Genesis 47:3

47:3 Pharaoh said to Joseph’s ¹  brothers, “What is your occupation?” They said to Pharaoh, “Your servants take care of flocks, just as our ancestors did.” ² 

Genesis 47:1

Joseph’s Wise Administration

47:1 Joseph went and told Pharaoh, “My father, my brothers, their flocks and herds, and all that they own have arrived from the land of

Canaan. They are now ³  in the land of Goshen.”

Genesis 30:13

30:13 Leah said, “How happy I am, ⁴  for women ⁵  will call me happy!” So she named him Asher. ⁶ 

[47:3]  ¹ tn Heb “his”; the referent (Joseph) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[47:3]  ² tn Heb “both we and our fathers.”

[47:1]  ³ tn Heb “Look they [are] in the land of Goshen.” Joseph draws attention to the fact of their presence in Goshen.

[30:13]  ⁴ tn The Hebrew statement apparently means “with my happiness.”

[30:13]  ⁵ tn Heb “daughters.”

[30:13]  ⁶ sn The name Asher (אָשֶׁר, ’asher) apparently means “happy one.” The name plays on the words used in the statement which appears earlier in the verse. Both the Hebrew noun and verb translated “happy” and “call me happy,” respectively, are derived from the same root as the name Asher.