◄ Genesis 47:5 ►
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Good News Translation
The king said to Joseph, "Now that your father and your brothers have arrived,

New Revised Standard Version
Then Pharaoh said to Joseph, “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.

New American Bible
Pharaoh said to Joseph, “Now that your father and your brothers have come to you,

Douay-Rheims Bible
The king therefore said to Joseph: Thy father and thy brethren are come to thee.

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The king therefore said to Joseph: Thy father and thy brethren are come to thee.

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Context
Jacob Settles in Goshen
…4We are come to sojourn in thy land, because there is no grass for the flocks of thy servants, the famine being very grievous in the land of Chanaan: and we pray thee to give orders that we thy servants may be in the land of Gessen. 5The king therefore said to Joseph: Thy father and thy brethren are come to thee.6The land of Egypt is before thee: and make them dwell in the best place, and give them the land of Gessen. And if thou knowest that there are industrious men among them, make them rulers over my cattle.…
Cross References
Genesis 47:4
We are come to sojourn in thy land, because there is no grass for the flocks of thy servants, the famine being very grievous in the land of Chanaan: and we pray thee to give orders that we thy servants may be in the land of Gessen.

Genesis 47:6
The land of Egypt is before thee: and make them dwell in the best place, and give them the land of Gessen. And if thou knowest that there are industrious men among them, make them rulers over my cattle.

Genesis 47:4
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