Genesis 45:10

Bible in Basic English (1941)

The land of Goshen will be your living-place, and you will be near me; you and your children and your children's children, and your flocks and herds and all you have:

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  • Exod 8:22 : 22 And at that time I will make a division between your land and the land of Goshen where my people are, and no flies will be there; so that you may see that I am the Lord over all the earth.
  • Exod 9:26 : 26 Only in the land of Goshen, where the children of Israel were, there was no ice-storm.
  • John 14:2-3 : 2 In my Father's house are rooms enough; if it was not so, would I have said that I am going to make ready a place for you? 3 And if I go and make ready a place for you, I will come back again and will take you to be with me, so that you may be where I am.
  • John 17:24 : 24 Father, it is my desire that these whom you have given to me may be by my side where I am, so that they may see my glory which you have given to me, because you had love for me before the world came into being.
  • Gen 46:28-29 : 28 Now he had sent Judah before him to Goshen, to get word from Joseph; and so they came to the land of Goshen. 29 And Joseph got his carriage ready and went to Goshen for the meeting with his father; and when he came before him, he put his arms round his neck, weeping.
  • Gen 46:34-47:6 : 34 You are to say, Your servants have been keepers of cattle from our early days up to now, like our fathers; in this way you will be able to have the land of Goshen for yourselves; because keepers of sheep are unclean in the eyes of the Egyptians. 1 Then Joseph went to Pharaoh, and said, My father and my brothers with their flocks and their herds and all they have, are come from Canaan, and are now in the land of Goshen. 2 And he took five of his brothers to Pharaoh. 3 And Pharaoh said to them, What is your business? And they said, Your servants are keepers of sheep, as our fathers were before us. 4 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. 5 And Pharaoh said to Joseph, Let them have the land of Goshen; and if there are any able men among them, put them over my cattle. 6 And Jacob and his sons came to Joseph in Egypt, and when word of it came to the ears of Pharaoh, king of Egypt, he said to Joseph, Your father and brothers have come to you; all the land of Egypt is before you; let your father and your brothers have the best of the land for their resting-place.

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  • Gen 45:7-9
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    7 God sent me before you to keep you and yours living on earth so that you might become a great nation.

    8 So now it was not you who sent me here, but God: and he has made me as a father to Pharaoh, and lord of all his house, and ruler over all the land of Egypt.

    9 Now go quickly to my father, and say to him, Your son Joseph says, God has made me ruler over all the land of Egypt: come down to me straight away:

  • Gen 45:11-13
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    11 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.

    12 Now truly, your eyes see, and the eyes of my brother Benjamin see, that it is my mouth which says these things to you.

    13 Give my father word of all my glory in Egypt and of all you have seen; and come back quickly with my father.

  • Gen 45:17-20
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    17 And Pharaoh said to Joseph, Say to your brothers, Put your goods on your beasts and go back to the land of Canaan;

    18 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.

    19 And say to them, This you are to do: take carts from the land of Egypt for your little ones and for your wives, and get your father and come back.

    20 And take no thought for your goods, for the best of all the land of Egypt is yours.

  • Gen 47:4-7
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    4 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.

    5 And Pharaoh said to Joseph, Let them have the land of Goshen; and if there are any able men among them, put them over my cattle.

    6 And Jacob and his sons came to Joseph in Egypt, and when word of it came to the ears of Pharaoh, king of Egypt, he said to Joseph, Your father and brothers have come to you; all the land of Egypt is before you; let your father and your brothers have the best of the land for their resting-place.

    7 Then Joseph made his father Jacob come before Pharaoh, and Jacob gave him his blessing.

  • Gen 47:1
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    1 Then Joseph went to Pharaoh, and said, My father and my brothers with their flocks and their herds and all they have, are come from Canaan, and are now in the land of Goshen.

  • Gen 50:8
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    8 And all the family of Joseph, and his brothers and his father's people: only their little ones and their flocks and herds they did not take with them from the land of Goshen.

  • Gen 46:31-32
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    31 And Joseph said to his brothers and to his father's people, I will go and give the news to Pharaoh, and say to him, My brothers and my father's people, from the land of Canaan, have come to me;

    32 And these men are keepers of sheep and owners of cattle, and have with them their flocks and their herds and all they have.

  • Gen 50:21-22
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    21 So now, have no fear: for I will take care of you and your little ones. So he gave them comfort with kind words.

    22 Now Joseph and all his father's family went on living in Egypt: and the years of Joseph's life were a hundred and ten.

  • Gen 45:4-5
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    4 Then Joseph said to his brothers, Come near to me. And they came near, And he said, I am Joseph your brother, whom you sent into Egypt.

    5 Now do not be troubled or angry with yourselves for sending me away, because God sent me before you to be the saviour of your lives.

  • Gen 46:28
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    28 Now he had sent Judah before him to Goshen, to get word from Joseph; and so they came to the land of Goshen.

  • Gen 41:40-41
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    40 You, then, are to be over my house, and all my people will be ruled by your word: only as king will I be greater than you.

    41 And Pharaoh said to Joseph, See, I have put you over all the land of Egypt.

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    21 Then Israel said to Joseph, Now my death is near; but God will be with you, guiding you back to the land of your fathers.

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    11 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.

    12 And Joseph took care of his father and his brothers and all his father's people, giving them food for the needs of their families.

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    5 And from the time when he made him overseer and gave him control of all his property, the blessing of the Lord was with the Egyptian, because of Joseph; the blessing of the Lord was on all he had, in the house and in the field.

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    3 Keep in this land, and I will be with you and give you my blessing; for to you and to your seed will I give all these lands, giving effect to the oath which I made to your father Abraham;

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    4 I will go down with you to Egypt, and I will see that you come back again, and at your death Joseph will put his hands on your eyes.

  • Gen 44:21
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    21 And you said to your servants, Let him come down to me with you, so that I may see him.

  • Gen 47:27
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    27 And so Israel was living among the Egyptians in the land of Goshen; and they got property there, and became very great in numbers and in wealth.

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    9 And Joseph said to his father, They are my sons, whom God has given me in this land. And he said, Let them come near me, and I will give them a blessing.

  • Gen 48:4
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    4 And said to me, Truly, I will make you fertile and give you increase and will make of you a great family of nations: and I will give this land to your seed after you to be their heritage for ever.

  • Gen 50:5
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    5 My father made me take an oath, saying, When I am dead, put me to rest in the place I have made ready for myself in the land of Canaan. So now let me go and put my father in his last resting-place, and I will come back again.

  • Gen 50:24-25
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    24 Then Joseph said to his brothers, The time of my death has come; but God will keep you in mind and take you out of this land into the land which he gave by his oath to Abraham and Isaac and Jacob.

    25 Then Joseph made the children of Israel take an oath, saying, God will certainly give effect to his word, and you are to take my bones away from here.