Midrash for Genesis 47:21
וְאֶ֨ת־הָעָ֔ם הֶעֱבִ֥יר אֹת֖וֹ לֶעָרִ֑ים מִקְצֵ֥ה גְבוּל־מִצְרַ֖יִם וְעַד־קָצֵֽהוּ׃
And as for the people, he removed them city by city, from one end of the border of Egypt even to the other end thereof.
Midrash Tanchuma Buber
Another interpretation (of Gen. 39:1): WHEN JOSEPH WAS TAKEN DOWN < TO EGYPT, POTIPHAR … BOUGHT HIM >. What is the meaning of WHEN JOSEPH WAS TAKEN DOWN? That he moved the Egyptians from place to place. < It is > just as you say (in Gen. 47:21): HE REMOVED THE PEOPLE BY CITIES < FROM ONE END OF EGYPT'S BORDER TO THE OTHER >. Thus he was taking them up from here and putting them there so that they would not taunt the Israelites by calling them exiles < and > children of exiles.48Hul. 60b; Targum Pseudo-Jonathan, Gen. 47:21; Frag. (Jerusalem) Targum, Gen. 47:21.
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