Genesis 47:5 meaning and explanation
Pharaoh said to Joseph, “Now that your father and brothers have come to you,
Genesis 47:5, Berean Standard Bible
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Pharaoh is speaking to Joseph, his trusted vizier, after Joseph has presented five of his brothers and they have asked to settle in Goshen because the famine in Canaan has left them without pasture. Pharaoh's words are generous and welcoming: he acknowledges that Joseph's family has arrived and, in the verses that follow, grants them the best part of Egypt.
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