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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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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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_AND THERE WAS NO BREAD IN ALL THE LAND; FOR THE FAMINE WAS VERY SORE,
SO THAT THE LAND OF EGYPT AND ALL THE LAND OF CANAAN FAINTED BY REASON
OF THE FAMINE._
There was no bread ... This probably refe...
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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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Joseph did not do this himself. He had appointed managers, who
organised the work. (See Genesis 41:34.) And the managers had many
servants, who helped them. The managers and their servants gathered
th...
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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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HORSES... FLOCKS... HERDS... ASSES. — The mention of horses is a
most important fact in settling the much-debated question as to the
dynasty under which Joseph became governor of Egypt. When Abram wen...
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וַ יָּבִ֣יאוּ אֶת ־מִקְנֵיהֶם֮ אֶל
־יֹוסֵף֒ ו
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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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Exodus 18:21
These verses are a digression from the history of the Patriarchs, and
serve only to manifest the wisdom and prudence in Joseph's government.
There is one sweet lesson however to be derive...
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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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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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AND THEY BROUGHT THEIR CATTLE UNTO JOSEPH,.... Which they might the
more readily do, since there was scarce any grass to feed them with;
and though some of them were creatures used for food, yet might...
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And they brought their cattle unto Joseph: and Joseph gave them bread
[in exchange] for horses, and for the flocks, and for the cattle of
the herds, and for the asses: and he fed them with bread for a...
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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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THE CONSEQUENCES OF THE SEVERE FAMINE....
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And they brought their cattle unto Joseph; and Joseph gave them bread
in exchange for horses, and for the flocks, and for the cattle of the
herds, and for the asses; and he fed them with bread for all...
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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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HE FED THEM:
_ Heb._ led them...
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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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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 47:17 brought H935 (H8686) livestock H4735 Joseph H3130 Joseph
H3130 gave H5414 (H8799) bread H3899 horses
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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 47:15 When all their MONEY IS GONE, the
Egyptians appeal to Joseph for help. He responds by offering to buy
their LIVESTOCK. This sustains the Egyptians for another...
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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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for horses. Exodus 9:3 1 Kings 10:28 Job 2:4 Isaiah 31:1 Matthew 6:24
fed them. Heb. led