Genesis 47:11 - Forerunner Commentary

Genesis 47:11

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.”

10 So Jacob ^ablessed Pharaoh, and went out from before Pharaoh.

11 And Joseph situated his father and his brothers, and gave them a possession in the land of Egypt, in the best of the land, in the land of ^aRameses, ^bas Pharaoh had commanded.

12 Then Joseph provided his father, his brothers, and all ^ahis father’s household with bread, according to the number in their families.

Joseph Deals with the Famine

13 Now there was no bread in all the land; for the famine was very severe, ^aso that the land of Egypt and the land of Canaan languished because of the famine.

14 ^aAnd Joseph gathered up all the money that was found in the land of Egypt and in the land of Canaan, for the grain which they bought; and Joseph brought the money into Pharaoh’s house.

15 So when the money failed in the land of Egypt and in the land of Canaan, all the Egyptians came to Joseph and said, “Give us bread, for ^awhy should we die in your presence? For the money has failed.”

Verse Comparison: Genesis 47:11

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American Standard Version
And Joseph placed his father and his brethren, and gave them a possession in the land of Egypt, in the best of the land, in the land of Rameses, as Pharaoh had commanded.

Amplified® Bible
Joseph settled his father and brethren and gave them a possession in Egypt in the best of the land, in the land of Rameses (Goshen), as Pharaoh commanded.

Contemporary English Version
Joseph obeyed the king's orders and gave his father and brothers some of the best land in Egypt near the city of Rameses.

Darby English Version
And Joseph settled his father and his brethren, and gave them a possession in the land of Egypt, in the best of the land, in the land of Rameses, as Pharaoh had commanded.

Good News Bible
Then Joseph settled his father and his brothers in Egypt, giving them property in the best of the land near the city of Rameses, as the king had commanded.

King James Version
And Joseph placed his father and his brethren, and gave them a possession in the land of Egypt, in the best of the land, in the land of Rameses, as Pharaoh had commanded.

New American Standard Bible
So Joseph settled his father and his brothers and gave them a possession in the land of Egypt, in the best of the land, in the land of Rameses, as Pharaoh had ordered.

New International Version
So Joseph settled his father and his brothers in Egypt and gave them property in the best part of the land, the district of Rameses, as Pharaoh directed.

New King James Version
And Joseph situated his father and his brothers, and gave them a possession in the land of Egypt, in the best of the land, in the land of Rameses, as Pharaoh had commanded.

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
So Joseph settled his father and his brothers and gave them a possession in the land of Egypt, in the best of the land, in the land of Rameses, as Pharaoh had ordered.

Revised Standard Version
Then Joseph settled his father and his brothers, and gave them a possession in the land of Egypt, in the best of the land, in the land of Ram'eses, as Pharaoh had commanded.

Young's Literal Translation
And Joseph settleth his father and his brethren, and giveth to them a possession in the land of Egypt, in the best of the land, in the land of Rameses, as Pharaoh commanded;

New English Translation
So Joseph settled his father and his brothers. He gave them territory¹ in the land of Egypt, in the best region of the land, the land of Rameses,² just as Pharaoh had commanded.

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