Genesis 47:4

Bible in Basic English 1965

And they said to Pharaoh, We have come to make a living in this land, because we have no grass for our flocks in the land of Canaan; so now let your servants make a place for themselves in the land of Goshen.

Cross References

Genesis 12:10

And because there was little food to be had in that land, he went down into Egypt.

Genesis 15:13

And he said to Abram, Truly, your seed will be living in a land which is not theirs, as servants to a people who will be cruel to them for four hundred years;

Genesis 43:1

Now the land was in bitter need of food.

Genesis 45:10

The land of Goshen will be your living-place, and you will be near me; you and your children and your children's children, and your flocks and herds and all you have:

Genesis 46:34

You are to say, Your servants have been keepers of cattle from our early days up to now, like our fathers; in this way you will be able to have the land of Goshen for yourselves; because keepers of sheep are unclean in the eyes of the Egyptians.

Genesis 47:5

And Pharaoh said to Joseph, Let them have the land of Goshen; and if there are any able men among them, put them over my cattle.

Psalm 105:23

Then Israel came into Egypt, and Jacob was living in the land of Ham.

Isaiah 52:4

For the Lord God says, My people went down at first into Egypt, to get a place for themselves there: and the Assyrian put a cruel yoke on them without cause.

Acts 7:11

Now there was no food to be had in all Egypt and Canaan, and there was great trouble: and our fathers were not able to get food.

Acts 7:6

And God said that his seed would be living in a strange land, and that they would make them servants, and be cruel to them for four hundred years.

Deuteronomy 26:5

And these are the words which you will say before the Lord your God: My father was a wandering Aramaean, and he went down with a small number of people into Egypt; there he became a great and strong nation: