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Genesis 47:2-4
3“Whatמַה־mah-H4100is your occupationמַּעֲשֵׂיכֶ֑םma.'a.sei.KhemH4639?”Pharaohפַּרְעֹ֛הpar.'OhH6547askedוַיֹּ֧אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559Joseph’sbrothersאֶחָ֖יו'e.ChavH251. “Your servantsעֲבָדֶ֔יךָ'a.va.Dei.khaH5650are shepherdsרֹעֵ֥ה צֹאן֙ro.'Eh tzoNH7462H6629,”they repliedוַיֹּאמְר֣וּ פַּרְעֹ֗הvai.yo.me.Ru par.'OhH559H413H6547, “bothגַּם־gam-H1571weאֲנַ֖חְנוּ'a.Nach.nuH587andגַּם־gam-H1571our fathersאֲבוֹתֵֽינוּ׃'a.vo.Tei.nuH1.”
4Then they saidוַיֹּאמְר֣וּvai.yo.me.RuH559toאֶל־'el-H413Pharaohפַּרְעֹ֗הpar.'OhH6547, “We have comeבָּאנוּ֒ba.NuH935to live in the landבָּאָרֶץ֮ba.'a.RetzH776for a timeלָג֣וּרla.GurH1481,becauseכִּי־ki-H3588there is noאֵ֣ין'einH369pastureמִרְעֶ֗הmir.'EhH4829for the flocksלַצֹּאן֙la.tzoNH6629of your servantsלַעֲבָדֶ֔יךָla.'a.va.Dei.khaH5650אֲשֶׁ֣ר'a.SherH834,sinceכִּֽי־ki-H3588the famineהָרָעָ֖בha.ra.'AvH7458in the landבְּאֶ֣רֶץbe.'E.retzH776of Canaanכְּנָ֑עַןke.Na.'anH3667has been severeכָבֵ֥דkha.VedH3515.So nowוְעַתָּ֛הve.'a.TahH6258,pleaseנָ֥אna'H4994allow your servantsעֲבָדֶ֖יךָ'a.va.Dei.khaH5650to settleיֵֽשְׁבוּ־ye.she.vu-H3427in the landבְּאֶ֥רֶץbe.'E.retzH776of Goshenגֹּֽשֶׁן׃Go.shenH1657.”
Commentaries on Genesis 47
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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