Translations
Modern
Pharaoh said to Joseph, “Now that your father and brothers have come to you,
Traditional
And Pharaoh spake unto Joseph, saying, Thy father and thy brethren are come unto thee:
Literal
And Pharaoh spoke to Joseph, saying, “Your father and your brothers have come to you.
Latin
Dixit itaque rex ad Joseph: Pater tuus et fratres tui venerunt ad te.
Original
Hebrew
English
Pharaoh said to Joseph, “Now that your father and brothers have come to you,
Notes
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).
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
People
Joseph: Son of Jacob, ruler in Egypt Pharaoh: Egyptian ruler during Joseph's time
Glossary
Book of Exodus Famine Genesis, Book of Goshen Jacob Patriarchs, Period of the
Topics
Egypt: Inhabitants of Hospitable Egypt: Israel in Jacob Presented to Pharaoh Israel: Lived in Goshen Jacob: Pharaoh Receives Him, and is Blessed by Jacob Joseph: Son of Jacob: Reveals Himself to his Brothers Kindness: Pharaoh to Jacob Rulers: Righteous: Pharaoh, in his Treatment of Jacob and his Family