Genesis 47:4

Good News Translation

“We have come to live in this country, because in the land of Canaan the famine is so severe that there is no pasture for our flocks. Please give us permission to live in the region of Goshen.”

Cross References

Genesis 12:10

But there was a famine in Canaan, and it was so bad that Abram went farther south to Egypt, to live there for a while.

Genesis 15:13

The Lord said to him, “Your descendants will be strangers in a foreign land; they will be slaves there and will be treated cruelly for four hundred years.

Genesis 43:1

The famine in Canaan got worse,

Genesis 45:10

You can live in the region of Goshen, where you can be near me—you, your children, your grandchildren, your sheep, your goats, your cattle, and everything else that you have.

Genesis 46:34

be sure to tell him that you have taken care of livestock all your lives, just as your ancestors did. In this way he will let you live in the region of Goshen.” Joseph said this because Egyptians will have nothing to do with shepherds.

Genesis 47:5

The king said to Joseph, “Now that your father and your brothers have arrived,

Psalm 105:23

Then Jacob went to Egypt and settled in that country.

Isaiah 52:4

When you went to live in Egypt as foreigners, you did so of your own free will; Assyria, however, took you away by force and paid nothing for you.

Acts 7:11

Then there was a famine all over Egypt and Canaan, which caused much suffering. Our ancestors could not find any food,

Acts 7:6

This is what God said to him: ‘Your descendants will live in a foreign country, where they will be slaves and will be badly treated for four hundred years.

Deuteronomy 26:5

Then, in the Lord's presence you will recite these words: ‘My ancestor was a wandering Aramean, who took his family to Egypt to live. They were few in number when they went there, but they became a large and powerful nation.