Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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 to

For the famine

Bible References

For to

Acts 7:6
And God declared that Abraham's posterity should for four hundred years make their home in a country not their own, and be reduced to slavery and be oppressed.

For the famine

Acts 7:11
But there came a famine throughout the whole of Egypt and Canaan--and great distress--so that our forefathers could find no food.