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Verse Genesis 47:23. _I HAVE BOUGHT YOU THIS DAY AND YOUR LAND FOR
PHARAOH_] It fully appears that the kingdom of Egypt was previously to
the time of Joseph a very limited monarchy. The king had his...
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- 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...
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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 ...
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JOSEPH TAKES ADVANTAGE OF THE FAMINE TO SECURE FOR THE CROWN THE
MONEY, THE CATTLE, AND THE LANDS OF THE EGYPTIANS. If this belongs to
one of the main documents, J is the most probable. But it may be...
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THEN JOSEPH SAID, &C.— These three verses confirm all that we have
said of the wisdom and humanity of Joseph. A wise minister of state,
but, at the same time, generous, tender, and compassionate, he
a...
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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,...
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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...
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'The peculiar system of Egyptian land tenure, which is here attributed
to Joseph, is so far in accordance with the evidence of the monuments
that whereas in the Old Empire the nobility and governors o...
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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...
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LO, HERE IS SEED FOR YOU. — As Joseph would give them seed wherewith
to sow their fields only when the famine was nearly over, these
arrangements seem to have been completed shortly before the end of...
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וַ יֹּ֤אמֶר יֹוסֵף֙ אֶל ־הָ עָ֔ם הֵן֩
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JOSEPH'S ADMINISTRATION
Genesis 41:37, Genesis 47:13
"He made him lord of his house, and ruler of all his substance: To
bind his princes at his pleasure; and teach his senators wisdom."
Psalms 105:2...
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EGYPTIANS SAVED IN FAMINE
Genesis 47:13
The slender stores of the Egyptians were soon exhausted, and had it
not been for Joseph the streets would have been filled with the dying
and dead. His Egyptia...
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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...
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JOSEPH'S STEWARDSHIP
Joseph proved to be a good steward over the grain collected during the
years of plenty. First, he sold grain for money until all the money in
Egypt and Canaan was exhausted. Next...
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It is somewhat remarkable that Jacob lost Joseph at the age of
seventeen: and now the LORD grants the same number of years for them
to be together. The intermediate space of Joseph's life, the LORD ha...
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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...
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_‘YE ARE BOUGHT WITH A PRICE’_
‘Behold I have bought you this day and your land for Pharaoh.’
Genesis 47:23
The R.V. translates the song of the elders thus: ‘Thou wast slain,
and didst _ purchase_...
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23._Then Joseph said unto the people_. Here Moses describes the
singular humanity of Joseph, which, as it then repressed all
complaints, so, at this time, it justly dispels and refutes the
calumnies w...
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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...
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THEN JOSEPH SAID UNTO THE PEOPLE,.... After he had bought their land,
and before the removal of them to distant parts:
BEHOLD, I HAVE BOUGHT YOU THIS DAY, AND YOUR LAND, FOR PHARAOH: which
he observe...
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_Then Joseph said unto the people, Behold, I have bought you this day
and your land for Pharaoh: lo, [here is] seed for you, and ye shall
sow the land._
Ver. 23. _Lo, seed for you, and ye shall sow._...
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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...
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Then Joseph said unto the people, Behold, I have bought you this day
and your land for Pharaoh, they were now in servitude or serfdom to
the crown; LO, HERE IS SEED FOR YOU, AND YE SHALL SOW THE LAND....
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THE CONSEQUENCES OF THE SEVERE FAMINE....
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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...
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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...
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13-26 Care being taken of Jacob and his family, which mercy was
especially designed by Providence in Joseph's advancement, an account
is given of the saving the kingdom of Egypt from ruin. There was...
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For this was the last year of the famine, as was noted before....
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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...
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Genesis 47:23 Joseph H3130 said H559 (H8799) people H5971 bought H7069
(H8804) H853 land H127 day...
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‘Then Joseph said, “Behold I have bought you this day, and your
land, for Pharaoh. Look here is seed for you, and you shall sow the
land, and it shall be that at the ingatherings you shall give one
fi...
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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...
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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...
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_Joseph gathered up all the money that was found in the land of Egypt,
and in the Land of Canaan, for the corn which they bought: and Joseph
brought the money into Pharaoh’s house_
THE MORALITY OF JO...
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GENESIS—NOTE ON GENESIS 47:18 With no money and no livestock, the
Egyptians sell their land and even themselves, as debt-slaves, to
Pharaoh. They also ask for seed to grow for the future. Joseph
willi...
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CRITICAL NOTES.—
Genesis 47:21. He removed them to cities.] Heb.—_According to the
cities._ “Thus he distributed the population of the land in and
around the cities _according to the cities_ in which...
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EXPOSITION
GENESIS 47:11
AND JOSEPH PLACED HIS FATHER AND HIS BRETHREN (_i.e._ gave them a
settlement, the import of which the next clause explains), AND GAVE
THEM A POSSESSION (_i.e._ allowed them t...
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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...
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bought. Genesis 47:19 here is seed. Genesis 41:27 Genesis 45:6 Psalms
41:1...