Genèse 47:1

1 Et Joseph vint et fit savoir cela à Pharaon, et lui dit: Mon père et mes frères, avec leurs brebis et leurs bœufs, et tout ce qui est à eux, sont venus du pays de Canaan; et voici, ils sont dans le pays de Gossen.

Genèse 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.

Genèse 47:1 In-Context

1 Et Joseph vint et fit savoir cela à Pharaon, et lui dit: Mon père et mes frères, avec leurs brebis et leurs bœufs, et tout ce qui est à eux, sont venus du pays de Canaan; et voici, ils sont dans le pays de Gossen.

2 Et il prit cinq hommes d'entre ses frères et les présenta à Pharaon.

3 Et Pharaon dit à ses frères: Quel est votre métier? Et ils répondirent à Pharaon: Tes serviteurs sont bergers, comme l'ont été nos pères.

4 Puis ils dirent à Pharaon: C'est pour séjourner dans le pays que nous sommes venus; car il n'y a plus de pâturage pour les troupeaux de tes serviteurs; car la famine est grande au pays de Canaan. Permets donc à tes serviteurs d'habiter au pays de Gossen.

5 Et Pharaon parla ainsi à Joseph: Ton père et tes frères sont venus vers toi;