“They said moreover unto Pharaoh, For to sojourn in the land are we come; for thy servants have no pasture for their flocks; for the famine is sore in the land of Canaan: now therefore, we pray thee, let thy servants dwell in the land of Goshen.”
They also said to Pharaoh: we have come to live here for a while, because the famine is severe in Canaan and your servants' flocks have no pasture. So now, please let your servants settle in the region of Goshen. The request for Goshen — framed by the severity of the famine and the need for pasture — is the honest explanation of need combined with the specific request. The application: the request that names the need and asks for the specific provision is the request most likely to receive a considered response.
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