Genesis 47:4

The Passion Translation

“We have come to stay as temporary residents in this country, because in the land of Canaan, the famine is so severe that there is no pasture for your servants’ flocks. Please give us permission to settle in the land of Goshen.”

Cross References

Genesis 12:10

At that time, a severe famine struck the land of Canaan, forcing Abram to travel down to Egypt and live there as a foreigner.

Genesis 15:13

Then Yahweh said to Abram, “Know this: your descendants will live as strangers in a foreign country. They will be enslaved and mistreated for four hundred years.

Genesis 43:1

Now the famine in the land continued to grow more severe.

Genesis 45:10

You will settle in the land of Goshen, where you will be near me—you and all your children and your grandchildren, your flocks and herds and all that you possess.

Genesis 46:34

be sure to tell him that you and your fathers before you have herded livestock all your lives. Then he will let you live in the region of Goshen.” Joseph said this because Egyptians despise shepherds.

Genesis 47:5

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

Psalm 105:23

Then Jacob, with all of Joseph’s family, came from Canaan to Egypt and settled in Goshen.

Isaiah 52:4

For Yahweh says: “Long ago, my people went down to Egypt and lived as foreigners there, and for no good reason Assyria oppressed them.

Acts 7:11

“Then a devastating famine came over all of Egypt and Canaan, bringing great misery to the people, including our ancestors, who couldn’t find food.

Acts 7:6

God spoke with him and gave him this promise: ‘Your descendants will live in a foreign land with a people who will make slaves of them and oppress them for four hundred years.