Genesis 47:4 in every translation
Leer en españolThe same verse in each translation we publish, grouped by language and by the tradition that made it. Numbering is matched for each text (for example, Psalms in the Septuagint).
English
Catholic
DRB Douay-Rheims (Challoner), American Edition 1899
We are come to sojourn in thy land, because there is no grass for the flocks of thy servants, the famine being very grievous in the land of Chanaan: and we pray thee to give orders that we thy servants may be in the land of Gessen.
CPDV Catholic Public Domain Version
We came to sojourn in your land, because there is no grass for the flocks of your servants, the famine being very grievous in the land of Canaan. And we petition you that you may order us, your servants, to be in the land of Goshen.”
Protestant
WEB World English Bible (Classic, with Deuterocanon)
They also said to Pharaoh, “We have come to live as foreigners in the land, for there is no pasture for your servants’ flocks. For the famine is severe in the land of Canaan. Now therefore, please let your servants dwell in the land of Goshen.”
WEBBE World English Bible British Edition (with Deuterocanon)
They also said to Pharaoh, “We have come to live as foreigners in the land, for there is no pasture for your servants’ flocks. For the famine is severe in the land of Canaan. Now therefore, please let your servants dwell in the land of Goshen.”
KJV King James Version (with Apocrypha)
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.
RV Revised Version with Apocrypha
And they said unto Pharaoh, To sojourn in the land are we come; for there is no pasture for thy servants’ 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.
MSB Majority Standard Bible
Then they said to Pharaoh, “We have come to live in the land for a time, because there is no pasture for the flocks of your servants, since the famine in the land of Canaan has been severe. So now, please allow your servants to settle in the land of Goshen.”
BSB Berean Standard Bible
Then they said to Pharaoh, “We have come to live in the land for a time, because there is no pasture for the flocks of your servants, since the famine in the land of Canaan has been severe. So now, please allow your servants to settle in the land of Goshen.”
ASV American Standard Version (1901)
And they said unto Pharaoh, To sojourn in the land are we come; for there is no pasture for thy servants’ 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.
LSV Literal Standard Version
and they say to Pharaoh, “We have come to sojourn in the land, for there is no pasture for the flock which your servants have, for the famine in the land of Canaan [is] grievous; and now, please let your servants dwell in the land of Goshen.”
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Darby Darby Translation
And they said to Pharaoh, To sojourn in the land are we come; for there is no pasture for the sheep that thy servants have, for the famine is grievous in the land of Canaan; and now, we pray thee, let thy servants dwell in the land of Goshen.
Webster Noah Webster's Bible (1833)
They said moreover to Pharaoh, We have come to sojourn in the land: for thy servants have no pasture for their flocks, for the famine [is] severe in the land of Canaan: now therefore, we pray thee, let thy servants dwell in the land of Goshen.
GNV Geneva Bible (1599)
They sayde moreouer vnto Pharaoh, For to soiourne in ye lande are we come: for thy seruants haue no pasture for their sheepe, so sore is ye famine in the lande of Canaan. Nowe therefore, we pray thee, let thy seruants dwel in the land of Goshen.
ULB Unlocked Literal Bible
Then they said to Pharaoh, “We come as temporary residents in the land. There 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.”
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Jewish
JPS JPS Tanakh (1917)
And they said unto Pharaoh: 'To sojourn in the land are we come; for there is no pasture for thy servants' 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.'
Individual translator
Brenton Brenton's English Septuagint
And they said to Pharao, We are come to sojourn in the land, for there is no pasture for the flocks of thy servants, for the famine has prevailed in the land of Chanaan; now then, we will dwell in the land of Gesem. And Pharao said to Joseph, Let them dwell in the land of Gesem; and if thou knowest that there are among them able men, make them overseers of my cattle. So Jacob and his sons came into Egypt, to Joseph; and Pharao, king of Egypt, heard [of it].
