Genesis 47:5

5 dixit itaque rex ad Ioseph pater tuus et fratres tui venerunt ad te

Genesis 47:5 Meaning and Commentary

Genesis 47:5

And Pharaoh spake unto Joseph
Who was present at the conversation that passed between him and his brethren:

saying, thy father and thy brethren are come unto thee;
which is observed, not for Joseph's information, but to lead on to what he had to say further.

Genesis 47:5 In-Context

3 quos ille interrogavit quid habetis operis responderunt pastores ovium sumus servi tui et nos et patres nostri

4 ad peregrinandum in terra tua venimus quoniam non est herba gregibus servorum tuorum ingravescente fame in regione Chanaan petimusque ut esse nos iubeas servos tuos in terra Gessen

5 dixit itaque rex ad Ioseph pater tuus et fratres tui venerunt ad te

6 terra Aegypti in conspectu tuo est in optimo loco fac habitare eos et trade eis terram Gessen quod si nosti esse in eis viros industrios constitue illos magistros pecorum meorum

7 post haec introduxit Ioseph patrem suum ad regem et statuit eum coram eo qui benedicens illi