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Genesis 47:6 KJV
Genesis · chapter 47 · verse 6
The land of Egypt is before thee; in the best of the land make thy father and brethren to dwell; in the land of Goshen let them dwell: and if thou knowest any men of activity among them, then make them rulers over my cattle.Genesis 47:6 · King James Version
Genesis 47:6 in context
4They 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.
5And Pharaoh spake unto Joseph, saying, Thy father and thy brethren are come unto thee:
6The land of Egypt is before thee; in the best of the land make thy father and brethren to dwell; in the land of Goshen let them dwell: and if thou knowest any men of activity among them, then make them rulers over my cattle.
7And Joseph brought in Jacob his father, and set him before Pharaoh: and Jacob blessed Pharaoh.
8And Pharaoh said unto Jacob, How old art thou?
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- brethrenʼâcha brother )H251 →
- activitychayilprobably a force, whether of men, means or other resourcesH2428 →
- knowestyâdaʻto knowH3045 →
- knowestyêshthere is or areH3426 →
- fatherʼâbfather, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote applicationH1 →
- GoshenGôshenGoshen, the residence of the Israelites in EgyptH1657 →
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Here is, I. The respect which Joseph, as a subject, showed to his prince. Though he was his favourite, and prime-minister of state, and had had particular orders from him to send for his father down to Egypt, yet he would not suffer him to settle till he had given notice of it to Pharaoh, Gen 47:1.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-12