Genesis 47:4

Genesis 47:4

2 And he took five men from among his brothers and ^apresented them to Pharaoh.

3 Then Pharaoh said to his brothers, ^a“What is your occupation?” And they said to Pharaoh, ^b“Your servants are shepherds, both we and also our fathers.”

4 And they said to Pharaoh, ^a“We have come to dwell in the land, because your servants have no pasture for their flocks, ^bfor the famine is severe in the land of Canaan. Now therefore, please let your servants ^cdwell in the land of Goshen.”

5 Then Pharaoh spoke to Joseph, saying, “Your father and your brothers have come to you.

6 ^aThe land of Egypt is before you. Have your father and brothers dwell in the best of the land; let them dwell ^bin the land of Goshen. And if you know any competent men among them, then make them chief herdsmen over my livestock.”

Commentaries:

John Wesley's Notes

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To sojourn in the land are we cane - Not to settle there for ever; only to sojourn, while the famine prevailed so in Canaan, which lay high, that it was not habitable for shepherds, the grass being burnt up much more than in Egypt, which lay low, and where the corn chiefly failed, but there was tolerable good pasture.

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