New American Standard Bible 1995
Genesis 47:3-6
3Then PharaohH6547 saidH559 to his brothersH251, “1WhatH4100 is your occupationH4639?” So they saidH559 to PharaohH6547, “Your servantsH5650 are 2shepherdsH7462, bothH1571 we and our fathersH1.” 4They saidH559 to PharaohH6547, “3We have comeH935 to sojournH1481 in the landH776, for thereH369 is noH369 pastureH4829 for your servants’H5650 flocksH6629, for 4the famineH7458 is severeH3515 in the landH776 of CanaanH3667. NowH6258, therefore, pleaseH4994 let your servantsH5650 56liveH3427 in the landH776 of GoshenH1657.” 5Then PharaohH6547 saidH559 to 7JosephH3130, “Your fatherH1 and your brothersH251 have comeH935 to you. 6The landH776 of EgyptH4714 is 8at your disposalH6440; 9settleH3427 your fatherH1 and your brothersH251 in 10the bestH4315 of the landH776, let them 11liveH3427 in the landH776 of GoshenH1657; and ifH518 you knowH3045 anyH3426 12capableH2428 menH376 among them, then 13putH7760 them in chargeH8269 of my livestockH4735.”
Notes
- 1. Genesis 47:3 Gen 46:33 ↩
- 2. Genesis 47:3 Gen 46:34 ↩
- 3. Genesis 47:4 Gen 15:13; Deut 26:5; Ps 105:23 ↩
- 4. Genesis 47:4 Gen 43:1; Acts 7:11 ↩
- 5. Genesis 47:4 Lit dwell ↩
- 6. Genesis 47:4 Gen 46:34 ↩
- 7. Genesis 47:5 Lit Joseph, saying ↩
- 8. Genesis 47:6 Lit before you ↩
- 9. Genesis 47:6 Lit cause them to dwell ↩
- 10. Genesis 47:6 Gen 45:10, 18; 47:11 ↩
- 11. Genesis 47:6 Lit dwell ↩
- 12. Genesis 47:6 Ex 18:21, 25; 1 Kin 11:28; Prov 22:29 ↩
- 13. Genesis 47:6 Lit appoint them rulers ↩
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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