Genesis 47:4

Rotherham Emphasized Bible 1902

And they said unto Pharaoh—To sojourn in the land, are we come in, for there is no pasture for the flocks which pertain to thy servants, for, severe, is the famine in the land of Canaan. Now, therefore, let thy servants dwell we pray thee in the land of Goshen.

Cross References

Genesis 46:34

Then shall ye say—Men of cattle, have thy servants been from our youth even until now, both we and our fathers,—To the end ye may dwell in the land of Goshen, for an abomination to Egyptians, is every feeder of a flock,

Deuteronomy 26:5

And thou shalt respond and say before Yahweh thy God—A Syrian ready to perish, was my father, so he went down to Egypt, and became a sojourner there with men only few; but he became there a nation great, mighty and numerous;

Genesis 15:13

And he said to Abram—Thou must surely know, that, sojourners, will thy seed become in a land not theirs, and shall serve them and they will humble them, four hundred years;

Genesis 43:1

But the famine, was severe in the land.

Acts 7:11

And there came a famine upon all Egypt and Canaan, and great tribulation, and our fathers could not find pasture.

Psalm 105:23

So Israel came into Egypt, And, Jacob, sojourned in the land of Ham;

Acts 7:6

But God, spake thus—His seed shall be a sojourner in a foreign land, and they will bring it into bondage, and ill-treat it four-hundred years;

Isaiah 52:4

For, thus, saith My Lord, Yahweh, To Egypt, went down my people at first to sojourn there,—But, Assyria, without cause, hath oppressed him.

Genesis 12:10

And it came to pass that there was a famine, in the land,—so Abram went down towards Egypt, to sojourn there, because grievous, was the famine in the land.

Genesis 47:5

Then spake Pharaoh unto Joseph saying,—Thy father and thy brethren, are come in unto thee.

Genesis 45:10

so shalt thou dwell in the land of Goshen, and shalt be near unto me, thou, and thy sons, and thy son’s sons,—and thy flocks and thy herds and all that is thine;