Chuàngshìjì 47:1

1 Yūesè jìn qù gàosu fǎlǎo shuō , wǒde fùqin hé wǒde dìxiōng daì zhe yáng qún niú qún , bìng yīqiè suǒyǒude , cóng Jiānán dì lái le , rújīn zaì Gēshān dì .

Chuàngshìjì 47:1 Meaning and Commentary

Genesis 47:1

Then Joseph came and told Pharaoh
After he had been with his father, had had an interview with him, and had took his leave of him for a time, he came to Pharaoh's court:

and said, my father, and my brethren, and their flocks, and their
herds, and all that they have, are come out of the land of Canaan;
Pharaoh had desired they might come, and Joseph now acquaints him they were come; not being willing it should be said that they were come in a private manner, and without his knowledge; nor to dispose of them himself without the direction and approbation of Pharaoh, who was superior to him; and he makes mention of their flocks and herds, and other substance, partly to show that they were not a mean beggarly family that came to live upon him, and partly that a proper place of pasturage for their cattle might be appointed to them:

and behold, they [are] in the land of Goshen;
they are stopped at present, until they should have further directions and orders where to settle; and this is the rather mentioned, because it was the place Joseph proposed with himself to fix them in, if Pharaoh approved of it.

Chuàngshìjì 47:1 In-Context

1 Yūesè jìn qù gàosu fǎlǎo shuō , wǒde fùqin hé wǒde dìxiōng daì zhe yáng qún niú qún , bìng yīqiè suǒyǒude , cóng Jiānán dì lái le , rújīn zaì Gēshān dì .

2 Yūesè cóng tā dìxiōng zhōng tiǎo chū wǔ gèrén lái , yǐn tāmen qù jiàn fǎlǎo .

3 Fǎlǎo wèn Yūesè de dìxiōng shuō , nǐmen yǐ kè shì wéi yè , tāmen duì fǎlǎo shuō , nǐ púrén shì mù yáng de , lián wǒmen de zǔzong yĕ shì mù yáng de .

4 Tāmen yòu duì fǎlǎo shuō , Jiānán dì de jīhuāng shèn dà , púrén de yáng qún méiyǒu cǎo chī , suǒyǐ wǒmen lái dào zhè dì jìjū . xiànzaì qiú nǐ róng púrén zhù zaì Gēshān dì .

5 Fǎlǎo duì Yūesè shuō , nǐ fùqin hé nǐ dìxiōng dào nǐ zhèlǐ lái le ,