KJV King James Version
And he sent Judah before him unto Joseph, to direct his face unto Goshen; and they came into the land of Goshen.
VERSE STUDY • KJV
And he sent Judah before him unto Joseph, to direct his face unto Goshen; and they came into the land of Goshen.
And he sent Judah before him unto Joseph, to direct his face unto Goshen; and they came into the land of Goshen.
Now Jacob had sent Judah ahead of him to Joseph to get directions to Goshen. When Jacob’s family arrived in the land of Goshen,
He sent Judah before him to Joseph, to show the way before him to Goshen, and they came into the land of Goshen.
And he sent Judah before him unto Joseph, to show the way before him unto Goshen; and they came into the land of Goshen.
And Judah he hath sent before him unto Joseph, to direct before him to Goshen, and they come into the land of Goshen;
25 These [are] the sons of Bilhah, which Laban gave unto Rachel his daughter, and she bare these unto Jacob: all the souls [were] seven.
26 All the souls that came with Jacob into Egypt, which came out of his loins, besides Jacob’s sons’ wives, all the souls [were] threescore and six;
27 And the sons of Joseph, which were born him in Egypt, [were] two souls: all the souls of the house of Jacob, which came into Egypt, [were] threescore and ten.
28 And he sent Judah before him unto Joseph, to direct his face unto Goshen; and they came into the land of Goshen.
29 And Joseph made ready his chariot, and went up to meet Israel his father, to Goshen, and presented himself unto him; and he fell on his neck, and wept on his neck a good while.
30 And Israel said unto Joseph, Now let me die, since I have seen thy face, because thou [art] yet alive.
31 And Joseph said unto his brethren, and unto his father’s house, I will go up, and shew Pharaoh, and say unto him, My brethren, and my father’s house, which [were] in the land of Canaan, are come unto me;
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