LXXUP Updated Brenton English Septuagint
And they said to Pharaoh, We are come to sojourn in the land, for there is no pasture for the flocks of thy servants, for the famine has prevailed in the land of Canaan; now then, we will dwell in the land of Goshen. And Pharaoh said to Joseph, Let them dwell in the land of Goshen; and if thou knowest that there are among them able men, make them overseers of my cattle. So Jacob and his sons came into Egypt, to Joseph; and Pharaoh, king of Egypt, heard [of it].
YLT Young's Literal Translation
and they say unto Pharaoh, 'To sojourn in the land we have come, for there is no pasture for the flock which thy servants have, for grievous [is] the famine in the land of Canaan; and now, let thy servants, we pray thee, dwell in the land of Goshen.'
FBV Free Bible Version
“We have come to live in Egypt because there's no grass left in Canaan for our flocks to eat,” they explained. “The famine is really bad in Canaan. So we would like to please ask permission to live in Goshen.”
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Scholarly edition
BBE Bible in Basic English
And they said to Pharaoh, We have come to make a living in this land, because we have no grass for our flocks in the land of Canaan; so now let your servants make a place for themselves in the land of Goshen.
Spanish
Protestant
RV1909 Reina-Valera 1909
Dijeron además á Faraón: Por morar en esta tierra hemos venido; porque no hay pasto para las ovejas de tus siervos, pues el hambre es grave en la tierra de Canaán: por tanto, te rogamos ahora que habiten tus siervos en la tierra de Gosén.
ONBV Biblica Open New Living Bible (Nueva Biblia Viva 2008)
Hemos venido a vivir en Egipto porque no hay pasto para nuestro ganado en Canaán. El hambre es mucha allá. Queremos pedirle permiso para vivir en la tierra de Gosén.
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PDT God's Word for You (Latin American Textual Bible)
También dijeron a Faraón: Vinimos para vivir en esta tierra, pues la hambruna aprieta en la tierra de Canaán y no hay pasto para las ovejas de tus esclavos. Por tanto, te rogamos que permitas que tus esclavos vivan en tierra de Gosén.
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Individual translator
VBL Free Bible Version (Spanish)
“Hemos venido a vivir a Egipto porque no queda hierba en Canaán para que nuestros rebaños coman”, explicaron. “La hambruna es muy grave en Canaán. Así que nos gustaría pedir permiso para vivir en Gosén”.
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BES Bible in Simple Spanish (2026)
También dijeron: «Hemos venido a vivir por un tiempo en esta tierra porque no hay pasto para nuestros rebaños en Canaán. El hambre es muy fuerte allí. Por favor, permite que tus siervos vivan en la tierra de Gosén».
Read in context · La Biblia en Español Sencillo, traducida y editada por Irma Flores (AudioBiblia.org).
Greek
Scholarly edition
LXX Brenton's Greek Septuagint
Εἶπαν δὲ τῷ Φαραῷ, παροικεῖν ἐν τῇ γῇ ἥκαμεν, οὐ γάρ ἐστι νομὴ τοῖς κτήνεσι τῶν παιδων σου, ἐνίσχυσε γὰρ ὁ λιμὸς ἐν γῇ Χανάαν· νῦν οὖν κατοικήσομεν ἐν γῇ Γεσέμ. Εἶπε δὲ Φαραὼ τῷ Ἰωσὴφ, Κατοικείτωσαν ἐν γῇ Γεσέμ· εἰ δὲ ἐπίστῃ, ὅτι εἰσὶν ἐν αὐτοῖς ἄνδρες δυνατοὶ, κατάστησον αὐτοὺς ἄρχοντας τῶν ἐμῶν κτηνῶν. Ἦλθον δὲ εἰς Αἴγυπτον πρὸς Ἰωσὴφ Ἰακὼβ, καὶ οἱ υἱοὶ αὐτοῦ· καὶ ἤκουσε Φαραὼ βασιλεὺς Αἰγύπτου.
