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Genesis 47:4

Then they said to Pharaoh, “We have come to live in the land for a time, because there is no pasture for the flocks of your servants, since the famine in the land of Canaan has been severe. So now, please allow your servants to settle in the land of Goshen.”

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ASV

And they said unto Pharaoh, To sojourn in the land are we come; for there is no pasture for thy servants’ flocks; for the famine is sore in the land of Canaan: now therefore, we pray thee, let thy servants dwell in the land of Goshen.

KJV

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

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Original language & word study

23 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וַיֹּאמְר֣וּvai.yo.me.Ruand they saidH559 →
אֶל־'el-toH413 →
פַּרְעֹ֗הpar.'OhPharaohH6547 →
לָג֣וּרla.Gurto sojournH1481 →
בָּאָרֶץ֮ba.'a.Retzin the landH776 →
בָּאנוּ֒ba.Nuwe have comeH935 →
כִּי־ki-forH3588 →
אֵ֣ין'einthere notH369 →
מִרְעֶ֗הmir.'Eh[is] pastureH4829 →
לַצֹּאן֙la.tzoNfor the sheepH6629 →
אֲשֶׁ֣ר'a.SherwhichH834 →
לַעֲבָדֶ֔יךָla.'a.va.Dei.kha[belongs] to servants yourH5650 →
כִּֽי־ki-forH3588 →
כָבֵ֥דkha.Ved[was] heavyH3515 →
הָרָעָ֖בha.ra.'Avthe famineH7458 →
בְּאֶ֣רֶץbe.'E.retzin [the] land ofH776 →
כְּנָ֑עַןke.Na.'anCanaanH3667 →
וְעַתָּ֛הve.'a.Tahand thereforeH6258 →
יֵֽשְׁבוּ־ye.she.vu-let them dwellH3427 →
נָ֥אna'pleaseH4994 →
עֲבָדֶ֖יךָ'a.va.Dei.khaservants yourH5650 →
בְּאֶ֥רֶץbe.'E.retzin [the] land ofH776 →
גֹּֽשֶׁן׃Go.shenGoshenH1657 →

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Genesis 46:34you are to say, ‘Your servants have raised livestock ever since our youth—both we and our fathers.’ Then you will be allowed to settle in the land of Goshen, since all shepherds are detestable to the Egyptians.”Genesis 15:13Then the LORD said to Abram, “Know for certain that your descendants will be strangers in a land that is not their own, and they will be enslaved and mistreated four hundred years.Deuteronomy 26:5and you are to declare before the LORD your God, “My father was a wandering Aramean, and he went down to Egypt few in number and lived there and became a great nation, mighty and numerous.Genesis 43:1Now the famine was still severe in the land.Psalms 105:23Then Israel entered Egypt; Jacob dwelt in the land of Ham.Acts 7:11Then famine and great suffering swept across Egypt and Canaan, and our fathers could not find food.Genesis 47:6the land of Egypt is before you; settle your father and brothers in the best part of the land. They may dwell in the land of Goshen. And if you know of any talented men among them, put them in charge of my own livestock.”Acts 7:6God told him that his descendants would be foreigners in a strange land, and that they would be enslaved and mistreated four hundred years.Isaiah 52:4For this is what the Lord GOD says: “At first My people went down to Egypt to live, then Assyria oppressed them without cause.Genesis 12:10Now there was a famine in the land. So Abram went down to Egypt to live there for a while because the famine was severe.2 Kings 8:1Now Elisha had said to the woman whose son he had restored to life, “Arise, you and your household; go and live as a foreigner wherever you can. For the LORD has decreed a seven-year famine, and it has already come to the land.”Numbers 32:1Now the Reubenites and Gadites, who had very large herds and flocks, surveyed the lands of Jazer and Gilead, and they saw that the region was suitable for livestock.

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