Genesis 47:4

Translations

Modern

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.”

Traditional

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.

Literal

And they said to Pharaoh, “We have come to sojourn in the land because there is no pasture for the sheep that your servants have, for the famine is severe in the land of Canaan. And now, please, let your servants dwell in the land of Goshen.”

Latin

Ad peregrinandum in terra tua venimus: quoniam non est herba gregibus servorum tuorum, ingravescente fame in terra Chanaan: petimusque ut esse nos jubeas servos tuos in terra Gessen.

Original

Hebrew

English

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.”

Notes

Genesis 47:1–6

Pharaoh responded as Joseph hoped by giving Jacob’s family the best part of the land; he even gave some of the brothers oversight of his own livestock (47:6).

Genesis 45:16–47:12

This section marks a transition as the family moved from Canaan to Goshen, where they would live for the next 400years.

Theme notes and profiles

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Genesis 46:34
…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.”
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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 26:5
…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 43:1
Now the famine was still severe in the land.
Acts 7:11
Then famine and great suffering swept across Egypt and Canaan, and our fathers could not find food.
Psalm 105:23
Then Israel entered Egypt; Jacob dwelt in the land of Ham.
Acts 7:6
God told him that his descendants would be foreigners in a strange land, and that they would be enslaved and mistreated four hundred years.
Genesis 12:10
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.
Isaiah 52:4
For this is what the Lord GOD says: “At first My people went down to Egypt to live, then Assyria oppressed them without cause.

People

Pharaoh: Egyptian ruler during Joseph's time

Places

Canaan: Ancient region; descendants of Ham; promised to Abraham's descendants Goshen: A region in Egypt where the Israelites settled and prospered

Glossary

Book of Exodus Famine Foreigner Genesis, Book of Goshen Jacob Patriarchs, Period of the

Topics

Egypt: Israel in Jacob Presented to Pharaoh Egypt: Often a Refuge to Strangers Israel: Lived in Goshen Jacob: Pharaoh Receives Him, and is Blessed by Jacob Joseph: Son of Jacob: Reveals Himself to his Brothers

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