Genesis 47:11
And Joseph placed his father and his brethren, and gave them a possession in the land of Egypt, in the best of the land, in the land of Rameses, as Pharaoh had commanded.
KJV
Joseph vero patri et fratribus suis dedit possessionem in Ægypto in optimo terræ loco, Ramesses, ut præceperat Pharao.
Vulgate
καὶ κατῴκισεν Ἰωσὴφ τὸν πατέρα καὶ τοὺς ἀδελφοὺς αὐτοῦ καὶ ἔδωκεν αὐτοῖς κατάσχεσιν ἐν γῇ Αἰγύπτου, ἐν τῇ βελτίστῃ γῇ, ἐν γῇ Ῥαμεσσή, καθὰ προσέταξεν Φαραώ.
LXX
And Joseph placed his father and his brethren, and gave them a possession in the land of Egypt, in the best of the land, in the land of Rameses, as Pharaoh had commanded.
ASV
וַ/יּוֹשֵׁ֣ב יוֹסֵף֮ אֶת אָבִ֣י/ו וְ/אֶת אֶחָי/ו֒ וַ/יִּתֵּ֨ן לָ/הֶ֤ם אֲחֻזָּה֙ בְּ/אֶ֣רֶץ מִצְרַ֔יִם בְּ/מֵיטַ֥ב הָ/אָ֖רֶץ בְּ/אֶ֣רֶץ רַעְמְסֵ֑ס כַּ/אֲשֶׁ֖ר צִוָּ֥ה פַרְעֹֽה
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
14 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
Historic Christian voices
3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- Exod 1:11 — Therefore they did set over them taskmasters to afflict them with their burdens. And they built for Pharaoh treasure cities, Pithom and Raamses.
- Exod 1:11 — Therefore they did set over them taskmasters to afflict them with their burdens. And they built for Pharaoh treasure cities, Pithom and Raamses.
- Exod 12:37 — And the children of Israel journeyed from Rameses to Succoth, about six hundred thousand on foot that were men, beside children.
- Exod 12:37 — And the children of Israel journeyed from Rameses to Succoth, about six hundred thousand on foot that were men, beside children.
- Gen 47:6 — The land of Egypt is before thee; in the best of the land make thy father and brethren to dwell; in the land of Goshen let them dwell: and if thou knowest any men of activity among them, then make the
- Gen 47:6 — The land of Egypt is before thee; in the best of the land make thy father and brethren to dwell; in the land of Goshen let them dwell: and if thou knowest any men of activity among them, then make the
- Num 33:3 — And they departed from Rameses in the first month, on the fifteenth day of the first month; on the morrow after the passover the children of Israel went out with an high hand in the sight of all the E