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Selected Verse: Genesis 47:4 - Strong Concordance

Verse	Translation	Text
Ge 47:4	Strong Concordance	They said [0559] moreover unto Pharaoh [06547], For to sojourn [01481] in the land [0776] are we come [0935]; for thy servants [05650] have no pasture [04829] for their flocks [06629]; for the famine [07458] is sore [03515] in the land [0776] of Canaan [03667]: now therefore, we pray thee, let thy servants [05650] dwell [03427] in the land [0776] of Goshen [01657].
	King James	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.

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A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]
For to sojourn . . . are we come--The royal conversation took the course which Joseph had anticipated (Gen 46:33), and they answered according to previous instructions--manifesting, however, in their determination to return to Canaan, a faith and piety which affords a hopeful symptom of their having become all, or most of them, religious men.

A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]

For to sojourn . . . are we come--The royal conversation took the course which Joseph had anticipated (Gen 46:33), and they answered according to previous instructions--manifesting, however, in their determination to return to Canaan, a faith and piety which affords a hopeful symptom of their having become all, or most of them, religious men.

Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65]
To sojourn in the land are we cane - Not to settle there for ever; only to sojourn, while the famine prevailed so in Canaan, which lay high, that it was not habitable for shepherds, the grass being burnt up much more than in Egypt, which lay low, and where the corn chiefly failed, but there was tolerable good pasture.

Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65]

To sojourn in the land are we cane - Not to settle there for ever; only to sojourn, while the famine prevailed so in Canaan, which lay high, that it was not habitable for shepherds, the grass being burnt up much more than in Egypt, which lay low, and where the corn chiefly failed, but there was tolerable good pasture.

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