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Genesis 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 them rulers over my cattle.

KJV

Terra Ægypti in conspectu tuo est : in optimo loco fac eos habitare, et trade eis terram Gessen. Quod si nosti in eis esse viros industrios, constitue illos magistros pecorum meorum.

Vulgate

ἰδοὺ ἡ γῆ Αἰγύπτου ἐναντίον σού ἐστιν· ἐν τῇ βελτίστῃ γῇ κατοίκισον τὸν πατέρα σου καὶ τοὺς ἀδελφούς σου.

LXX

the land of Egypt is before thee; in the best of the land make thy father and thy brethren to dwell; in the land of Goshen let them dwell: and if thou knowest any able men among them, then make them rulers over my cattle.

ASV

אֶ֤רֶץ מִצְרַ֨יִם֙ לְ/פָנֶ֣י/ךָ הִ֔וא בְּ/מֵיטַ֣ב הָ/אָ֔רֶץ הוֹשֵׁ֥ב אֶת אָבִ֖י/ךָ וְ/אֶת אַחֶ֑י/ךָ יֵשְׁבוּ֙ בְּ/אֶ֣רֶץ גֹּ֔שֶׁן וְ/אִם יָדַ֗עְתָּ וְ/יֶשׁ בָּ/ם֙ אַנְשֵׁי חַ֔יִל וְ/שַׂמְתָּ֛/ם שָׂרֵ֥י מִקְנֶ֖ה עַל אֲשֶׁר לִֽ/י

Hebrew

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In this verse

Places EgyptGoshen

In the original Hebrew

20 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֲשֶׁר
'shr
particle · 5461×
אִ֣ישׁ
'ysh
noun · 2171×
אִם
'm
conjunction · 1065×
אֶ֣רֶץ
'rts
noun · 2484×
אֶת
't
pronoun · 10895×
גֹּ֔שֶׁן
gshn
proper_noun · 15×
ה֖וּא
hv'
pronoun · 1878×
הוּ
hv
noun · 76×
ו
v
noun · 1201×
ו
v
noun · 629×
וֹ
v
noun · 232×
יֶשׁ
ysh
pronoun · 137×
יָדְע֖וּ
yd'v
verb · 944×
יֹשְׁבֵ֣י
yshby
verb · 1088×
יָּ֥שֶׂם
yshm
verb · 581×
מִצְרַ֔יִם
mtsrym
proper_noun · 634×
מֵיטַ֥ב
mytb
noun · 6×
עַל
'l
noun · 5732×
פְנֵ֣י
pny
noun · 2111×
שָׂרֵ֣י
shry
noun · 420×

Historic Christian voices

2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 2Chr 26:10 — Also he built towers in the desert, and digged many wells: for he had much cattle, both in the low country, and in the plains: husbandmen also, and vine dressers in the mountains, and in Carmel: for h
  • Exod 18:21 — Moreover thou shalt provide out of all the people able men, such as fear God, men of truth, hating covetousness; and place such over them, to be rulers of thousands, and rulers of hundreds, rulers of
  • Exod 18:25 — And Moses chose able men out of all Israel, and made them heads over the people, rulers of thousands, rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens.
  • Gen 20:15 — And Abimelech said, Behold, my land is before thee: dwell where it pleaseth thee.
  • Gen 45:11 — And there will I nourish thee; for yet there are five years of famine; lest thou, and thy household, and all that thou hast, come to poverty.
  • Gen 45:18 — And take your father and your households, and come unto me: and I will give you the good of the land of Egypt, and ye shall eat the fat of the land.
  • Gen 47:4 — They said moreover unto Pharaoh, For to sojourn in the land are we come; for thy servants have no pasture for their flocks; for the famine is sore in the land of Canaan: now therefore, we pray thee, l
  • Gen 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.
  • Gen 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.
  • Prov 22:29 — Seest thou a man diligent in his business? he shall stand before kings; he shall not stand before mean men.
  • Ps 105:23 — Israel also came into Egypt; and Jacob sojourned in the land of Ham.