Citing Textual Evidence from Genesis Based on the passage, how does the physical
environment influence the Hebrews' actions?
O The landscape leads them to become shepherds.
O Fertile land persuades them to buy property of their
own.
O Famine drives them to migrate from one place to
another.
Read the excerpt from Genesis 47.
Joseph came and told Pharaoh, and he said, "My father
and my brothers and their flocks and their cattle and all
that is theirs, have come from the land of Canaan, and
behold, they are in the land of Goshen." .
And Pharaoh said to his brothers, "What is your
occupation"?" And they said to Pharaoh, "Your servants*
are shepherds, both we and our forefathers."
And they said to Pharaoh, "We have come to sojourn* in
the land, for your servants' flocks have no pasture, for the
famine is severe in the land of Canaan. Now, please let
your servants dwell in the land of Goshen."
And Pharaoh spoke to Joseph, saying, "Your father and
your brothers have come to you.
The land of Egypt is (open] before you; in the best of the
land settle your father and your brothers. Let them dwell
in the land of Goshen, and if you know that there are
O Good rainfall helps their fields and flocks multiply.