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Genesis 47:11
New English Translation

11 So Joseph settled his father and his brothers. He gave them territory[a] in the land of Egypt, in the best region of the land, the land of Rameses,[b] just as Pharaoh had commanded.

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  1. Genesis 47:11 tn Heb “a possession,” or “a holding.” Joseph gave them a plot of land with rights of ownership in the land of Goshen.
  2. Genesis 47:11 sn The land of Rameses is another designation for the region of Goshen. It is named Rameses because of a city in that region (Exod 1:11; 12:37). The use of this name may represent a modernization of the text for the understanding of the intended readers, substituting a later name for an earlier one. Alternatively, there may have been an earlier Rameses for which the region was named.
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