Hebrew
Scholarly edition
WLC Westminster Leningrad Codex
וַיֹּאמְר֣וּ אֶל־פַּרְעֹ֗ה לָג֣וּר בָּאָרֶץ֮ בָּאנוּ֒ כִּי־אֵ֣ין מִרְעֶ֗ה לַצֹּאן֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר לַעֲבָדֶ֔יךָ כִּֽי־כָבֵ֥ד הָרָעָ֖ב בְּאֶ֣רֶץ כְּנָ֑עַן וְעַתָּ֛ה יֵֽשְׁבוּ־נָ֥א עֲבָדֶ֖יךָ בְּאֶ֥רֶץ גֹּֽשֶׁן׃
Latin
Catholic
VUL Clementine Vulgate
Ad peregrinandum in terra tua venimus: quoniam non est herba gregibus servorum tuorum, ingravescente fame in terra Chanaan: petimusque ut esse nos jubeas servos tuos in terra Gessen.
Church Slavonic
Orthodox
Slavonic Church Slavonic Bible (Elizabeth Bible)
Реко́ша же фараѡ́нꙋ: ѡ҆бита́ти въ землѝ прїидо́хомъ, нѣ́сть бо па́жити скотѡ́мъ ра̑бъ твои́хъ: ѡ҆долѣ́ бо гла́дъ на землѝ ханаа́ни: нн҃ѣ ᲂу҆̀бо да всели́мсѧ рабѝ твоѝ въ землѝ гесе́мъ.
Read in context · Church Slavonic text: Ponomar Project (github.com/typiconman/ponomar), © 2006–2018 Aleksandr Andreev and others, licensed under the GNU General Public License v3 or later. Changes for this site (2026-10-18): lectionary pericope markers, marginal glosses and the closing note of Genesis removed, Psalm verses renumbered to the Russian Synodal numbering, joined verses noted; the words are unchanged.
Russian
Orthodox
Synodal Russian Synodal Bible (1876)
И сказали они фараону: мы пришли пожить в этой земле, потому что нет пажити для скота рабов твоих, ибо в земле Ханаанской сильный голод; итак позволь поселиться рабам твоим в земле Гесем.
Greek (modern)
Individual translator
Vamvas Modern Greek Bible: Vamvas (1850)
Είπον έτι προς τον Φαραώ, Ήλθομεν διά να παροικήσωμεν εν τη γή· διότι δεν υπάρχει βοσκή διά τα ποίμνια των δούλων σου, επειδή επεβάρυνεν η πείνα εν τη γη Χαναάν· τώρα λοιπόν ας κατοικήσωσι, παρακαλούμεν, οι δούλοί σου εν τη γη Γεσέν.
Serbian
Individual translator
DK Serbian Bible: Daničić–Karadžić (Cyrillic)
Још рекоше Фараону: Дођосмо да живимо као дошљаци у овој земљи, јер нема паше за стоку твојих слуга, јер је велика глад у земљи хананској; а сада допусти да живе у земљи гесемској слуге твоје.
DK latinica Serbian Bible: Daničić–Karadžić (Latin script)
Još rekoše Faraonu: Dođosmo da živimo kao došljaci u ovoj zemlji, jer nema paše za stoku tvojih sluga, jer je velika glad u zemlji hananskoj; a sada dopusti da žive u zemlji gesemskoj sluge tvoje.
Arabic
Protestant
SVD Arabic Bible: Smith–Van Dyck (1865)
وَقَالُوا لِفِرْعَوْنَ: «جِئْنَا لِنَتَغَرَّبَ فِي ٱلْأَرْضِ، إِذْ لَيْسَ لِغَنَمِ عَبِيدِكَ مَرْعًى، لِأَنَّ ٱلْجُوعَ شَدِيدٌ فِي أَرْضِ كَنْعَانَ. فَٱلْآنَ لِيَسْكُنْ عَبِيدُكَ فِي أَرْضِ جَاسَانَ».
Not in these translations (8)
Tyndale, Scío, PT1904, PT, RP2018, TR, Nestle 1904, SBLGNT