Genesis 47:1
Then Joseph came and told Pharaoh, and said, My father and my brethren, and their flocks, and their herds, and all that they have, are come out of the land of Canaan; and, behold, they are in the land of Goshen.
KJV
Ingressus ergo Joseph nuntiavit Pharaoni, dicens : Pater meus et fratres, oves eorum et armenta, et cuncta quæ possident, venerunt de terra Chanaan : et ecce consistunt in terra Gessen.
Vulgate
Ἐλθὼν δὲ Ἰωσὴφ ἀπήγγειλεν τῷ Φαραὼ λέγων Ὁ πατὴρ καὶ οἱ ἀδελφοὶ καὶ τὰ κτήνη καὶ οἱ βόες αὐτῶν καὶ πάντα τὰ αὐτῶν ἦλθον ἐκ γῆς Χανάαν, καὶ ἰδού εἰσιν ἐν γῇ Γέσεμ.
LXX
Then Joseph went in and told Pharaoh, and said, My father and my brethren, and their flocks, and their herds, and all that they have, are come out of the land of Canaan; and, behold, they are in the land of Goshen.
ASV
וַ/יָּבֹ֣א יוֹסֵף֮ וַ/יַּגֵּ֣ד לְ/פַרְעֹה֒ וַ/יֹּ֗אמֶר אָבִ֨/י וְ/אַחַ֜/י וְ/צֹאנָ֤/ם וּ/בְקָרָ/ם֙ וְ/כָל אֲשֶׁ֣ר לָ/הֶ֔ם בָּ֖אוּ מֵ/אֶ֣רֶץ כְּנָ֑עַן וְ/הִנָּ֖/ם בְּ/אֶ֥רֶץ גֹּֽשֶׁן
Hebrew
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In this verse
In the original Hebrew
15 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
Historic Christian voices
3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Covers Jacob and Esau, Joseph's rise in Egypt, the famine, Jacob's family settling in Goshen, the enslavement of Israel, the birth and early life of Moses, the ten plagues, and the Exodus from Egypt including the crossing of the Red Sea.
Cross-references
- Gen 45:10 — And thou shalt dwell in the land of Goshen, and thou shalt be near unto me, thou, and thy children, and thy children’s children, and thy flocks, and thy herds, and all that thou hast:
- Gen 46:28 — And he sent Judah before him unto Joseph, to direct his face unto Goshen; and they came into the land of Goshen.
- Gen 46:31 — And Joseph said unto his brethren, and unto his father’s house, I will go up, and shew Pharaoh, and say unto him, My brethren, and my father’s house, which were in the land of Canaan, are come unto me