shall be a stranger in a land [that is] not theirs, and shall serve them; and they shall afflict them four hundred years;

  • Deuteronomy 26:5 (5 votes)

    And thou shalt speak and say before the LORD thy God, A Syrian ready to perish [was] my father, and he went down into Egypt, and sojourned there with a few, and became there a nation, great, mighty, and populous:

  • Genesis 43:1 (4 votes)

    ¶ And the famine [was] sore in the land.

  • Acts 7:11 (3 votes)

    Now there came a dearth over all the land of Egypt and Chanaan, and great affliction: and our fathers found no sustenance.

  • Psalms 105:23 (3 votes)

    Israel also came into Egypt; and Jacob sojourned in the land of Ham.

  • Acts 7:6 (2 votes)

    And God spake on this wise, That his seed should sojourn in a strange land; and that they should bring them into bondage, and entreat [them] evil four hundred years.