KJV King James Version
And Joseph placed his father and his brethren, and gave them a possession in the land of Egypt, in the best of the land, in the land of Rameses, as Pharaoh had commanded.
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Genesis 47:11
And Joseph placed his father and his brethren, and gave them a possession in the land of Egypt, in the best of the land, in the land of Rameses, as Pharaoh had commanded.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
So Joseph settled his father and brothers in the land of Egypt and gave them property in the best part of the land, the district of Rameses, as Pharaoh had commanded.
WEB World English Bible
Joseph placed his father and his brothers, and gave them a possession in the land of Egypt, in the best of the land, in the land of Rameses, as Pharaoh had commanded.
ASV American Standard Version
And Joseph placed his father and his brethren, and gave them a possession in the land of Egypt, in the best of the land, in the land of Rameses, as Pharaoh had commanded.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And Joseph settleth his father and his brethren, and giveth to them a possession in the land of Egypt, in the best of the land, in the land of Rameses, as Pharaoh commanded;
Surrounding context — Genesis 47
8 And Pharaoh said unto Jacob, How old [art] thou?
9 And Jacob said unto Pharaoh, The days of the years of my pilgrimage [are] an hundred and thirty years: few and evil have the days of the years of my life been, and have not attained unto the days of the years of the life of my fathers in the days of their pilgrimage.
10 And Jacob blessed Pharaoh, and went out from before Pharaoh.
11 And Joseph placed his father and his brethren, and gave them a possession in the land of Egypt, in the best of the land, in the land of Rameses, as Pharaoh had commanded.
12 And Joseph nourished his father, and his brethren, and all his father’s household, with bread, according to [their] families.
13 And [there was] no bread in all the land; for the famine [was] very sore, so that the land of Egypt and [all] the land of Canaan fainted by reason of the famine.
14 And Joseph gathered up all the money that was found in the land of Egypt, and in the land of Canaan, for the corn which they bought: and Joseph brought the money into Pharaoh’s house.
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וַיּוֹשֵׁ֣בH3427 · ya.shavto dwellיוֹסֵף֮H3130 · yo.sephJosephאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]אָבִ֣יוH1 · avfatherוְאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]אֶחָיו֒H251 · achbrother: male-siblingוַיִּתֵּ֨ןH5414 · na.tanto give: giveלָהֶ֤םH9038 · hemthemאֲחֻזָּה֙H272 · a.chuz.zahpossessionבְּאֶ֣רֶץH776 · e.retsland: country/planetמִצְרַ֔יִםH4714 · mits.ra.yimEgyptבְּמֵיטַ֥בH4315 · me.tavbestהָאָ֖רֶץH776 · e.retsland: country/planetבְּאֶ֣רֶץH776 · e.retsland: country/planetרַעְמְסֵ֑סH7486 · ra.me.sesRamesesכַּאֲשֶׁ֖רH834 · a.sherwhichצִוָּ֥הH6680 · tsa.vahto commandפַרְעֹֽה׃H6547 · par.ohPharaoh
Cross-references
Genesis 47:6The land of Egypt [is] before thee; in the best of the land make thy father and brethren to dwell; in the land of Goshen let them dwell: and if thou knowest [any] men of activity among them, then make them rulers over my cattle.Exodus 12:37And the children of Israel journeyed from Rameses to Succoth, about six hundred thousand on foot [that were] men, beside children.Exodus 1:11Therefore they did set over them taskmasters to afflict them with their burdens. And they built for Pharaoh treasure cities, Pithom and Raamses.John 17:24Father, I will that they also, whom thou hast given me, be with me where I am; that they may behold my glory, which thou hast given me: for thou lovedst me before the foundation of the world.John 10:28And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any [man] pluck them out of my hand.John 10:10The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have [it] more abundantly.John 17:2As thou hast given him power over all flesh, that he should give eternal life to as many as thou hast given him.John 14:23Jesus answered and said unto him, If a man love me, he will keep my words: and my Father will love him, and we will come unto him, and make our abode with him.John 14:2In my Father’s house are many mansions: if [it were] not [so], I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you.
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