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The land of Egypt is before you. Settle your father and your brothers in the best of the land. Let them settle in the land of Goshen, and if you know any able men among them, put them in charge of my livestock."

Mar 22

Esther Burch

highlighted Genesis 47:5 ESV

Then Pharaoh said to Joseph, "Your father and your brothers have come to you.

Mar 22

Esther Burch

highlighted Genesis 47:4 ESV

They said to Pharaoh, "We have come to sojourn in the land, for there is no pasture for your servants' flocks, for the famine is severe in the land of Canaan. And now, please let your servants dwell in the land of Goshen."

Mar 22

Esther Burch

highlighted Genesis 47:3 ESV

Pharaoh said to his brothers, "What is your occupation?" And they said to Pharaoh, "Your servants are shepherds, as our fathers were."

Mar 22

Esther Burch

highlighted Genesis 47:2 ESV

And from among his brothers he took five men and presented them to Pharaoh.

Mar 22

Esther Burch

highlighted Genesis 47:1 ESV

So Joseph went in and told Pharaoh, "My father and my brothers, with their flocks and herds and all that they possess, have come from the land of Canaan. They are now in the land of Goshen."

Mar 22

Esther Burch

highlighted Genesis 46:34 ESV

you shall say, 'Your servants have been keepers of livestock from our youth even until now, both we and our fathers,' in order that you may dwell in the land of Goshen, for every shepherd is an abomination to the Egyptians."

Mar 22

Esther Burch

highlighted Genesis 46:33 ESV

When Pharaoh calls you and says, 'What is your occupation?'

Mar 22

Esther Burch

highlighted Genesis 46:32 ESV

And the men are shepherds, for they have been keepers of livestock, and they have brought their flocks and their herds and all that they have.'

Mar 22

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highlighted Genesis 46:31 ESV

Joseph said to his brothers and to his father's household, "I will go up and tell Pharaoh and will say to him, 'My brothers and my father's household, who were in the land of Canaan, have come to me.

Mar 22

Esther Burch

highlighted Genesis 46:30 ESV

Israel said to Joseph, "Now let me die, since I have seen your face and know that you are still alive."

Mar 22

Esther Burch

highlighted Genesis 46:29 ESV

Then Joseph prepared his chariot and went up to meet Israel his father in Goshen. He presented himself to him and fell on his neck and wept on his neck a good while.

Mar 22

Esther Burch

highlighted Genesis 45:28 ESV

And Israel said, "It is enough; Joseph my son is still alive. I will go and see him before I die."

Mar 22

Esther Burch

highlighted Genesis 45:27 ESV

But when they told him all the words of Joseph, which he had said to them, and when he saw the wagons that Joseph had sent to carry him, the spirit of their father Jacob revived.

Mar 22

Esther Burch

highlighted Genesis 45:26 ESV

And they told him, "Joseph is still alive, and he is ruler over all the land of Egypt." And his heart became numb, for he did not believe them.

Mar 22

Esther Burch

highlighted Genesis 45:25 ESV

So they went up out of Egypt and came to the land of Canaan to their father Jacob.

Mar 22

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highlighted Genesis 45:24 ESV

Then he sent his brothers away, and as they departed, he said to them, "Do not quarrel on the way."

Mar 22

Esther Burch

highlighted Genesis 45:23 ESV

To his father he sent as follows: ten donkeys loaded with the good things of Egypt, and ten female donkeys loaded with grain, bread, and provision for his father on the journey.

Mar 22

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highlighted Genesis 45:22 ESV

To each and all of them he gave a change of clothes, but to Benjamin he gave three hundred shekels of silver and five changes of clothes.

Mar 22

Esther Burch

highlighted Genesis 45:21 ESV

The sons of Israel did so: and Joseph gave them wagons, according to the command of Pharaoh, and gave them provisions for the journey.

Mar 22

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