They said to Pharaoh, “(A)We have come to sojourn in the land, for there is no pasture for your servants’ flocks, for (B)the famine is severe in the land of Canaan. Now, therefore, please let your servants [a](C)live in the land of Goshen.” Then Pharaoh said to [b]Joseph, “Your father and your brothers have come to you. The land of Egypt is [c]at your disposal; [d]settle your father and your brothers in (D)the best of the land, let them [e]live in the land of Goshen; and if you know any (E)capable men among them, then [f]put them in charge of my livestock.”

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 47:4 Lit dwell
  2. Genesis 47:5 Lit Joseph, saying
  3. Genesis 47:6 Lit before you
  4. Genesis 47:6 Lit cause them to dwell
  5. Genesis 47:6 Lit dwell
  6. Genesis 47:6 Lit appoint them rulers