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Genesis 47:3-5
Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition
Genesis 47:3-5
Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition
3 And he asked them: What is your occupation? They answered: We thy servants are shepherds, both we, and our fathers.
4 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.
5 The king therefore said to Joseph: Thy father and thy brethren are come to thee.
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Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition (DRA)
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