Genesis 47:4

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

We are come to sojourn in thy land, because there is no grass for the flocks of thy servants, the famine being very grievous in the land of Chanaan: and we pray thee to give orders that we thy servants may be in the land of Gessen.

Cross References

Genesis 46:34

You shall answer: We thy servants are shepherds, from our infancy until now, both we and our fathers. And this you shall say, that you may dwell in the land of Gessen, because the Egyptians have all shepherds in abomination.

Deuteronomy 26:5

And thou shalt speak thus in the sight of the Lord thy God: The Syrian pursued my father, who went down into Egypt, and sojourned there in a very small number, and grew into a nation great and strong and of an infinite multitude.

Genesis 15:13

And it was said unto him: Know thou beforehand that thy seed shall be a stranger in a land not their own, and they shall bring them under bondage, and afflict them, four hundred years.

Genesis 43:1

In the mean time the famine was heavy upon all the land.

Acts 7:11

Now there came a famine upon all Egypt and Chanaan, and great tribulation; and our fathers found no food.

Psalm 105:23

And he said that he would destroy them: had not Moses his chosen stood before him in the breach: To turn away his wrath, lest he should destroy them.

Acts 7:6

And God said to him: That his seed should sojourn in a strange country, and that they should bring them under bondage, and treat them evil four hundred years.

Isaiah 52:4

For thus saith the Lord God: My people went down into Egypt at the beginning to sojourn there: and the Assyrian hath oppressed them without any cause at all.

Genesis 12:10

And there came a famine in the country. And Abram went down into Egypt, to sojourn there; for the famine was very grievous in the land.

Genesis 47:5

The king therefore said to Joseph: Thy father and thy brethren are come to thee.

Genesis 45:10

And thou shalt dwell in the land of Gessen: and thou shalt be near me, thou and thy sons, and thy sons' sons, thy sheep, and thy herds, and all things that thou hast.