Genesis 47:11 — Bible Verse (KJV)

“And Joseph placed his father and his brethren, and gave them a possession in the land of Egypt, in the best of the land, in the land of Rameses, as Pharaoh had commanded.”

Genesis 47:11 — King James Version (KJV), 1611

Genesis 47:11 in 6 Bible Translations

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Genesis 47:11 WEB — World English Bible (2000)

“Joseph placed his father and his brothers, and gave them a possession in the land of Egypt, in the best of the land, in the land of Rameses, as Pharaoh had commanded.”

Genesis 47:11 — World English Bible

Genesis 47:11 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)

“And Joseph placed his father and his brethren, and gave them a possession in the land of Egypt, in the best of the land, in the land of Rameses, as Pharaoh had commanded. ”

Genesis 47:11 — American Standard Version

Genesis 47:11 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)

“And Joseph settleth his father and his brethren, and giveth to them a possession in the land of Egypt, in the best of the land, in the land of Rameses, as Pharaoh commanded;”

Genesis 47:11 — Young's Literal Translation

Genesis 47:11 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)

“And Joseph settled his father and his brethren, and gave them a possession in the land of Egypt, in the best of the land, in the land of Rameses, as Pharaoh had commanded. ”

Genesis 47:11 — Darby Translation

Genesis 47:11 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)

“And Ioseph placed his father, and his brethren, and gaue them possession in the lande of Egypt, in the best of the land, euen in the lande of Rameses, as Pharaoh had commanded.”

Genesis 47:11 — Geneva Bible

Genesis 47:11 in Context — Genesis 47

9 And Jacob said unto Pharaoh, The days of the years of my pilgrimage are an hundred and thirty years: few and evil have the days of the years of my life been, and have not attained unto the days of the years of the life of my fathers in the days of their pilgrimage.

10 And Jacob blessed Pharaoh, and went out from before Pharaoh.

11 And Joseph placed his father and his brethren, and gave them a possession in the land of Egypt, in the best of the land, in the land of Rameses, as Pharaoh had commanded.

12 And Joseph nourished his father, and his brethren, and all his father’s household, with bread, according to their families.

13 And there was no bread in all the land; for the famine was very sore, so that the land of Egypt and all the land of Canaan fainted by reason of the famine.

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What Does Genesis 47:11 Mean?

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