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,
Genesis 47:3–5
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Genesis 46:30–32
30 Then Israel said to Joseph, “Finally I can die, now that I have seen your face and know that you are still alive!” 31 Joseph said to his brothers and to his father’s household, “I will go up and inform Pharaoh: ‘My brothers and my father’s household from the land…
Genesis 45:16–18
16 When the news reached Pharaoh’s house that Joseph’s brothers had come, Pharaoh and his servants were pleased. 17 Pharaoh said to Joseph, “Tell your brothers, ‘Do as follows: Load your animals and return to the land of Canaan. 18 Then bring your father and your famili…
Genesis 41:54–56
54 the seven years of famine began, just as Joseph had said. And although there was famine in every country, there was food throughout the land of Egypt. 55 When extreme hunger came to all the land of Egypt and the people cried out to Pharaoh for food, he told all t…
Genesis 50:3–5
3 taking the forty days required to complete the embalming. And the Egyptians mourned for him seventy days. 4 When the days of mourning had passed, Joseph said to Pharaoh’s court, “If I have found favor in your eyes, please tell Pharaoh that 5 my father made me swear…
Genesis 42:9–11
9 Joseph remembered his dreams about them and said, “You are spies! You have come to see if our land is vulnerable.” 10 “Not so, my lord,” they replied. “Your servants have come to buy food. 11 We are all sons of one man. Your servants are honest men, not spies.”
Genesis 50:15–17
15 When Joseph’s brothers saw that their father was dead, they said, “What if Joseph bears a grudge? Then he will surely repay us for all the evil that we did to him.” 16 So they sent word to Joseph, saying, “Before he died, your father commanded, 17 ‘This is what you a…
Genesis 41:14–16
14 So Pharaoh sent for Joseph, who was quickly brought out of the dungeon. After he had shaved and changed his clothes, he went in before Pharaoh. 15 Pharaoh said to Joseph, “I had a dream, and no one can interpret it. But I have heard it said of you that when you h…
Genesis 48:8–10
8 When Israel saw the sons of Joseph, he asked, “Who are these?” 9 Joseph said to his father, “They are the sons God has given me in this place.” So Jacob said, “Please bring them to me, that I may bless them.” 10 Now Israel’s eyesight was poor because of old age; he…
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