Matthew Poole and continuators on Genesis 45:10

10 And thou shalt dwell in the land of Goshen , and thou shalt be near unto me, thou, and thy children, and thy childrens c[illegible: 1+ letters]ildren, and thy flocks, and thy herds, and all that thou hast.

A part of Egypt borde[illegible: 1+ letters]ng upon Canaan, well watered and fit for cattel, and theref[illegible: 1+ letters]e most prop[illegible: 1+ letters] for the Israelites not onely for present use, and to keep them at some distance from the inward parts of Egypt and from the Court, but also that they might have Canaan always in their eye and mind and in Gods time might with least disadvantage march thither. I[illegible: 1+ letters]seph promiseth this place either because it was least inhabited, being in the borders of the Land, or because he justly presumed upon the Kings favour, and knew that the growing Famine would give him opportunity to dispose of the people as he pleased.