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 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.

Is not the whole land before thee? Separate thyself, I pray thee, from me: if thou wilt take the left hand, then I will go to the right; or if thou wilt depart to the right hand, then I will go to the left.

And Abimelech said, Behold, my land is before thee: dwell where it pleaseth thee.

And ye shall dwell with us: and the land shall be before you; dwell and trade ye therein, and get you possessions therein.

And take your father, and your households, and come to me: and I will give you the good of the land of Egypt, and ye shall eat the fat of the land.

The king's heart is in the hand of the LORD, as the rivers of water: he turneth it whithersoever he will.

As thou hast given him power over all flesh, that he should give eternal life to as many as thou hast given him.

Goshen

They said moreover to Pharaoh, We have come to sojourn in the land: for thy servants have no pasture for their flocks, for the famine is severe in the land of Canaan: now therefore, we pray thee, let thy servants dwell in the land of Goshen.

Rulers

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 fifties, and rulers of tens:

Now a certain man of the servants of Saul was there that day, detained before the LORD; and his name was Doeg, an Edomite, the chief of the herdmen that belonged to Saul.

And over the herds that fed in Sharon was Shitrai the Sharonite: and over the herds that were in the valleys was Shaphat the son of Adlai:

Also he built towers in the desert, and digged many wells: for he had many cattle, both in the low country, and in the plains: husbandmen also, and vine-dressers in the mountains, and in Carmel: for he loved husbandry.

Seest thou a man diligent in his business? he shall stand before kings; he shall not stand before mean men.

Cattle mikneh, from kanah

And Joseph said, Give your cattle; and I will give you for your cattle, if money hath failed.

Behold, the hand of the LORD is upon thy cattle which are in the field, upon the horses, upon the asses, upon the camels, upon the oxen, and upon the sheep: there shall be a very grievous murrain.

General references

And there will I nourish thee, (for yet there are five years of famine,) lest thou, and thy household, and all that thou hast, should come to poverty.