Genesis 47:4
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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.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.”
In other translations
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.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.”
Hebrew words
וַיֹּאמְרוּvaiyomeruand they saidH559אֶל־'el-toH413פַּרְעֹהpar'ohPharaohH6547לָגוּרlagurto sojournH1481בָּאָרֶץba'aretzin the landH776בָּאנוּbanuwe have comeH935כִּי־ki-forH3588אֵין'einthere notH369מִרְעֶהmir'eh[is] pastureH4829לַצֹּאןlatzonfor the sheepH6629אֲשֶׁר'asherwhichH834לַעֲבָדֶיךָla'avadeikha[belongs] to servants yourH5650כִּי־ki-forH3588כָבֵדkhaved[was] heavyH3515הָרָעָבhara'avthe famineH7458בְּאֶרֶץbe'eretzin [the] land ofH776כְּנָעַןkena'anCanaanH3667וְעַתָּהve'atahand thereforeH6258יֵשְׁבוּ־yeshevu-let them dwellH3427נָאna'pleaseH4994עֲבָדֶיךָ'avadeikhaservants yourH5650בְּאֶרֶץbe'eretzin [the] land ofH776גֹּשֶׁן׃goshenGoshenH1657
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Related verses
- Genesis 46:34That 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.you are to say, ‘Your servants have raised livestock ever since our youth—both we and our fathers.’ Then you will be allowed to settle in the land of Goshen, since all shepherds are detestable to the Egyptians.”
- Genesis 15:13And 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;Then the LORD said to Abram, “Know for certain that your descendants will be strangers in a land that is not their own, and they will be enslaved and mistreated four hundred years.
- Deuteronomy 26:5And 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:and you are to declare before the LORD your God, “My father was a wandering Aramean, and he went down to Egypt few in number and lived there and became a great nation, mighty and numerous.
- Genesis 43:1And the famine was sore in the land.Now the famine was still severe in the land.
- Psalm 105:23Israel also came into Egypt; and Jacob sojourned in the land of Ham.Then Israel entered Egypt; Jacob dwelt in the land of Ham.
- Acts 7:11Now there came a dearth over all the land of Egypt and Chanaan, and great affliction: and our fathers found no sustenance.Then famine and great suffering swept across Egypt and Canaan, and our fathers could not find food.
- Acts 7:6And 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.God told him that his descendants would be foreigners in a strange land, and that they would be enslaved and mistreated four hundred years.
- Isaiah 52:4For thus saith the Lord God, My people went down aforetime into Egypt to sojourn there; and the Assyrian oppressed them without cause.For this is what the Lord GOD says: “At first My people went down to Egypt to live, then Assyria oppressed them without cause.
- Genesis 12:10And there was a famine in the land: and Abram went down into Egypt to sojourn there; for the famine was grievous in the land.Now there was a famine in the land. So Abram went down to Egypt to live there for a while because the famine was severe.
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People and places
People: Pharaoh (Genesis 37)