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Verse Genesis 47:22. _THE LAND OF THE PRIESTS BOUGHT HE NOT_] From
this verse it is natural to infer that whatever the religion of Egypt
was, it _was established by law_ and supported by the _state_....
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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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ONLY THE LAND OF THE PRIESTS BOUGHT HE NOT— Lord Shaftesbury has
from this circumstance taken occasion to observe, in his usual way,
"to what height of power the established priesthood was arrived, si...
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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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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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THE PRIESTS HAD A PORTION ASSIGNED TO THEM OF PHARAOH. — Herodotus
(ii. 37) mentions that it was still the custom in Egypt for the
priests to have a daily allowance of’ cooked food. Very probably
this...
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רַ֛ק אַדְמַ֥ת הַ כֹּהֲנִ֖ים לֹ֣א
קָנָ֑ה כִּי֩
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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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Priests. This was done by the king's direction, as they were probably
idolaters. (Menochius) --- The immunities of the sacred ministers have
been respected both by Pagans, Jews, and Christians; by all...
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In all places respect hath been thus paid to religion, Ezra 7:24....
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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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22._Only the land of the priests_. The priests were exempted from the
common law, because the king granted them a maintenance. It is,
indeed, doubtful, whether this was a supply for their present
nece...
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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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ONLY THE LAND OF THE PRIESTS BOUGHT HE NOT,.... Not from any special
affection for them, or any superstitious veneration of them, which can
never be thought of so good a man, but for a reason followin...
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Only the land of the priests bought he not; for the priests had a
portion [assigned them] of Pharaoh, and did eat their portion which
Pharaoh gave them: wherefore they sold not their lands.
Ver. 22....
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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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Only the land of the priests bought he not; for the priests had a
portion assigned them of Pharaoh, and did eat their portion which
Pharaoh gave them; wherefore they sold not their lands. They were
pr...
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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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PRIESTS:
Or, Princes...
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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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THE PRIESTS: under this name he understands chiefly those who
administered the worship of the gods or idols of Egypt, and withal
those who applied themselves to the study of the arts and virtues,
call...
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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 47:22 land H127 priests H3548 buy H7069 (H8804) priests H3548
rations H2706 Pharaoh H6547 ate H398 ...
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‘Only the land of the priests he did not buy. For the priests had a
portion from Pharaoh and ate their portion which Pharaoh gave them,
and for that reason they did not sell their land.'
The priests w...
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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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of the priests. or, princes. Genesis 14:18 Genesis 41:45 Genesis 41:50
2 Samuel 8:18 for the priests....