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Genesis 47:2

And he took some of his brethren, even five men, and presented them unto Pharaoh.

Took some of his brethren - probably the five oldest brothers, seniority being the least invidious principle of selection. But Jewish traditions say that Zebulun, Dan, Naphtali, Gad, and Asher were the brethren presented.

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See also Genesis 47:2 in other biblical comments:

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Genesis 47:2. _HE TOOK SOME OF HIS BRETHREN_] There is something very strange in the original; literally translated it signifies "from the end or extremity (מקצה _miktseh_) of his brethren he to...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    - Jacob in Goshen 11. רעמסס _ra‛m__e__sês_, Ra‘meses “son of the sun.” 31. מטה _mı̂ṭṭāh_, “bed.” מטה _maṭṭeh_ “staff.” Arrangements are now made for the settlement of Israel in Goshen. The adm...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    CHAPTER 47 THE SETTLEMENT IN GOSHEN _ 1. Before Pharaoh (Genesis 47:1)_ 2. The settlement (Genesis 47:11) 3. Joseph's wise administration (Genesis 47:13) 4. Jacob's request ...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    GENESIS 46:1 TO GENESIS 47:12. JACOB AND HIS DESCENDANTS GO DOWN INTO EGYPT AND SETTLE IN GOSHEN. The list in Genesis 46:8 with the introductory verses...

  • B. W. Johnson's Bible Commentary

    HE TOOK SOME OF HIS BRETHREN, EVEN FIVE MEN. He probably selected the five brethren in order that their appearance might make. favorable impression upon Pharaoh. The rest were left to guard the house...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    3. _Joseph as Prime Minister of Egypt_ (Genesis 41:46 to Genesis 47:31) 46 And Joseph was thirty years old when he stood before Pharaoh king of Egypt. And Joseph went out from the presence of Pharaoh,...

  • Darby's translation notes (1890)

    47:2 number (a-7) 'From the end.' see ch. 19.4....

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    JOSEPH PRESENTS HIS BRETHREN AND HIS FATHER TO PHARAOH. HE MAKES EXTENSIVE CHANGES IN THE LAND TENURE OF EGYPT 6. Rulers over my cattle] The superintendenee of the royal flocks and herds would be a p...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    Perhaps Joseph took only 5 brothers because the other brothers were looking after the animals. Or perhaps *Pharaoh did not allow more than 5 foreigners to visit him at one time....

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    GOD’S ANCIENT PEOPLE GENESIS _ALUN OWEN_ CHAPTER 47 JACOB AND HIS SONS MEET *PHARAOH V1 So Joseph went to *Pharaoh. He said to him, ‘My father and my brothers have come from *Canaan. They have b...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    EVEN FIVE MEN. — As the number “five” appears again and again in this narrative (Genesis 43:34; Genesis 45:22), it may have had some special importance among the Egyptians, like the number seven among...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    וּ מִ קְצֵ֣ה אֶחָ֔יו לָקַ֖ח חֲמִשָּׁ֣ה אֲנָשׁ

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    PHARAOH WELCOME'S JOSEPH'S RELATIVES Genesis 46:28; Genesis 47:1 What a meeting between father and son! If the old man were sitting in the corner of the lumbering wagon, weary with the long journey,...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    To watch Jacob is to see a man who alternated between faith and fear. Standing before Pharaoh, his faith in God and his consciousness of his own position in the divine economy were clearly apparent. T...

  • Gary Hampton Commentaries

    JOSEPH'S STATESMANSHIP Joseph directed all the members of his father's household to say they were shepherds. He well knew the attitude of the Egyptians toward nomadic herdsmen. They thought of shephe...

  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    And he took some of his brethren, [even] (a) five men, and presented them unto Pharaoh. (a) That the king might be assured that they had come, and to see what type of people they were....

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    _The last. Extremos. Some interpret this word of the chiefest, and most sightly: but Joseph seems rather to have chosen out such as had the meanest appearance, that Pharao might not think of employing...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    Reader! so must JESUS present us before GOD and our FATHER, or we cannot come before him, John 14:6....

