Genesis 47:4
They also said to Pharaoh, “We have come to live as foreigners in the land, for there is no pasture for your servants’ flocks. For the famine is severe in the land of Canaan. Now therefore, please let your servants dwell in the land of Goshen.”Genesis 47:4 · WEB
This verse in other languages
- ગુજરાતી — ઉત્પત્તિ ૪૭:૪
- પછી તેઓએ ફારુનને કહ્યું, “અમે આ દેશમાં પ્રવાસી તરીકે આવ્યા છીએ. કેમ કે કનાન દેશમાં દુકાળ ભારે હોવાને લીધે અમારા ટોળાંને સારુ ચારો નથી. માટે હવે અમને કૃપા કરીને ગોશેન દેશમાં રહેવા દે.”
- हिन्दी — उत्पत्ति ४७:४
- फिर उन्होंने फ़िरौन से कहा, “हम इस देश में परदेशी की भाँति रहने के लिये आए हैं; क्योंकि कनान देश में भारी अकाल होने के कारण तेरे दासों को भेड़-बकरियों के लिये चारा न रहा; इसलिए अपने दासों को गोशेन देश में रहने की आज्ञा दे।”
In context
2From among his brothers he took five men, and presented them to Pharaoh.
3Pharaoh said to his brothers, “What is your occupation?” They said to Pharaoh, “Your servants are shepherds, both we, and our fathers.”
4They also said to Pharaoh, “We have come to live as foreigners in the land, for there is no pasture for your servants’ flocks. For the famine is severe in the land of Canaan. Now therefore, please let your servants dwell in the land of Goshen.”
5Pharaoh spoke to Joseph, saying, “Your father and your brothers have come to you.
6The land of Egypt is before you. Make your father and your brothers dwell in the best of the land. Let them dwell in the land of Goshen. If you know any able men among them, then put them in charge of my livestock.”
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