The land of Egypt is before thee, to view it, and take thy choice where thou pleasest, it is in thy power. See Genesis 13:9. Any man of activity, or, of strength, or vigour of body and mind, fit for the employment. By which expression it seems probable that those five presented to Pharaoh were of the meanest sort of them. See Poole on "Genesis 47:2".
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Genesis 47:6
6 The land of Egypt is before thee; in the best of the land make thy father and brethren to dwell; in the land of Goshen let them dwell: and if thou knowest any men of activity among them, then make them rulers over my cattle.