Genesis 47:4
"Your servants are shepherds," they replied, "both we and our ancestors. We've come to live for a while in this region, since there is no pasture back in Canaan for your servants' flocks. May your servants please live in the Goshen territory?"
Genesis 15:13
Then the LORD told Abram, "You can be certain about this: Your descendants will be foreigners in a land that isn't theirs. They will be slaves there and will be oppressed for 400 years.
Genesis 46:34
you are to tell him, "Your servants have been taking care of livestock since we were youths. We and our ancestors have taken care of livestock.' That way, you'll be able to live in the Goshen territory, since shepherds are detestable to the Egyptians."
Deuteronomy 26:5
Then you are to affirm and declare in the presence of the LORD your God:
Genesis 43:1
Meanwhile, the famine remained severe throughout the region.
Psalm 105:23
Then Israel came to Egypt; indeed, Jacob lived in the land of Ham.
Acts 7:11
"But a famine spread throughout Egypt and Canaan, and with it great suffering, and our ancestors couldn't find any food.
Genesis 12:10
There was a famine in the land, so Abram went down to Egypt to live because the famine was so severe.
Isaiah 52:4
For this is what the LORD says: "My people went down long ago into Egypt to live there; the Assyrian, too, has oppressed them without cause.
Acts 7:6
"This is what God promised: His descendants would be strangers in a foreign country, and its people would enslave them and oppress them for 400 years.