Old Testament · SCRIPTURE
Genesis 47:5
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Pharaoh said to Joseph, “Now that your father and brothers have come to you,
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And Pharaoh spake unto Joseph, saying, Thy father and thy brethren are come unto thee:
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Pharaoh spoke to Joseph, saying, “Your father and your brothers have come to you.
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And Pharaoh spake unto Joseph, saying, Thy father and thy brethren are come unto thee:
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Genesis 47
3 “What is your occupation?” Pharaoh asked Joseph’s brothers. “Your servants are shepherds,” they replied, “both we and our fathers.”
4 Then they said to Pharaoh, “We have come to live in the land for a time, because there is no pasture for the flocks of your servants, since the famine in the land of Canaan has been severe. So now, please allow your servants to settle in the land of Goshen.”
5 Pharaoh said to Joseph, “Now that your father and brothers have come to you,
6 the land of Egypt is before you; settle your father and brothers in the best part of the land. They may dwell in the land of Goshen. And if you know of any talented men among them, put them in charge of my own livestock.”
7 Then Joseph brought in his father Jacob and presented him before Pharaoh, and Jacob blessed Pharaoh.
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