Genesis 47:4

47:4 Then they said to Pharaoh, “We have come to live as temporary residents ¹  in the land. There ²  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 47:20

47:20 So Joseph bought all the land of Egypt for Pharaoh. Each ³  of the Egyptians sold his field, for the famine was severe. ⁴  So the land became Pharaoh’s.

¹ tn Heb “to sojourn.”

² tn Heb “for there.” The Hebrew uses a causal particle to connect what follows with what precedes. The translation divides the statement into two sentences for stylistic reasons.

³ tn The Hebrew text connects this clause with the preceding one with a causal particle (כִּי, ki). The translation divides the clauses into two sentences for stylistic reasons.

⁴ tn The Hebrew text adds “upon them.” This has not been included in the translation for stylistic reasons.