Verse 6
Genesis 47:6
Young's Literal Translation
6
the land of Egypt is before thee; in the best of the land cause thy father and thy brethren to dwell -- they dwell in the land of Goshen, and if thou hast known, and there are among them men of ability, then thou hast set them heads over the cattle I have.'
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
1
And Joseph cometh, and declareth to Pharaoh, and saith, 'My father, and my brethren, and their flock...
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And out of his brethren he hath taken five men, and setteth them before Pharaoh;
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and Pharaoh saith unto his brethren, 'What [are] your works?' and they say unto Pharaoh, 'Thy servan...
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and they say unto Pharaoh, 'To sojourn in the land we have come, for there is no pasture for the flo...
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And Pharaoh speaketh unto Joseph, saying, 'Thy father and thy brethren have come unto thee:
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the land of Egypt is before thee; in the best of the land cause thy father and thy brethren to dwell...
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And Joseph bringeth in Jacob his father, and causeth him to stand before Pharaoh; and Jacob blesseth...
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And Pharaoh saith unto Jacob, 'How many [are] the days of the years of thy life?'
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And Jacob saith unto Pharaoh, 'The days of the years of my sojournings [are] an hundred and thirty y...
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And Jacob blesseth Pharaoh, and goeth out from before Pharaoh.
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And Joseph settleth his father and his brethren, and giveth to them a possession in the land of Egyp...
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and Joseph nourisheth his father, and his brethren, and all the house of his father [with] bread, ac...
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And there is no bread in all the land, for the famine [is] very grievous, and the land of Egypt and...
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and Joseph gathereth all the silver that is found in the land of Egypt, and in the land of Canaan, f...
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And the silver is consumed out of the land of Egypt, and out of the land of Canaan, and all the Egyp...
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and Joseph saith, 'Give your cattle; and I give to you for your cattle, if the money hath ceased.'
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And they bring in their cattle unto Joseph, and Joseph giveth to them bread, for the horses, and for...
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And that year is finished, and they come in unto him on the second year, and say to him, 'We do not...
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why do we die before thine eyes, both we and our ground? buy us and our ground for bread, and we and...
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And Joseph buyeth all the ground of Egypt for Pharaoh, for the Egyptians have sold each his field, f...
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as to the people he hath removed them to cities from the [one] end of the border of Egypt even unto...
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Only the ground of the priests he hath not bought, for the priests have a portion from Pharaoh, and...
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And Joseph saith unto the people, 'Lo, I have bought you to-day and your ground for Pharaoh; lo, see...
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and it hath come to pass in the increases, that ye have given a fifth to Pharaoh, and four of the pa...
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And they say, 'Thou hast revived us; we find grace in the eyes of my lord, and have been servants to...
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and Joseph setteth it for a statute unto this day, concerning the ground of Egypt, [that] Pharaoh ha...
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And Israel dwelleth in the land of Egypt, in the land of Goshen, and they have possession in it, and...
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and Jacob liveth in the land of Egypt seventeen years, and the days of Jacob, the years of his life,...
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And the days of Israel are near to die, and he calleth for his son, for Joseph, and saith to him, 'I...
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and I have lain with my fathers, and thou hast borne me out of Egypt, and buried me in their burying...
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and he saith, 'Swear to me;' and he sweareth to him, and Israel boweth himself on the head of the be...
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