Genesis 47:6 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
The land of Egypt is before thee: make them dwell in the best place, and give them the land of Gessen. And if thou knowest that there are industrious men among them, make them rulers over my cattle.
CPDV Catholic Public Domain Version
The land of Egypt is in your sight. Cause them to live in the best place, and deliver to them the land of Goshen. And if you know there to be industrious men among them, appoint these as foremen over my cattle.”
Protestant
WEB World English Bible (Classic, with Deuterocanon)
The land of Egypt is before you. Make your father and your brothers dwell in the best of the land. Let them dwell in the land of Goshen. If you know any able men among them, then put them in charge of my livestock.”
WEBBE World English Bible British Edition (with Deuterocanon)
The land of Egypt is before you. Make your father and your brothers dwell in the best of the land. Let them dwell in the land of Goshen. If you know any able men amongst them, then put them in charge of my livestock.”
KJV King James Version (with Apocrypha)
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.
RV Revised Version with Apocrypha
the land of Egypt is before thee; in the best of the land make thy father and thy brethren to dwell; in the land of Goshen let them dwell: and if thou knowest any able men among them, then make them rulers over my cattle.
MSB Majority Standard Bible
the land of Egypt is before you; settle your father and brothers in the best part of the land. They may dwell in the land of Goshen. And if you know of any talented men among them, put them in charge of my own livestock.”
BSB Berean Standard Bible
the land of Egypt is before you; settle your father and brothers in the best part of the land. They may dwell in the land of Goshen. And if you know of any talented men among them, put them in charge of my own livestock.”
ASV American Standard Version (1901)
the land of Egypt is before thee; in the best of the land make thy father and thy brethren to dwell; in the land of Goshen let them dwell: and if thou knowest any able men among them, then make them rulers over my cattle.
LSV Literal Standard Version
the land of Egypt is before you; cause your father and your brothers to dwell in the best of the land—they dwell in the land of Goshen, and if you have known, and there are among them men of ability, then you have set them [as] heads over the livestock I have.”
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Darby Darby Translation
The land of Egypt is before thee; in the best of the land settle thy father and thy brethren: let them dwell in the land of Goshen. And if thou knowest men of activity among them, then set them as overseers of cattle over what I have.
Webster Noah Webster's Bible (1833)
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.
GNV Geneva Bible (1599)
The lande of Egypt is before thee: in the best place of the land make thy father and thy brethren dwel: let the dwel in the land of Goshen: and if thou knowest that there be men of actiuitie among them, make them rulers ouer my cattell.
ULB Unlocked Literal Bible
The land of Egypt is before you. Settle your father and your brothers in the best region, the land of Goshen. If you know any capable men among them, put them in charge of my livestock.”
Read in context · Unlocked Literal Bible. Copyright © 2017 Door43 World Missions Community. Text from eBible.org (https://ebible.org/engULB/), unaltered. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Jewish
JPS JPS Tanakh (1917)
the land of Egypt is before thee; in the best of the land make thy father and thy brethren to dwell; in the land of Goshen let them dwell. And if thou knowest any able men among them, then make them rulers over my cattle.'
Individual translator
Brenton Brenton's English Septuagint
Behold, the land of Egypt is before thee; settle thy father and thy brethren in the best land.
LXXUP Updated Brenton English Septuagint
Behold, the land of Egypt is before thee; settle thy father and thy brethren in the best land.
YLT Young's Literal Translation
the land of Egypt is before thee; in the best of the land cause thy father and thy brethren to dwell — they dwell in the land of Goshen, and if thou hast known, and there are among them men of ability, then thou hast set them heads over the cattle I have.'
FBV Free Bible Version
you can choose wherever you like in Egypt, the best place, for them to live. Let them live in Goshen. If you know any of them who are good at what they do, put them in charge of my livestock as well.”
Read in context · Free Bible Version. Copyright © 2018 Dr. Jonathan Gallagher. Text from eBible.org (https://ebible.org/engfbv/), unaltered. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Scholarly edition
BBE Bible in Basic English
And Jacob and his sons came to Joseph in Egypt, and when word of it came to the ears of Pharaoh, king of Egypt, he said to Joseph, Your father and brothers have come to you; all the land of Egypt is before you; let your father and your brothers have the best of the land for their resting-place.
Spanish
Protestant
RV1909 Reina-Valera 1909
La tierra de Egipto delante de ti está; en lo mejor de la tierra haz habitar á tu padre y á tus hermanos; habiten en la tierra de Gosén; y si entiendes que hay entre ellos hombres eficaces, ponlos por mayorales del ganado mío.
ONBV Biblica Open New Living Bible (Nueva Biblia Viva 2008)
(this translation has no verse with this number)
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PDT God's Word for You (Latin American Textual Bible)
La tierra de Egipto está delante de ti. Haz que tu padre y tus hermanos vivan en lo mejor de esta tierra. Que vivan en la tierra de Gosén, y si juzgas que hay entre ellos hombres aptos, colócalos como pastores principales de mi ganado.
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Individual translator
VBL Free Bible Version (Spanish)
puedes elegir el lugar que quieras en Egipto, el mejor lugar, para que ellos vivan. Déjalos vivir en Gosén. Si conoces a alguno de ellos que sea bueno en lo que hace, ponlo también a cargo de mi ganado”.
