Then Joseph came and told Pharaoh, and said, My father and my brethren, and their flocks, and their herds, and all that they have, are come out of the land of Canaan; and, behold, they are in the land of Goshen.(Génesis 47:1)

And he took some of his brethren, even five men, and presented them unto Pharaoh.(Génesis 47:2)

And Pharaoh said unto his brethren, What is your occupation? And they said unto Pharaoh, Thy servants are shepherds, both we, and also our fathers.(Génesis 47:3)

They said moreover unto Pharaoh, For to sojourn in the land are we come; for thy servants have no pasture for their flocks; for the famine is sore in the land of Canaan: now therefore, we pray thee, let thy servants dwell in the land of Goshen.

And Pharaoh spake unto Joseph, saying, Thy father and thy brethren are come unto thee:(Génesis 47:5)

The land of Egypt is before thee; in the best of the land make thy father and brethren to dwell; in the land of Goshen let them dwell: and if thou knowest any men of activity among them, then make them rulers over my cattle.(Génesis 47:6)

And Joseph brought in Jacob his father, and set him before Pharaoh: and Jacob blessed Pharaoh.(Génesis 47:7)

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Génesis 47:4 - Referencia Cruzada

And God spake on this wise, That his seed should sojourn in a strange land; and that they should bring them into bondage, and entreat them evil four hundred years. (Hechos 7:6)

And the famine was sore in the land. (Génesis 43:1)

For thus saith the Lord GOD, My people went down aforetime into Egypt to sojourn there; and the Assyrian oppressed them without cause. (Isaías 52:4)

That ye shall say, Thy servants' trade hath been about cattle from our youth even until now, both we, and also our fathers: that ye may dwell in the land of Goshen; for every shepherd is an abomination unto the Egyptians. (Génesis 46:34)

And there was a famine in the land: and Abram went down into Egypt to sojourn there; for the famine was grievous in the land. (Génesis 12:10)

Now there came a dearth over all the land of Egypt and Chanaan, and great affliction: and our fathers found no sustenance. (Hechos 7:11)

And he said unto Abram, Know of a surety that thy seed shall be a stranger in a land that is not theirs, and shall serve them; and they shall afflict them four hundred years; (Génesis 15:13)

Israel also came into Egypt; and Jacob sojourned in the land of Ham. (Salmos 105:23)

And thou shalt speak and say before the LORD thy God, A Syrian ready to perish was my father, and he went down into Egypt, and sojourned there with a few, and became there a nation, great, mighty, and populous: (Deuteronomio 26:5)