Genesis 47:5 - Forerunner Commentary

Genesis 47:5

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.”

7 Then Joseph brought in his father Jacob and set him before Pharaoh; and Jacob ^ablessed Pharaoh.

8 Pharaoh said to Jacob, “How old are you?”

9 And Jacob said to Pharaoh, ^a“The days of the years of my pilgrimage are ^bone hundred and thirty years; ^cfew and evil have been the days of the years of my life, and ^dthey have not attained to the days of the years of the life of my fathers in the days of their pilgrimage.”

Verse Comparison: Genesis 47:5

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American Standard Version
And Pharaoh spake unto Joseph, saying, Thy father and thy brethren are come unto thee:

Amplified® Bible
And Pharaoh spoke to Joseph, saying, Your father and your brothers have come to you.

Contemporary English Version
The king said to Joseph, "It's good that your father and brothers have arrived.

Darby English Version
And Pharaoh spoke to Joseph, saying, Thy father and thy brethren are come to thee.

Good News Bible
The king said to Joseph, "Now that your father and your brothers have arrived,

King James Version
And Pharaoh spake unto Joseph, saying, Thy father and thy brethren are come unto thee:

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

New International Version
Pharaoh said to Joseph, "Your father and your brothers have come to you,

New King James Version
Then Pharaoh spoke to Joseph, saying, “Your father and your brothers have come to you.

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
Then Pharaoh said to Joseph, "Your father and your brothers have come to you.

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

Young's Literal Translation
And Pharaoh speaketh unto Joseph, saying, `Thy father and thy brethren have come unto thee:

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