Verse 4

They said{H559}{(H8799)} moreover unto Pharaoh{H6547}, For to sojourn{H1481}{(H8800)} in the land{H776} are we come{H935}{(H8804)}; for thy servants{H5650} have no pasture{H4829} for their flocks{H6629}; for the famine{H7458} is sore{H3515} in the land{H776} of Canaan{H3667}: now therefore, we pray thee, let thy servants{H5650} dwell{H3427}{(H8799)} in the land{H776} of Goshen{H1657}.

Referenced Verses

  • Gen 46:34 : 34 That ye shall say{H559}{(H8804)}, Thy servants{H5650}' trade{H582} hath been about cattle{H4735} from our youth{H5271} even until now, both we, and also our fathers{H1}: that ye may dwell{H3427}{(H8799)} in the land{H776} of Goshen{H1657}; for every shepherd{H7462}{(H8802)}{H6629} is an abomination{H8441} unto the Egyptians{H4714}.
  • Deut 26:5 : 5 And thou shalt speak{H6030}{(H8804)} and say{H559}{(H8804)} before{H6440} the LORD{H3068} thy God{H430}, A Syrian{H761} ready to perish{H6}{(H8802)} was my father{H1}, and he went down{H3381}{(H8799)} into Egypt{H4714}, and sojourned{H1481}{(H8799)} there with{H4962} a few{H4592}, and became there a nation{H1471}, great{H1419}, mighty{H6099}, and populous{H7227}:
  • Gen 15:13 : 13 And he said{H559}{(H8799)} unto Abram{H87}, Know{H3045}{(H8799)} of a surety{H3045}{(H8800)} that thy seed{H2233} shall be a stranger{H1616} in a land{H776} that is not theirs, and shall serve{H5647}{(H8804)} them; and they shall afflict{H6031}{(H8765)} them four{H702} hundred{H3967} years{H8141};
  • Gen 43:1 : 1 And the famine{H7458} was sore{H3515} in the land{H776}.
  • Acts 7:11 : 11 Now{G1161} there came{G2064}{(G5627)} a dearth{G3042} over{G1909} all{G3650} the land{G1093} of Egypt{G125} and{G2532} Chanaan{G5477}, and{G2532} great{G3173} affliction{G2347}: and{G2532} our{G2257} fathers{G3962} found{G2147}{(G5707)} no{G3756} sustenance{G5527}.
  • Ps 105:23 : 23 Israel{H3478} also came{H935}{(H8799)} into Egypt{H4714}; and Jacob{H3290} sojourned{H1481}{(H8804)} in the land{H776} of Ham{H2526}.
  • Isa 52:4 : 4 For thus saith{H559}{(H8804)} the Lord{H136} GOD{H3069}, My people{H5971} went down{H3381}{(H8804)} aforetime{H7223} into Egypt{H4714} to sojourn{H1481}{(H8800)} there; and the Assyrian{H804} oppressed{H6231}{(H8804)} them without cause{H657}.
  • Acts 7:6 : 6 And{G1161} God{G2316} spake{G2980}{(G5656)} on this wise{G3779}, That{G3754} his{G846} seed{G4690} should{G2071}{(G5704)} sojourn{G3941} in{G1722} a strange{G245} land{G1093}; and{G2532} that they should bring{G1402} them{G846} into bondage{G1402}{(G5692)}, and{G2532} entreat them evil{G2559}{(G5692)} four hundred{G5071} years{G2094}.
  • Gen 12:10 : 10 And there was a famine{H7458} in the land{H776}: and Abram{H87} went down{H3381}{(H8799)} into Egypt{H4714} to sojourn{H1481}{(H8800)} there; for the famine{H7458} was grievous{H3515} in the land{H776}.