Genesis 47:4

New Century Version

They said to the king, “We have come to live in this land, because there is no grass in the land of Canaan for our animals to eat, and the hunger is terrible there. So please allow us to live in the land of Goshen.”

Cross References

Genesis 12:10

At this time there was not much food in the land, so Abram went down to Egypt to live because there was so little food.

Genesis 15:13

Then the Lord said to Abram, “You can be sure that your descendants will be strangers and travel in a land they don’t own. The people there will make them slaves and be cruel to them for four hundred years.

Genesis 43:1

Still no food grew in the land of Canaan.

Genesis 45:10

Live in the land of Goshen where you will be near me. Your children, your grandchildren, your flocks and herds, and all that you have will also be near me.

Genesis 46:34

This is what you should tell him: ‘We, your servants, have taken care of farm animals all our lives. Our ancestors did the same thing.’ Then the king will allow you to settle in the land of Goshen, away from the Egyptians, because they don’t like to be near shepherds.”

Genesis 47:5

Then the king said to Joseph, “Your father and your brothers have come to you,

Psalm 105:23

Then his father Israel came to Egypt; Jacob lived in Egypt.

Isaiah 52:4

This is what the Lord God says: “First my people went down to Egypt to live. Later Assyria made them slaves.

Acts 7:11

“Then all the land of Egypt and Canaan became so dry that nothing would grow, and the people suffered very much. Jacob’s sons, our ancestors, could not find anything to eat.

Acts 7:6

This is what God said to him: ‘Your descendants will be strangers in a land they don’t own. The people there will make them slaves and will mistreat them for four hundred years.

Deuteronomy 26:5

Then you shall announce before the Lord your God: “My father was a wandering Aramean. He went down to Egypt with only a few people, but they became a great, powerful, and large nation there.