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A brother asks Pharaoh for permission to sojourn in Goshen.
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Genesis 47:4

A Request to Sojourn

Goshen, Famine, and a Father’s Oath · Genesis 47

Story guide: The brothers ask to live in Goshen because the famine has left their flocks without pasture.

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4They said to Pharaoh, “We have come to sojourn in the land, because there is no pasture for the flocks that belong to your servants, for the famine is severe in the land of Canaan. And now, please let your servants dwell in the land of Goshen.”

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