Genesis 47:4

And they said to Pharaoh, We have come to make a living in this land, because we have no grass for our flocks in the land of Canaan; so now let your servants make a place for themselves in the land of Goshen.

Genesis 15:13

And he said to Abram, Truly, your seed will be living in a land which is not theirs, as servants to a people who will be cruel to them for four hundred years;

Genesis 46:34

You are to say, Your servants have been keepers of cattle from our early days up to now, like our fathers; in this way you will be able to have the land of Goshen for yourselves; because keepers of sheep are unclean in the eyes of the Egyptians.

Deuteronomy 26:5

And these are the words which you will say before the Lord your God: My father was a wandering Aramaean, and he went down with a small number of people into Egypt; there he became a great and strong nation:

Genesis 43:1

Now the land was in bitter need of food.

Psalm 105:23

Then Israel came into Egypt, and Jacob was living in the land of Ham.

Acts 7:11

Now there was no food to be had in all Egypt and Canaan, and there was great trouble: and our fathers were not able to get food.

Genesis 12:10

And because there was little food to be had in that land, he went down into Egypt.

Isaiah 52:4

For the Lord God says, My people went down at first into Egypt, to get a place for themselves there: and the Assyrian put a cruel yoke on them without cause.

Acts 7:6

And God said that his seed would be living in a strange land, and that they would make them servants, and be cruel to them for four hundred years.

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Summary

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, let thy servants dwell in the land of Goshen.

For the famine

Let thy

Bible References

For to

Genesis 12:10
And because there was little food to be had in that land, he went down into Egypt.
Genesis 15:13
And he said to Abram, Truly, your seed will be living in a land which is not theirs, as servants to a people who will be cruel to them for four hundred years;
Deuteronomy 26:5
And these are the words which you will say before the Lord your God: My father was a wandering Aramaean, and he went down with a small number of people into Egypt; there he became a great and strong nation:
Psalm 105:23
Then Israel came into Egypt, and Jacob was living in the land of Ham.
Isaiah 52:4
For the Lord God says, My people went down at first into Egypt, to get a place for themselves there: and the Assyrian put a cruel yoke on them without cause.
Acts 7:6
And God said that his seed would be living in a strange land, and that they would make them servants, and be cruel to them for four hundred years.

For the famine

Genesis 43:1
Now the land was in bitter need of food.
Acts 7:11
Now there was no food to be had in all Egypt and Canaan, and there was great trouble: and our fathers were not able to get food.

Let thy

Genesis 46:34
You are to say, Your servants have been keepers of cattle from our early days up to now, like our fathers; in this way you will be able to have the land of Goshen for yourselves; because keepers of sheep are unclean in the eyes of the Egyptians.

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