  • Introductory Lectures - Commentary by William Kelly

    Having already shown the position of Isaac, I resume briefly with the remark that he stands before us clearly as the representative of the Son, and this too as dead, risen, and in heaven. All will und...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 42 THROUGH 47. At the same time another scene presents itself. His brethren, who had rejected him, forced by famine, are brought, by the path of repentance an...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    AND HE TOOK SOME OF HIS BRETHREN,.... Along with him, when he left his father in Goshen; the word for "some" signifies the extremity of a thing: hence some have fancied that he took some of the meanes...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    _And he took some of his brethren, [even] five men, and presented them unto Pharaoh._ Ver. 2. _Even five men._] R. Solomon telleth us (but who told him?) which five they were; sc., Reuben, Simeon, Le...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _He took some of his brethren_ The original words here, literally translated, are, _He took from the end, extremity_, or _tail_ of _his brethren_, _five men_ And some have thought the sense is, He too...

  • KJV Original Language Details

    1 Ioseph presenteth fiue of his brethren, 7 and his father, before Pharaoh. 11 Hee giueth them habitation and maintenance. 13 He getteth all the Egyptians money, 16 their cattell, 18 their lands...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    And he took some of his brethren, out of their total number, even five men, AND PRESENTED THEM UNTO PHARAOH....

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    JACOB AND FIVE OF HIS SONS PRESENTED TO PHARAOH...

  • Lange's Commentary on the Holy Scriptures

    EIGHTH SECTION _Israel’s emigration with his family to Egypt. The settlement in the land of Goshen. Jacob and Pharaoh. Joseph’s political Economy. Jacob’s charge concerning his burial at Canaan._ GE...

  • Leslie M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

    In announcing to Pharaoh the coming of his father and his brothers, Joseph first introduces five of his brothers to him (vs.1-2). We are not told which ones, but they were likely those who could speak...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    1-6 Though Joseph was a great man, especially in Egypt, yet he owned his brethren. Let the rich and great in the world not overlook or despise poor relations. Our Lord Jesus is not ashamed to call us...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    SOME OF HIS BRETHREN, or _part, _ as this Hebrew word is used, DANIEL 1:2; or the _extremity, _ or _end, _ or _tail_ of them, i.e. the meanest of them for person and presence, as the word is taken 1 K...

  • Notes on the Pentateuch by Charles Henry Mackintosh

    On which we shall dwell more particularly. There is not in scripture a more perfect and beautiful type of Christ than Joseph. Whether we view Christ as the object of the Father's love, the object of t...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Genesis 47:2 took H3947 (H8804) five H2568 men H582 among H7097 brothers H251 presented H3322 (H8686) to...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: Jacob and descendants exalted in Goshen. CHARACTERS: Pharaoh, Joseph, brothers, Jacob. CONCLUSION: Notwithstanding former unkindnesses received, the believer who is prospered in this world...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    Genesis 47:2. _Some of his brethren._ ומקצה _vemi-ketzeh extremitate,_ as in Montanus, five of the tallest and finest looking of his brethren; as is the import of the word, Judges 18:2, when describin...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    GENESIS—NOTE ON GENESIS 47:1 Joseph introduces FIVE of his brothers to Pharaoh, mentioning that his family is NOW IN THE LAND OF GOSHEN....

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    CRITICAL NOTES.— Genesis 47:2. Five men.] The number _five_ was a favourite number with the Egyptians. (Genesis 41:34; Genesis 42:34; Gene

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    EXPOSITION GENESIS 47:1 THEN JOSEPH CAME—literally, _and Joseph went, _up to the royal presence, as he had proposed (Genesis 46:31)—and told Pharaoh, and said, My father and my brethren, and their fl...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    Shall we turn in our Bibles now to the forty-seventh chapter of Genesis? Joseph has been sold by his brothers as a slave to the traders going to Egypt. In Egypt he is resold and purchased by a man nam...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    presented. Acts 7:13 2 Corinthians 4:14 Colossians 1:28...

  • Wells of Living Water Commentary

    BLESSED AND MADE A BLESSING Genesis 47:1 INTRODUCTORY WORDS Chapter 46 of Genesis we are passing over with a few words of introduction, which will lead us into chapter 47, Chapter 46 is taken up, f...

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