Genesis 46:28
Good News Translation
Jacob sent Judah ahead to ask Joseph to meet them in Goshen. When they arrived,

New Revised Standard Version
Israel sent Judah ahead to Joseph to lead the way before him into Goshen. When they came to the land of Goshen,

Contemporary English Version
Jacob had sent his son Judah ahead of him to ask Joseph to meet them in Goshen.

New American Bible
Israel had sent Judah ahead to Joseph, so that he might meet him in Goshen. On his arrival in the region of Goshen,

Douay-Rheims Bible
And he sent Juda before him to Joseph, to tell him; and that he should meet him in Gessen.

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And he sent Juda before him to Joseph, to tell him; and that he should meet him in Gessen.

Judah.

Genesis 43:8 And Juda said to his father: Send the boy with me, that we may set forward, and may live: lest both we and our children perish.

Genesis 44:16-34 And Juda said to him: What shall we answer my lord? or what shall we say, or be able justly to allege? God hath found out the iniquity of thy servants: behold, we are all bondmen to my lord, both we, and he with whom the cup was found. . . .

Genesis 49:8 Juda, thee shall thy brethren praise: thy hand shall be on the necks of thy enemies; the sons of thy father shall bow down to thee.

to direct.

Genesis 31:21 And when he was gone, together with all that belonged to him, and having passed the river, was going on towards mount Galaad,

Goshen.

Genesis 46:34 You shall answer: We, thy servants, are shepherds, from our infancy until now, both we and our fathers. And this you shall say, that you may dwell in the land of Gessen, because the Egyptians have all shepherds in abomination.

Genesis 45:10 And thou shalt dwell in the land of Gessen: and thou shalt be near me, thou and thy sons, and thy sons' sons, thy sheep, and thy herds, and all things that thou hast.

Genesis 47:1 Then Joseph went in and told Pharao, saying: My father and brethren, their sheep and their herds, and all that they possess, are come out of the land of Chanaan: and behold they stay in the land of Gessen.

Context
Jacob Arrives in Egypt
28And he sent Juda before him to Joseph, to tell him; and that he should meet him in Gessen.29And when he was come thither, Joseph made ready his chariot, and went up to meet his father in the same place: and seeing him, he fell upon his neck, and embracing him, wept.…
Cross References
Genesis 45:10
And thou shalt dwell in the land of Gessen: and thou shalt be near me, thou and thy sons, and thy sons' sons, thy sheep, and thy herds, and all things that thou hast.

Genesis 47:1
Then Joseph went in and told Pharao, saying: My father and brethren, their sheep and their herds, and all that they possess, are come out of the land of Chanaan: and behold they stay in the land of Gessen.

Genesis 46:27
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