Genesis 47:5

Genesis chapter 47 · verse 5 in three public-domain English translations with scriptural context

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

And Pharaoh spake unto Joseph, saying, Thy father and thy brethren are come unto thee:

KJV

King James Version · 1611

And Pharaoh spake unto Joseph, saying, Thy father and thy brethren are come unto thee:

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

And Pharaoh spake unto Joseph, saying, Thy father and thy brethren are come unto thee:

Context

v.4And they said unto Pharaoh, To sojourn in the land are we come; for there is no pasture for thy servants’ 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.

v.5This passage

v.6the land of Egypt is before thee; in the best of the land make thy father and thy brethren to dwell; in the land of Goshen let them dwell: and if thou knowest any able men among them, then make them rulers over my cattle.