Genesis 47:6

Rotherham Emphasized Bible 1902

The land of Egypt, is, before thee, in the best of the land, cause thou thy father and thy brethren to dwell,—let them dwell in the land of Goshen, And if thou knowest that there are among them men of ability, then shalt thou set them as chieftains of cattle over mine.

Cross References

Exodus 18:21

Thou thyself, therefore shalt look out, from among all the people—men of ability, reverers of God, men of fidelity, haters of extortion,—and place them over them as rulers of thousands, rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens.

Genesis 47:11

So then Joseph fixed the dwelling of 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 prompt in his business? before kings, shall he stand, he shall not stand before men who are obscure.

2 Chronicles 26:10

And he built towers in the desert, and digged many wells, for, much cattle, had he, both in the lowland, and in the plain,—husbandmen and vinedressers, in the mountains and in the fruitful field, for, a lover of the soil, was he.

Exodus 18:25

and Moses chose men of ability out of all Israel, and set them to be heads over the people,—rulers of thousands, rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens.

Genesis 47:4

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.

John 17:2

Even as thou gavest him authority over all flesh, that, as touching whatsoever thou hast given him, he might give unto them, life age-abiding.

Proverbs 21:1

Like channels of water, is the heart of a king, in the hand of Yahweh,—whithersoever he will, he turneth it.

1 Samuel 21:7

Now, in that very place, was a man of the servants of Saul, on that day, detained before Yahweh, whose name, was Doeg the Edomite,—chief of the shepherds that belonged unto Saul.

Exodus 9:21

but, whoso applied not his heart unto the word of Yahweh, left his servants and his cattle in the field.

Exodus 9:10

So they took the ashes of an oven and stood before Pharaoh, and Moses scattered them towards the heavens,—and it came to pass that there was a burning sore in pustules breaking out, among men, and among beasts;

Genesis 47:16

Then said Joseph: Give your cattle, and I will give you for your cattle,—if silver hath failed.

Genesis 34:10

And with us, stroll ye dwell,—and, the land, shall be before you, tarry, and go through it, and get possessions therein.

Genesis 20:15

And Abimelech, said, Lo! my land is before thee,—wherever it may seem good in thine eyes, dwell.

Genesis 13:9

Is not, all the land, before thee? I pray thee, separate thyself from me,—if to the left hand, then I will go to the right, if to the right hand, then I will go to the left.

Genesis 13:10

So Lot lifted up his eyes and beheld all the circuit of the Jordan, that the whole of it, was well-watered,—before Yahweh destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah, like the Garden of Yahweh, like the land of Egypt, as thou enterest into Zoar.

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;

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,

Genesis 47:5

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

1 Kings 11:28

Now, the man Jeroboam, being an able Solomon observed his servant, that he man, was, one to execute a work, so he gave him oversight of all the charge of the house of Joseph.

Jeremiah 40:4

Now, therefore, lo! I have loosed thee today, from the fetters which were upon thy hand: If it be good in thine eyes to come with me into Babylon, come, and I will set urine eyes upon thee, but if evil in thine eyes to come with me into Babylon, forbear,—see! all the land, is before thee, whither it may be good and right in thine eyes to go, thither, go!