Verse 6
Genesis 47:6
Bible in Basic English
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And Jacob and his sons came to Joseph in Egypt, and when word of it came to the ears of Pharaoh, king of Egypt, he said to Joseph, Your father and brothers have come to you; all the land of Egypt is before you; let your father and your brothers have the best of the land for their resting-place.
Original Language Text
hebrew
אֶ֤רֶץ מִצְרַ֨יִם֙ לְ/פָנֶ֣י/ךָ הִ֔וא בְּ/מֵיטַ֣ב הָ/אָ֔רֶץ הוֹשֵׁ֥ב אֶת אָבִ֖י/ךָ וְ/אֶת אַחֶ֑י/ךָ יֵשְׁבוּ֙ בְּ/אֶ֣רֶץ גֹּ֔שֶׁן וְ/אִם יָדַ֗עְתָּ וְ/יֶשׁ בָּ/ם֙ אַנְשֵׁי חַ֔יִל וְ/שַׂמְתָּ֛/ם שָׂרֵ֥י מִקְנֶ֖ה עַל אֲשֶׁר לִֽ/י
English Translation
The land of Egypt is before you; he has settled your father and your brothers in the land of Goshen, and if you know that there are men of valor among them, you shall appoint them as chiefs of livestock over what belongs to me.
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Chapter 47 Context
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Then Joseph went to Pharaoh, and said, My father and my brothers with their flocks and their herds a...
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And he took five of his brothers to Pharaoh.
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And Pharaoh said to them, What is your business? And they said, Your servants are keepers of sheep,...
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And they said to Pharaoh, We have come to make a living in this land, because we have no grass for o...
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And Pharaoh said to Joseph, Let them have the land of Goshen; and if there are any able men among th...
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And Jacob and his sons came to Joseph in Egypt, and when word of it came to the ears of Pharaoh, kin...
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Then Joseph made his father Jacob come before Pharaoh, and Jacob gave him his blessing.
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And Pharaoh said to him, How old are you?
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And Jacob said, The years of my wanderings have been a hundred and thirty; small in number and full...
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And Jacob gave Pharaoh his blessing, and went out from before him.
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And Joseph made a place for his father and his brothers, and gave them a heritage in the land of Egy...
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And Joseph took care of his father and his brothers and all his father's people, giving them food fo...
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Now there was no food to be had in all the land, so that all Egypt and Canaan were wasted from need...
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And all the money in Egypt and in the land of Canaan which had been given for grain, came into the h...
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And when all the money in Egypt and Canaan was gone, the Egyptians came to Joseph, and said, Give us...
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And Joseph said, Give me your cattle; I will give you grain in exchange for your cattle if your mone...
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So they took their cattle to Joseph and he gave them bread in exchange for their horses and flocks a...
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And when that year was ended, they came to him in the second year, and said, We may not keep it from...
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Are we to come to destruction before your eyes, we and our land? take us and our land and give us br...
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So Joseph got all the land in Egypt for Pharaoh; for every Egyptian gave up his land in exchange for...
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And as for the people, he made servants of them, town by town, from one end of Egypt to the other.
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Only he did not take the land of the priests, for the priests had their food given them by Pharaoh,...
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Then Joseph said to the people, I have made you and your land this day the property of Pharaoh; here...
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And when the grain is cut, you are to give a fifth part to Pharaoh, and four parts will be yours for...
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And they said to him, Truly you have kept us from death; may we have grace in your eyes, and we will...
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Then Joseph made a law which is in force to this day, that Pharaoh was to have the fifth part; only...
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And so Israel was living among the Egyptians in the land of Goshen; and they got property there, and...
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And Jacob was living in the land of Goshen for seventeen years; so the years of his life were a hund...
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And the time of his death came near, and he sent for his son Joseph and said to him, If now I am dea...
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But when I go to my fathers, you are to take me out of Egypt and put me to rest in their last restin...
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And he said, Take an oath to me; and he took an oath to him: and Israel gave worship on the bed's he...
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