Genesis 47:6

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

The land of Egypt is before thee: make them dwell in the best place, and give them the land of Gessen. And if thou knowest that there are industrious men among them, make them rulers over my cattle.

Cross References

Exodus 18:21

And provide out of all the people able men, such as fear God, in whom there is truth, and that hate avarice: and appoint of them rulers of thousands, and of hundreds, and of fifties, and of tens,

Genesis 47:11

But Joseph gave a possession to his father and his brethren in Egypt, in the best place of the land, in Ramesses, as Pharao had commanded.

Proverbs 22:29

Hast thou seen a man swift in his work? he shall stand before kings, and shall not be before those that are obscure.

2 Chronicles 26:10

And he built towers in the wilderness, and dug many cisterns, for he had much cattle both in the plains, and in the waste of the desert. He had also vineyards and dressers of vines in the mountains, and in Carmel: for he was a man that loved husbandry.

Exodus 18:25

And choosing able men out of all Israel, he appointed them rulers of the people, rulers over thousands, and over hundreds, and over fifties, and over tens.

Genesis 47:4

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.

John 17:2

As thou hast given him power over all flesh, that he may give eternal life to all whom thou hast given him.

Proverbs 21:1

As the divisions of waters, so the heart of the king is in the hand of the Lord: whithersoever he will he shall turn it.

1 Samuel 21:7

Now a certain man of the servants of Saul was there that day, within the tabernacle of the Lord: and his name was Doeg, an Edomite, the chiefest of Saul's herdsmen.

Exodus 9:21

But he that regarded not the word of the Lord left his servants and his cattle in the fields.

Exodus 9:10

And they took ashes out of the chimney, and stood before Pharao. And Moses sprinkled it in the air: and there came boils with swelling blains in men and beasts.

Genesis 47:16

And he answered them: Bring your cattle, and for them I will give you food, if you have no money.

Genesis 34:10

And dwell with us: the land is at your command, till, trade, and possess it.

Genesis 20:15

And said: The land is before you; dwell wheresoever it shall please thee.

Genesis 13:9

Behold, the whole land is before thee: depart from me I pray thee. If thou wilt go to the left hand, I will take the right: if thou choose the right hand, I will pass to the left.

Genesis 13:10

And Lot, lifting up his eyes, saw all the country about the Jordan, which was watered throughout, before the Lord destroyed Sodom and Gomorrha, as the paradise of the Lord, and like Egypt as one comes to Segor.

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.

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.

Genesis 47:5

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

1 Kings 11:28

And Jeroboam was a valiant and mighty man: and Solomon seeing him a young man ingenious and industrious made him chief over the tributes of all the house of Joseph.

Jeremiah 40:4

Now then, behold, I have loosed thee this day from the chains which were upon thy hands. If it please thee to come with me to Babylon, come, and I will set my eyes upon thee: but if it do not please thee to come with me to Babylon, stay here. Behold, all the land is before thee, as thou shalt choose: and whither it shall please thee to go, thither go.