Genesis 47:6

Easy To Read Version

You can choose any place in Egypt for them to live. Give your father and your brothers the best land. Let them live in the land of Goshen. And if they are skilled shepherds, then they can also care for my cattle.”

Cross References

Genesis 13:10

Lot looked and saw the Jordan Valley. Lot saw that there was much water there. (This was before the Lord destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah. At that time the Jordan Valley all the way to Zoar was like the Lord’s Garden. This was good land, like the land of Egypt.)

Genesis 13:9

We should separate. You can choose any place you want. If you go to the left, I will go to the right. If you go to the right, I will go to the left.”

Genesis 20:15

And Abimelech said, “Look all around you. This is my land. You may live any place you want.”

Genesis 34:10

You can live in the same land with us. You will be free to own the land and to trade here.”

Genesis 45:10

You can live near me in the land of Goshen. You, your children, your grandchildren, and all of your animals are welcome here.

Genesis 46:34

You tell him, ‘We are shepherds. All our lives we have been shepherds. And our ancestors [249] were shepherds before us.’ Then Pharaoh will allow you to live in the land of Goshen. Egyptian people don’t like shepherds, so it is better that you stay in Goshen.”

Genesis 47:11

Joseph did what Pharaoh said and gave his father and brothers land in Egypt. It was the best land in Egypt, {in the eastern part of the country} in the land of Rameses.

Genesis 47:16

But Joseph answered, “Give me your cattle, and I will give you food.”

Genesis 47:4

They said to Pharaoh, “The time of hunger is very bad in Canaan. There are no fields left with grass for our animals. So we have come to live in this land. We ask you to please let us live in Goshen.”

Genesis 47:5

Then Pharaoh said to Joseph, “Your father and your brothers have come to you.

1 Kings 11:28

Jeroboam was a strong man. Solomon saw that this young man was a good worker. So Solomon made him the boss over all of the workers from the family group of Joseph. [147]

2 Chronicles 26:10

Uzziah built towers in the desert. He also dug many wells. He had much cattle in the hill country and in the flat lands. Uzziah had farmers in the mountains and in the lands where growth was good. He also had men that took care of fields where grapes grew. He loved farming.

Exodus 18:21

But you should also choose some of the people to be judges and leaders.

Exodus 18:25

Moses chose good men from among the people of Israel. Moses made them leaders over the people. There were rulers over 1,000 people, 100 people, 50 people, and ten people.

Exodus 9:10

So Moses and Aaron took ashes from a furnace. Then they went and stood before Pharaoh. They threw the ashes into the air, and boils began breaking out on people and animals.

Exodus 9:21

But other people ignored the Lord’s message. Those people lost all their slaves and animals that were in the fields.

Proverbs 21:1

\{Farmers dig small ditches to water their fields. They change where the water goes by closing different ditches.\} The Lord controls a king’s mind just like that. The Lord can lead the king wherever he wants him to go.

Proverbs 22:29

If a person is skilled in his work, then he is good enough to serve kings. He will not have to work for people who are not important.

Jeremiah 40:4

But now, Jeremiah, I will set you free. I am taking the chains off your wrists. If you want to, come with me to Babylon, and I will take good care of you. But if you don’t want to come with me, then don’t come. Look, the whole country is open to you. Go anywhere you want.

John 17:2

You gave the Son power over all people so that the Son could give eternal life to all those people you have given to him.

1 Samuel 21:7

There was no bread except the Holy Bread. [183] So the priest gave David that bread. This was the bread that the priests put on the holy table before the Lord. Each day they took this bread away and put fresh bread in its place.