Genesis 36:6

36:6 Esau took his wives, his sons, his daughters, all the people in his household, his livestock, his animals, and all his possessions which he had acquired in the land of Canaan and went to a land some distance away from 1  Jacob his brother

Genesis 47:6

47:6 The land of Egypt is before you; settle your father and your brothers in the best region of the land. They may live in the land of Goshen. If you know of any highly capable men 2  among them, put them in charge 3  of my livestock.”

Genesis 47:18

47:18 When that year was over, they came to him the next year and said to him, “We cannot hide from our 4  lord that the money is used up and the livestock and the animals belong to our lord. Nothing remains before our lord except our bodies and our land.

1 tn Heb “from before.”

2 tn Heb “men of skill.”

3 tn Heb “make them rulers.”

sn Put them in charge of my livestock. Pharaoh is, in effect, offering Joseph’s brothers jobs as royal keepers of livestock, a position mentioned often in Egyptian inscriptions, because the Pharaohs owned huge herds of cattle.

4 tn Heb “my.” The expression “my lord” occurs twice more in this verse.