Genesis 47:1

1 Da kam Joseph und sagte es Pharao an und sprach: Mein Vater und meine Brüder, ihr kleines und großes Vieh und alles, was sie haben, sind gekommen aus dem Lande Kanaan; und siehe sie sind im Lande Gosen.

Genesis 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.

Genesis 47:1 In-Context

1 Da kam Joseph und sagte es Pharao an und sprach: Mein Vater und meine Brüder, ihr kleines und großes Vieh und alles, was sie haben, sind gekommen aus dem Lande Kanaan; und siehe sie sind im Lande Gosen.

2 Und er nahm aus allen seinen Brüdern fünf und stellte sie vor Pharao. {~} {~}

3 Da sprach Pharao zu seinen Brüdern: Was ist eure Nahrung? Sie antworteten: Deine Knechte sind Viehhirten, wir und unsere Väter; {~}

4 und sagten weiter zu Pharao: Wir sind gekommen, bei euch zu wohnen im Lande; denn deine Knechte haben nicht Weide für ihr Vieh, so hart drückt die Teuerung das Land Kanaan; so laß doch nun deine Knechte im Lande Gosen wohnen.

5 Pharao sprach zu Joseph: Es ist dein Vater und sind deine Brüder, die sind zu dir gekommen; {~}