Canaan Dwell Famine Flock Flocks Foreigners Goshen Grass Grievous Moreover Pasture Pharaoh Please Servants Settle Severe Sheep Sojourn Sore Themselves
47:4 To sojourn in the land are we cane - Not to settle there for ever; only to sojourn, while the famine prevailed so in Canaan, which lay high, that it was not habitable for shepherds, the grass being burnt up much more than in Egypt, which lay low, and where the corn chiefly failed, but there was tolerable good pasture.
47:1-6 Though Joseph was a great man, especially in Egypt, yet he owned his brethren. Let the rich and great in the world not overlook or despise poor relations. Our Lord Jesus is not ashamed to call us brethren. In answer to Pharaoh's inquiry, What is your calling? they told him that they were shepherds, adding that they were come to sojourn in the land for a time, while the famine prevailed in Canaan. Pharaoh offered to employ them as shepherds, provided they were active men. Whatever our business or employment is, we should aim to excel in it, and to prove ourselves clever and industrious.
Awhile Canaan Dwell Famine Flocks Foreigners Goshen Live Moreover Pasture Pharaoh Please Servants Settle Severe Sojourn Sore
Awhile Canaan Dwell Famine Flocks Foreigners Goshen Live Moreover Pasture Pharaoh Please Servants Settle Severe Sojourn Sore
