Genesis 47:4
"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."
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- Genesis 46:34
"That ye shall say, Thy servants' trade hath been about cattle from our youth even until now, both we, and also our fathers: that ye may dwell in the land of Goshen; for every shepherd is an abomination unto the Egyptians."
Read in chapter → - Genesis 15:13
"And he said unto Abram, Know of a surety that thy seed shall be a stranger in a land that is not theirs, and shall serve them; and they shall afflict them four hundred years;"
Read in chapter → - Deuteronomy 26:5
"And thou shalt speak and say before the LORD thy God, A Syrian ready to perish was my father, and he went down into Egypt, and sojourned there with a few, and became there a nation, great, mighty, and populous:"
Read in chapter → - Genesis 43:1
"And the famine was sore in the land."
Read in chapter → - Psalms 105:23
"Israel also came into Egypt; and Jacob sojourned in the land of Ham."
Read in chapter → - Acts 7:11
"Now there came a dearth over all the land of Egypt and Chanaan, and great affliction: and our fathers found no sustenance."
Read in chapter → - Genesis 12:10
"And there was a famine in the land: and Abram went down into Egypt to sojourn there; for the famine was grievous in the land."
Read in chapter → - Acts 7:6
"And God spake on this wise, That his seed should sojourn in a strange land; and that they should bring them into bondage, and entreat them evil four hundred years."
Read in chapter → - Isaiah 52:4
"For thus saith the Lord GOD, My people went down aforetime into Egypt to sojourn there; and the Assyrian oppressed them without cause."
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