Genesis 47:4

Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version

They said to Pharaoh, “The famine 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.”

Cross References

Genesis 46:34

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

Deuteronomy 26:5

Then there before the Lord your God you will say: ‘My ancestor was a wandering Aramean. He went down into Egypt and stayed there. When he went there, he had only a few people in his family. But in Egypt he became a great nation—a powerful nation with many people.

Genesis 15:13

Then the Lord said to Abram, “You should know this: Your descendants will live in a country that is not their own. They will be strangers there. The people there will make them slaves and be cruel to them for 400 years.

Genesis 43:1

The famine was very bad in that country.

Acts 7:11

But all the land of Egypt and of Canaan became dry. It became so dry that food could not grow, and the people suffered very much. Our people could not find anything to eat.

Psalm 105:23

Then Israel came to Egypt. Jacob lived there in Ham’s country.

Acts 7:6

“This is what God said to him: ‘Your descendants will live in another country. They will be strangers. The people there will make them slaves and mistreat them for 400 years.

Isaiah 52:4

The Lord GOD says, “First, my people went down to Egypt and became slaves. Then Assyria made them slaves.

Genesis 12:10

During this time there was not enough food in the land, so Abram went down to Egypt to live.

Genesis 47:5

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

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.