Genesis 47:6

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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.

Is

John 17:2

Goshen

Genesis 47:4

Rulers

Proverbs 22:29

Cattle mikneh, from kanah

Genesis 47:16

Exodus 9:3

General references

Genesis 45:11

Bible References

Is

And Joseph made a place for his father and his brothers, and gave them a heritage in the land of Egypt, in the best of the land, the land of Rameses, as Pharaoh had given orders.

Is not all the land before you? then let us go our separate ways: if you go to the left, I will go to the right; or if you take the right, I will go to the left.

And Abimelech said, See, all my land is before you; take whatever place seems good to you.

Go on living with us, and the country will be open to you; do trade and get property there.

And get your father and your families and come back to me: and I will give you all the good things of Egypt, and the fat of the land will be your food.

The king's heart in the hands of the Lord is like the water streams, and by him it is turned in any direction at his pleasure.

Even as you gave him authority over all flesh, to give eternal life to all those whom you have given to him.

Goshen

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.

Rulers

But for the rest, take from among the people able men, such as have the fear of God, true men hating profits wrongly made; and put such men over them, to be captains of thousands, captains of hundreds and of fifties and of tens;

Now a certain man of the servants of Saul was there that day, kept back before the Lord; his name was Doeg, an Edomite, the strongest of Saul's runners.

And Shitrai the Sharonite was responsible for the herds in the grass-lands of Sharon, and Shaphat, the son of Adlai, for those in the valleys;

And he put up towers in the waste land and made places for storing water, for he had much cattle, in the low hills and in the table land; and he had farmers and vine-keepers in the mountains and in the fertile land, for he was a lover of farming.

Have you seen a man who is expert in his business? he will take his place before kings; his place will not be among low persons.

Cattle mikneh, from kanah

And Joseph said, Give me your cattle; I will give you grain in exchange for your cattle if your money is all gone.

Then the hand of the Lord will put on your cattle in the field, on the horses and the asses and the camels, on the herds and the flocks, a very evil disease.

General references

And there I will take care of you, so that you and your family may not be in need, for there are still five bad years to come.