1706 BC · AM 2299 · Patriarchs

Jacob's household settles in Goshen

Joseph presented his brothers and father to Pharaoh, who granted them the best part of the land in Goshen. Jacob blessed Pharaoh, and Joseph provided food for his family during the famine (Genesis 46:31-47:12).

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📖 Genesis 46:31

31Joseph said to his brothers and to his father’s household, “I will go up and inform Pharaoh: ‘My brothers and my father’s household from the land of Canaan have come to me.

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