Genesis 47:4

New American Bible - revised edition

We have come,” they continued, “in order to sojourn in this land, for there is no pasture for your servants’ flocks, because the famine has been severe in the land of Canaan. So now please let your servants settle in the region of Goshen.”

Cross References

Genesis 12:10

There was famine in the land; so Abram went down to Egypt to sojourn there, since the famine in the land was severe.

Genesis 15:13

Then the Lord said to Abram: Know for certain that your descendants will reside as aliens in a land not their own, where they shall be enslaved and oppressed for four hundred years.

Genesis 43:1

Now the famine in the land grew severe.

Genesis 45:10

You can settle in the region of Goshen, where you will be near me—you and your children and children’s children, your flocks and herds, and everything that you own.

Genesis 46:34

you must answer, ‘We your servants, like our ancestors, have been owners of livestock from our youth until now,’ in order that you may stay in the region of Goshen, since all shepherds are abhorrent to the Egyptians.”

Genesis 47:5

Pharaoh said to Joseph, “Now that your father and your brothers have come to you,

Psalm 105:23

Then Israel entered Egypt; Jacob sojourned in the land of Ham.

Isaiah 52:4

For thus says the Lord God: To Egypt long ago my people went down, to sojourn there; Assyria, too, oppressed them for nought.

Acts 7:11

Then a famine and great affliction struck all Egypt and Canaan, and our ancestors could find no food;

Acts 7:6

And God spoke thus, ‘His descendants shall be aliens in a land not their own, where they shall be enslaved and oppressed for four hundred years;

Deuteronomy 26:5

Then you shall declare in the presence of the Lord, your God, “My father was a refugee Aramean who went down to Egypt with a small household and lived there as a resident alien. But there he became a nation great, strong and numerous.