Genesis 47:6

The Scriptures 2009

The land of Mitsrayim is before you. Settle your father and brothers in the best of the land, let them dwell in the land of Goshen. And if you know of capable men among them, then make them chief herdsmen over my livestock.

Cross References

Genesis 13:10

And Lot lifted his eyes and saw all the plain of the Yardĕn, that it was well watered everywhere – before יהוה destroyed Seḏom and Amorah – like the garden of יהוה, like the land of Mitsrayim as you go toward Tso‛ar.

Genesis 13:9

“Is not all the land before you? Please separate from me. If you take the left, then I go to the right; or, if you go to the right, then I go to the left.”

Genesis 20:15

And Aḇimeleḵ said, “See, my land is before you, dwell wherever it is good in your eyes.”

Genesis 34:10

and dwell with us, and let the land be before you. Dwell and move about in it, and have possessions in it.”

Genesis 45:10

“And you shall dwell in the land of Goshen, and be near to me, you and your children, your children’s children, your flocks and your herds, and all that you have.

Genesis 46:34

“that you shall say, ‘Your servants have been men of livestock from our youth even till now, both we and also our fathers,’ so that you dwell in the land of Goshen, for every shepherd is an abomination to the Mitsrites.

Genesis 47:11

So Yosĕph settled his father and his brothers, and gave them a possession in the land of Mitsrayim, in the best of the land, in the land of Ra‛meses, as Pharaoh had commanded.

Genesis 47:16

And Yosĕph said, “Give your livestock, and I give you bread for your livestock, if the silver is gone.”

Genesis 47:4

And they said to Pharaoh, “We have come to dwell in the land, because there is no pasture for your servants’ flocks, for the scarcity of food is severe in the land of Kena‛an. And now, please let your servants dwell in the land of Goshen.”

Genesis 47:5

And Pharaoh spoke to Yosĕph, saying, “Your father and your brothers have come to you.

1 Kings 11:28

And the man Yaroḇ‛am was a brave man. And Shelomoh, seeing that the young man was doing his work well, made him the officer over all the compulsory labour of the house of Yosĕph.

2 Chronicles 26:10

And he built towers in the wilderness, and dug many wells, for he had much livestock, both in the low country and in the plain, farmers and vinedressers in the mountains and in Karmel, for he loved the soil.

Exodus 18:21

But you yourself, seek out from all the people able men, who fear Elohim, men of truth, hating unfair gain. And place these over them to be rulers of thousands, rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens.

Exodus 18:25

And Mosheh chose able men out of all Yisra’ĕl, and made them heads over the people: rulers of thousands, rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens.

Exodus 9:10

So they took ashes from the furnace and stood before Pharaoh, and Mosheh scattered them toward the heavens. And they caused boils, breaking out in sores on man and beast.

Exodus 9:21

But those who did not set their heart on the word of יהוה left their servants and livestock in the field.

Proverbs 21:1

The sovereign’s heart is as channels of water In the hand of יהוה; He turns it wherever He wishes.

Proverbs 22:29

Do you see a man who is skilled in his work? He does stand before sovereigns, He does not stand before obscure ones.

Jeremiah 40:4

“And now, see, I loosen you today from the chains that were on your hand. If it seems good to you to come with me to Baḇel, come, and I shall look after you. But if it seems wrong for you to come with me to Baḇel, remain here. See, all the land is before you, go wherever it seems good and right for you to go.”

John 17:2

as You have given Him authority over all flesh, that He should give everlasting life to all whom You have given Him.

1 Samuel 21:7

Now one of the servants of Sha’ul was there that day, detained before יהוה. And his name was Do’ĕḡ, an Eḏomite, the chief of the herdsmen who belonged to Sha’ul.