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Gen 47:4 — They said moreover unto Pharaoh, For to sojourn in the land are we come; for thy servants have no pasture for their flocks; for the famine [is] sore in the land of Canaan: now therefore, we pray thee, let thy servants dwell in the land of Goshen.

Phrase of Scripture		Correlating Passages

For to		Gen 12:10; Gen 15:13; Deu 26:5; Psa 105:23; Isa 52:4; Act 7:6
for the famine		Gen 43:1; Act 7:11
let thy		Gen 46:34

Correlating Passages

For to

	Gen 12:10	And there was a famine in the land: and Abram went down into Egypt to sojourn there; for the famine [was] grievous in the land.
	Gen 15:13	And he said unto Abram, Know of a surety that thy seed shall be a stranger in a land [that is] not theirs, and shall serve them; and they shall afflict them four hundred years;
	Deu 26:5	And thou shalt speak and say before the LORD thy God, A Syrian ready to perish [was] my father, and he went down into Egypt, and sojourned there with a few, and became there a nation, great, mighty, and populous:
	Psa 105:23	Israel also came into Egypt; and Jacob sojourned in the land of Ham.
	Isa 52:4	For thus saith the Lord GOD, My people went down aforetime into Egypt to sojourn there; and the Assyrian oppressed them without cause.
	Act 7:6	And God spake on this wise, That his seed should sojourn in a strange land; and that they should bring them into bondage, and entreat [them] evil four hundred years.

for the famine

	Gen 43:1	And the famine [was] sore in the land.
	Act 7:11	Now there came a dearth over all the land of Egypt and Chanaan, and great affliction: and our fathers found no sustenance.

let thy

Gen 46:34

That ye shall say, Thy servants' trade hath been about cattle from our youth even until now, both we, [and] also our fathers: that ye may dwell in the land of Goshen; for every shepherd [is] an abomination unto the Egyptians.

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Scott, Thomas. "Genesis 47:4," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
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