Genesis 47:6

Legacy Standard Bible

The land of Egypt is at your disposal; have your father and your brothers settle in the best of the land, let them settle in the land of Goshen; and if you know any excellent men among them, then put them in charge of my livestock.”

Cross References

Genesis 13:10

Then Lot lifted up his eyes and saw all the valley of the Jordan, that it was well watered everywhere—this was before Yahweh destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah—like the garden of Yahweh, like the land of Egypt as you go to Zoar.

Genesis 13:9

Is not the whole land before you? Please separate from me; if to the left, then I will go to the right; or if to the right, then I will go to the left.”

Genesis 20:15

And Abimelech said, “Behold, my land is before you; settle wherever it is good in your sight.”

Genesis 34:10

Thus you shall live with us, and the land shall be open before you; live and trade in it and take possession of property in it.”

Genesis 45:10

And you shall live in the land of Goshen, and you shall be near me, you and your children and your children’s children and your flocks and your herds and all that you have.

Genesis 46:34

then you shall say, ‘Your servants have been keepers of livestock from our youth and until now, both we and our fathers,’ that you may live in the land of Goshen; for every shepherd is an abomination to the Egyptians.”

Genesis 47:11

So Joseph settled his father and his brothers 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.

Genesis 47:16

Then Joseph said, “Give up your livestock, and I will give you food for your livestock, since your money is gone.”

Genesis 47:4

And they said to Pharaoh, “We have come to sojourn in the land, for there is no pasture for your servants’ flocks, for the famine is heavy in the land of Canaan. So now, please let your servants live in the land of Goshen.”

Genesis 47:5

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

1 Kings 11:28

Now the man Jeroboam was a mighty man of valor. And Solomon saw that the young man was industrious and appointed him over all the load-bearers of the house of Joseph.

2 Chronicles 26:10

He also built towers in the wilderness and hewed many cisterns, for he had much livestock, both in the Shephelah and in the plain. He also had plowmen and vinedressers in the hill country and the fertile fields, for he loved the soil.

Exodus 18:21

But you shall select excellent men out of all the people, those who fear God, men of truth, those who hate greedy gain; and you shall place these men over them as leaders of thousands, of hundreds, of fifties, and of tens.

Exodus 18:25

And Moses chose excellent men out of all Israel and made them heads over the people, leaders of thousands, of hundreds, of fifties, and of tens.

Exodus 9:10

So they took the soot from the kiln and stood before Pharaoh; and Moses tossed it toward the sky, and it became boils breaking out with sores on man and beast.

Exodus 9:21

but he who did not consider in his heart the word of Yahweh left his servants and his livestock in the field.

Proverbs 21:1

The king’s heart is like channels of water in the hand of Yahweh; He turns it wherever He pleases.

Proverbs 22:29

¶Do you see a man skilled in his work? He will stand before kings; He will not stand before obscure men.

Jeremiah 40:4

So now, behold, I am freeing you today from the chains which are on your hands. If it is good in your eyes to come with me to Babylon, come along, and I will set my eyes to look after you; but if it is displeasing in your eyes to come with me to Babylon, never mind. Look, the whole land is before you; go wherever it seems good and right in your eyes to go.”

John 17:2

even as You gave Him authority over all flesh, that to all whom You have given Him, He may give eternal life.

1 Samuel 21:7

Now one of the servants of Saul was there that day, detained before Yahweh; and his name was Doeg the Edomite, the chief of Saul’s shepherds.