Genesis 47:4

Webster Bible (1833)

They said moreover to Pharaoh, We have come to sojourn in the land: for thy servants have no pasture for their flocks, for the famine is severe in the land of Canaan: now therefore, we pray thee, let thy servants dwell in the land of Goshen.

Cross References

Genesis 12:10

And there was a famine in the land: and Abram went down into Egypt to dwell there; for the famine was grievous in the land.

Genesis 15:13

And he said to Abram, Know certainly that thy seed shall be a stranger in a land that is not theirs, and shall serve them; and they shall afflict them four hundred years;

Genesis 43:1

And the famine was severe in the land.

Genesis 45:10

And thou shalt dwell in the land of Goshen, and thou shalt be near to me, thou, and thy children, and thy children's children, and thy flocks, and thy herds, and all that thou hast:

Genesis 46:34

That ye shall say, The occupation of thy servants hath been about cattle from our youth even until now, both we, and also our fathers: that ye may dwell in the land of Goshen; for every shepherd is an abomination to the Egyptians.

Genesis 47:5

And Pharaoh spoke to Joseph, saying, Thy father and thy brethren have come to thee:

Psalm 105:23

Israel also came into Egypt; and Jacob sojourned in the land of Ham.

Isaiah 52:4

For thus saith the Lord GOD, My people went down formerly into Egypt to sojourn there; and the Assyrian oppressed them without cause.

Acts 7:11

Now there came a dearth over all the land of Egypt and Canaan, and great affliction; and our fathers found no sustenance.

Acts 7:6

And God spoke on this wise, That his offspring should sojourn in a foreign land; and that they should bring them into bondage, and treat them ill four hundred years.

Deuteronomy 26:5

And thou shalt speak and say before the LORD thy God, A Syrian ready to perish was my father, and he went down to Egypt, and sojourned there with a few, and became there a nation, great, mighty, and populous: