Genesis 47:4

A Conservative Version

And they said to Pharaoh, We have come to sojourn in the land, for there is no pasture for thy servants' flocks, for the famine is severe in the land of Canaan. Now therefore, we pray thee, let thy servants dwell in the land of Gos

Cross References

Genesis 46:34

that ye shall say, Thy servants have been keepers of cattle from our youth even until now, both we, and our fathers, that ye may dwell in the land of Goshen, for every shepherd is an abomination to the Egyptians.

Deuteronomy 26:5

And thou shall answer and say before LORD thy God, My father was a Syrian ready to perish, and he went down into Egypt, and sojourned there, few in number. And he became there a nation, great, mighty, and populous.

Genesis 15:13

And he said to Abram, Know of a certainty that thy seed shall be sojourners in a land that is not theirs. And shall serve them, and they shall afflict them four hundred years.

Genesis 43:1

And the famine was severe in the land.

Acts 7:11

Now a famine came on all Egypt and Canaan, and great affliction, and our fathers found no sustenance.

Psalm 105:23

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

Acts 7:6

And God spoke thus: His seed would be alien in a foreign land, and they would enslave and mistreat them four hundred years.

Isaiah 52:4

For thus says lord LORD, My people went down at the first into Egypt to sojourn there. And the Assyrian has oppressed them without cause.

Genesis 12:10

And there was a famine in the land. And Abram went down into Egypt to sojourn there, for the famine was severe in the land.

Genesis 47:5

And Pharaoh spoke to Joseph, saying, Thy father and thy brothers have come to thee.

Genesis 45:10

And thou shall dwell in the land of Goshen, and thou shall be near to me, thou, and thy sons, and thy sons' sons, and thy flocks, and thy herds, and all that thou have.