Read in context · Versión Biblia Libre. Copyright © 2018-2020 Jonathan Gallagher y Shelly Barrios de Avila. Texto de eBible.org (https://ebible.org/spavbl/), sin cambios. Licencia CC BY-SA 4.0.
BES Bible in Simple Spanish (2026)
Toda la tierra de Egipto está delante de ti. Haz que tu padre y tus hermanos vivan en la mejor parte del país. Que vivan en Gosén. Y si sabes que entre ellos hay hombres capaces, ponlos a cargo de mi ganado».
Read in context · La Biblia en Español Sencillo, traducida y editada por Irma Flores (AudioBiblia.org).
Greek
Scholarly edition
LXX Brenton's Greek Septuagint
Ἰδοὺ ἡ γῆ Αἰγύπτου ἐναντίον σου ἐστίν· ἐν τῇ βελτίστῃ γῇ κατοίκισον τὸν πατέρα σου, καὶ τοὺς ἀδελφούς σου.
Hebrew
Scholarly edition
WLC Westminster Leningrad Codex
אֶ֤רֶץ מִצְרַ֙יִם֙ לְפָנֶ֣יךָ הִ֔וא בְּמֵיטַ֣ב הָאָ֔רֶץ הוֹשֵׁ֥ב אֶת־אָבִ֖יךָ וְאֶת־אַחֶ֑יךָ יֵשְׁבוּ֙ בְּאֶ֣רֶץ גֹּ֔שֶׁן וְאִם־יָדַ֗עְתָּ וְיֶשׁ־בָּם֙ אַנְשֵׁי־חַ֔יִל וְשַׂמְתָּ֛ם שָׂרֵ֥י מִקְנֶ֖ה עַל־אֲשֶׁר־לִֽי ׃
Latin
Catholic
VUL Clementine Vulgate
Terra Ægypti in conspectu tuo est: in optimo loco fac eos habitare, et trade eis terram Gessen. Quod si nosti in eis esse viros industrios, constitue illos magistros pecorum meorum.
Church Slavonic
Orthodox
Slavonic Church Slavonic Bible (Elizabeth Bible)
сѐ, землѧ̀ є҆гѵ́петскаѧ пред̾ тобо́ю є҆́сть: на лꙋ́чшей землѝ поселѝ ѻ҆тца̀ твоего̀ и҆ бра́тїю твою̀, да вселѧ́тсѧ въ землѝ гесе́мъ: а҆́ще же вѣ́си, ꙗ҆́кѡ сꙋ́ть въ ни́хъ мꙋ́жїе си́льнїи, поста́ви и҆̀хъ старѣ̑йшины скотѡ́мъ мои̑мъ. (Прїидо́ша же во є҆гѵ́петъ ко і҆ѡ́сифꙋ і҆а́кѡвъ и҆ сы́нове є҆гѡ̀: и҆ ᲂу҆слы́ша фараѡ́нъ ца́рь є҆гѵ́петскїй).
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)
земля Египетская пред тобою; на лучшем месте земли посели отца твоего и братьев твоих; пусть живут они в земле Гесем; и если знаешь, что между ними есть способные люди, поставь их смотрителями над моим скотом.
Greek (modern)
Individual translator
Vamvas Modern Greek Bible: Vamvas (1850)
η γη της Αιγύπτου είναι έμπροσθέν σου· εις το καλήτερον της γης κατοίκισον τον πατέρα σου και τους αδελφούς σου· ας κατοικήσωσιν εν τη γη Γεσέν· και εάν γνωρίζης ότι ευρίσκονται μεταξύ αυτών άνδρες άξιοι, κατάστησον αυτούς επιστάτας επί των ποιμνίων μου.
Serbian
Individual translator
DK Serbian Bible: Daničić–Karadžić (Cyrillic)
у твојој је власти земља мисирска; на најбољем месту у овој земљи насели оца свог и браћу своју, нека живе у земљи гесемској; и ако које знаш између њих да су вредни људи, постави их над мојом стоком.
DK latinica Serbian Bible: Daničić–Karadžić (Latin script)
u tvojoj je vlasti zemlja misirska; na najboljem mestu u ovoj zemlji naseli oca svog i braću svoju, neka žive u zemlji gesemskoj; i ako koje znaš između njih da su vredni ljudi, postavi ih nad mojom stokom.
Arabic
Protestant
SVD Arabic Bible: Smith–Van Dyck (1865)
أَرْضُ مِصْرَ قُدَّامَكَ. فِي أَفْضَلِ ٱلْأَرْضِ أَسْكِنْ أَبَاكَ وَإِخْوَتَكَ، لِيَسْكُنُوا فِي أَرْضِ جَاسَانَ. وَإِنْ عَلِمْتَ أَنَّهُ يُوجَدُ بَيْنَهُمْ ذَوُو قُدْرَةٍ، فَٱجْعَلْهُمْ رُؤَسَاءَ مَوَاشٍ عَلَى ٱلَّتِي لِي».
Not in these translations (8)
Tyndale, Scío, PT1904, PT, RP2018, TR, Nestle 1904, SBLGNT