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28 Now he sent Judah before him to Joseph, to point out the way before him to (A)Goshen; and they came into the land of Goshen.

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28 Now Jacob sent Judah(A) ahead of him to Joseph to get directions to Goshen.(B) When they arrived in the region of Goshen,

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34 then you shall say, ‘Your servants have been [a](A)keepers of livestock from our youth and until now, both we and our fathers,’ that you may [b]live in the land of (B)Goshen; for every shepherd is (C)an abomination to the Egyptians.”

Jacob’s Family Settles in Goshen

47 Then (D)Joseph went in and told Pharaoh and said, “My father and my brothers and their flocks and their herds and all that they have, have come out of the land of Canaan; and behold, they are in the land of (E)Goshen.”

Footnotes

  1. Genesis 46:34 Lit men
  2. Genesis 46:34 Lit dwell

34 you should answer, ‘Your servants(A) have tended livestock from our boyhood on, just as our fathers did.’(B) Then you will be allowed to settle(C) in the region of Goshen,(D) for all shepherds are detestable to the Egyptians.(E)

47 Joseph went and told Pharaoh, “My father and brothers, with their flocks and herds and everything they own, have come from the land of Canaan(F) and are now in Goshen.”(G)