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They said to Pharaoh, "We have come to sojourn 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."
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Sojourners, Not Settlers
Commentators emphasize the brothers' request "to sojourn," indicating a temporary stay. They hadn't forgotten God's promise of Canaan as their true inheritance. This serves as a model for believers, who are called to live in this world as temporary residents with their ultimate hope fixed on their promised heavenly home.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
רעמסס ra‘mesês — Ra‘meses “son of the sun.”
מטה mı̂ṭṭāh — “bed.” מטה maṭṭeh…
19th Century
Anglican
To sojourn. —Joseph’s brethren ask for permission only for a temporary stay. Apparently, too, in spite of the famine, there was pa…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
They said moreover unto Pharaoh, for to sojourn in the land are we come Not to obtain…
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