KJV King James Version
And Pharaoh spake unto Joseph, saying, Thy father and thy brethren are come unto thee:
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Genesis 47:5
And Pharaoh spake unto Joseph, saying, Thy father and thy brethren are come unto thee:
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Pharaoh said to Joseph, “Now that your father and brothers have come to you,
WEB World English Bible
Pharaoh spoke to Joseph, saying, “Your father and your brothers have come to you.
ASV American Standard Version
And Pharaoh spake unto Joseph, saying, Thy father and thy brethren are come unto thee:
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And Pharaoh speaketh unto Joseph, saying, ‘Thy father and thy brethren have come unto thee:
Surrounding context — Genesis 47
2 And he took some of his brethren, [even] five men, and presented them unto Pharaoh.
3 And Pharaoh said unto his brethren, What [is] your occupation? And they said unto Pharaoh, Thy servants [are] shepherds, both we, [and] also our fathers.
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.
5 And Pharaoh spake unto Joseph, saying, Thy father and thy brethren are come unto thee:
6 The 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.
7 And Joseph brought in Jacob his father, and set him before Pharaoh: and Jacob blessed Pharaoh.
8 And Pharaoh said unto Jacob, How old [art] thou?
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