The land of Egypt is before you. Settle your father and your brothers (A)in the best of the land. (B)Let them settle in the land of Goshen, and if you know any (C)able men among them, put them in charge of my livestock.”

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21 Moreover, look for (A)able men from all the people, men who fear God, who are trustworthy and hate a bribe, and place such men over the people as chiefs of thousands, of hundreds, of fifties, and of tens.

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11 Then Joseph settled his father and his brothers and gave them a possession in the land of Egypt, in the best of the land, in the land of (A)Rameses, (B)as Pharaoh had commanded.

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29 Do you see a man skillful in his work?
    He will (A)stand before kings;
    he will not stand before obscure men.

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10 And he built towers in the wilderness and (A)cut out many cisterns, for he had large herds, both in the Shephelah and in the plain, and he had farmers and vinedressers in the hills and in the fertile lands, for he loved the soil.

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25 (A)Moses chose able men out of all Israel and made them heads over the people, chiefs of thousands, of hundreds, of fifties, and of tens.

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They said to Pharaoh, (A)“We have come to sojourn in the land, for there is no pasture for your servants' flocks, for the famine is severe in the land of Canaan. And now, please let your servants dwell (B)in the land of Goshen.”

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since (A)you have given him authority over all flesh, (B)to give eternal life to all (C)whom you have given him.

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21 The king's heart is a stream of water in the hand of the Lord;
    he (A)turns it wherever he will.

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29 Over the herds that pastured in (A)Sharon was Shitrai the Sharonite; over the herds in the valleys was Shaphat the son of Adlai. 30 Over the camels was Obil the Ishmaelite; and over the donkeys was Jehdeiah the Meronothite. Over the flocks was Jaziz the (B)Hagrite. 31 All these were stewards of King David's property.

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Now a certain man of the servants of Saul was there that day, detained before the Lord. His name was (A)Doeg the Edomite, the chief of Saul's herdsmen.

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21 but whoever did not pay attention to the word of the Lord left his slaves and his livestock in the field.

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10 So they took soot from the kiln and stood before Pharaoh. And Moses threw it in the air, and it became boils breaking out in sores on man and beast.

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behold, (A)the hand of the Lord will fall with a very severe plague upon your livestock that are in the field, the horses, the donkeys, the camels, the herds, and the flocks. (B)But the Lord will make a distinction between the livestock of Israel and the livestock of Egypt, so that nothing of all that belongs to the people of Israel shall die.”’” And the Lord set a time, saying, “Tomorrow the Lord will do this thing in the land.” And the next day the Lord did this thing. (C)All the livestock of the Egyptians died, but not one of the livestock of the people of Israel died.

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16 And Joseph answered, “Give your livestock, and I will give you food in exchange for your livestock, if your money is gone.”

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18 and take your father and your households, and come to me, and (A)I will give you the best of the land of Egypt, and you shall eat the fat of the land.’ 19 And you, Joseph, are commanded to say, ‘Do this: take (B)wagons from the land of Egypt for your little ones and for your wives, and bring your father, and come. 20 Have no concern for[a] your goods, for the best of all the land of Egypt is yours.’”

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 45:20 Hebrew Let your eye not pity

10 You shall dwell with us, and (A)the land shall be open to you. Dwell and (B)trade in it, and (C)get property in it.”

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15 And Abimelech said, “Behold, (A)my land is before you; dwell where it pleases you.”

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(A)Is not the whole land before you? Separate yourself from me. If you take the left hand, then I will go to the right, or if you take the right hand, then I will go to the left.”

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