Genesis 47:5
3 “What is your occupation?” Pharaoh asked Joseph’s brothers. “Your servants are shepherds,” they replied, “both we and our fathers.”
4 Then they said to Pharaoh, “We have come to live in the land for a time, because there is no pasture for the flocks of your servants, since the famine in the land of Canaan has been severe. So now, please allow your servants to settle in the land of Goshen.”
Pharaoh said to Joseph, “Now that your father and brothers have come to you,
6 the land of Egypt is before you; settle your father and brothers in the best part of the land. They may dwell in the land of Goshen. And if you know of any talented men among them, put them in charge of my own livestock.”
7 Then Joseph brought in his father Jacob and presented him before Pharaoh, and Jacob blessed Pharaoh.
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Pharaoh said to Joseph, “Now that your father and brothers have come to you,
- KJV
- And Pharaoh spake unto Joseph, saying, Thy father and thy brethren are come unto thee:
- WEB
- Pharaoh spoke to Joseph, saying, “Your father and your brothers have come to you.
- ASV
- And Pharaoh spake unto Joseph, saying, Thy father and thy brethren are come unto thee:
- DARBY
- And Pharaoh spoke to Joseph, saying, Thy father and thy brethren are come to thee.
- BLB
- And Pharaoh spoke to Joseph, saying, “Your father and your brothers have come to you.
- ÅB
- Da sa Farao til Josef: Din far og dine brødre er kommet til deg.
- OTB
- Farao talte til Josef: “Din far og brødre har kommet til deg.
- B1930
- Da sa Farao til Josef: Din far og dine brødre er kommet til dig.