Genesis 47:6

Israeli Authorized Version

The land of Egypt is before thee; in the best of the land make thy father and brethren to dwell; in the land of Goshen let them dwell: and if thou knowest any men of activity among them, then make them rulers over my cattle.

Cross References

Exodus 18:21

Moreover thou shalt provide out of all the people able men, such as fear Elohim, men of truth, hating covetousness; and place such over them, to be rulers of thousands, and rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens:

Genesis 47:11

And Yosef placed his father and his brethren, and gave them a possession in the land of Egypt, in the best of the land, in the land of Rameses, as Pharaoh had commanded.

Proverbs 22:29

Seest thou a man diligent in his business? he shall stand before kings; he shall not stand before mean men.

2 Chronicles 26:10

Also he built towers in the desert, and digged many wells: for he had much cattle, both in the low country, and in the plains: husbandmen also, and vine dressers in the mountains, and in Carmel: for he loved husbandry.

Exodus 18:25

And Moshe chose able men out of all Yisrael, and made them heads over the people, rulers of thousands, rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens.

Genesis 47:4

They said morever unto Pharaoh, For to sojourn in the land are we come; for thy servants have no pasture for their flocks; for the famine is sore in the land of Kenaan: now therefore, we pray thee, let thy servants dwell in the land of Goshen.

John 17:2

As thou hast given him power over all flesh, that he should give eternal life to as many as thou hast given him.

Proverbs 21:1

The king's heart is in the hand of YY , as the rivers of water: he turneth it whithersoever he will.

1 Samuel 21:7

Now a certain man of the servants of Saul was there that day, detained before YY ; and his name was Doeg, an Edomite, the chiefest of the herdmen that belonged to Saul.

Exodus 9:21

And he that regarded not the word of YY left his servants and his cattle in the field.

Exodus 9:10

And they took ashes of the furnace, and stood before Pharaoh; and Moshe sprinkled it up toward heaven; and it became a boil breaking forth with blains upon man, and upon beast.

Genesis 47:16

And Yosef said, Give your cattle; and I will give you for your cattle, if money fail.

Genesis 34:10

And ye shall dwell with us: and the land shall be before you; dwell and trade ye therein, and get you possessions therein.

Genesis 20:15

And Abimelech said, Behold, my land is before thee: dwell where it pleaseth thee.

Genesis 13:9

Is not the whole land before thee? separate thyself, I pray thee, from me: if thou wilt take the left hand, then I will go to the right; or if thou depart to the right hand, then I will go to the left.

Genesis 13:10

And Lot lifted up his eyes, and beheld all the plain of Yarden, that it was well watered every where, before YY destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah, even as the garden of YY , like the land of Egypt, as thou comest unto Zoar.

Genesis 45:10

And thou shalt dwell in the land of Goshen, and thou shalt be near unto me, thou, and thy children, and thy children's children, and thy flocks, and thy herds, and all that thou hast:

Genesis 46:34

That ye shall say, Thy servants' trade hath been about cattle from our youth even until now, both we, and also our fathers: that ye may dwell in the land of Goshen; for every shepherd is an abomination unto the Egyptians.

Genesis 47:5

And Pharaoh spake unto Yosef, saying, Thy father and thy brethren are come unto thee:

1 Kings 11:28

And the man Yarovam was a mighty man of valour: and Shlomo seeing the young man that he was industrious, he made him ruler over all the charge of the house of Yosef.

Jeremiah 40:4

And now, behold, I loose thee this day from the chains which were upon thine hand. If it seem good unto thee to come with me into Bavel, come; and I will look well unto thee: but if it seem ill unto thee to come with me into Bavel, forbear: behold, all the land is before thee: whither it seemeth good and convenient for thee to go, thither go.