Gen 47:4 | NET2full | STEP | Then they said to Pharaoh , “We have come to live as temporary residents in the land . There is no pasture for your servants’ flocks because the famine is severe in the land of Canaan . So now , please let your servants live in the land of Goshen .”

‏ Genesis 47:4

4 Then they said to Pharaoh, “We have come to live as temporary residents ^{▼▼tn Heb “to sojourn.”} in the land. There is no ^{▼▼tn Heb “for there is no.” The Hebrew uses a causal particle to connect what follows with what precedes. The translation divides the statement into two sentences for stylistic reasons.} pasture for your servants’ flocks because the famine is severe in the land of Canaan. So now, please let your servants live in the land of Goshen.”