Genesis 47:4
New English Translation
4 Then they said to Pharaoh, “We have come to live as temporary residents[a] in the land. There is no[b] pasture for your servants’ flocks because the famine is severe in the land of Canaan. So now, please let your servants live in the land of Goshen.”
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- Genesis 47:4 tn Heb “to sojourn.”
- Genesis 47:4 tn Heb “for there is no.” The Hebrew uses a causal particle to connect what follows with what precedes. The translation divides the statement into two sentences for stylistic reasons.
Genesis 47:4
New International Version
4 They also said to him, “We have come to live here for a while,(A) because the famine is severe in Canaan(B) and your servants’ flocks have no pasture.(C) So now, please let your servants settle in Goshen.”(D)
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