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Verse Genesis 47:21. _AND AS FOR THE PEOPLE, HE REMOVED THEM TO
CITIES_] It is very likely that Joseph was influenced by no
_political_ motive in removing the people to the cities, but merely by
a mot...
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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
ad...
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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 (Genesis 47:27)
Jacob...
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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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AS FOR THE PEOPLE, HE REMOVED THEM TO CITIES— Chandler, in his
Vindication, observes well, "that in ch. Genesis 41:48. we are told,
that Joseph _gathered up the food, and laid it up in the cities; the...
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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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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 br...
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HE REMOVED THEM TO CITIES. — Joseph’s object in this measure was
most merciful. As the corn was stored up in the cities, the people
would be sure of nourishment only if they were in the immediate
neig...
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וְ אֶ֨ת ־הָ עָ֔ם הֶעֱבִ֥יר אֹתֹ֖ו לֶ †
עָרִ֑ים מִ קְצֵ֥ה גְבוּל ־מִצְרַ֖יִם
וְ ע
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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 Egypti...
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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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And as for the people, he (g) removed them to cities from [one] end of
the borders of Egypt even to the [other] end thereof.
(g) By this changing they signified that they had nothing of their
own, bu...
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_People, "he transplanted" from, &c., as the Hebrew, Arabic, &c., now
read, by the change of one letter. Herodotus, ii. 108, says, the same
person has never a field there two years together. Didorus 1...
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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 deriv...
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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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21._And as for the people, he removed them to cities_. This removal
was, indeed, severe; but if we reflect how much better it was to
depart to another place; in order that they might be free cultivato...
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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 AS FOR THE PEOPLE, HE REMOVED THEM,.... From the places where they
dwelt, that it might appear they had no more property there, and might
forget it, and be more willing to pay rent elsewhere; and...
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_And as for the people, he removed them to cities from [one] end of
the borders of Egypt even to the [other] end thereof._
Ver. 21. _And as for the people, he removed them._] So to alter tim
propriet...
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_He removed them_, &c. He transplanted them, to show Pharaoh's
sovereign power over them, and that they might, in time, forget their
titles to their lands, and be the more easily reconciled to their n...
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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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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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Under the cities are here comprehended the villages and lands
belonging to the territory and government of each city; for the seed
which he gave them was not to be sown in cities, but in the country:...
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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 47:21 people H5971 moved H5674 (H8689) cities H5892 end H7097
borders H1366 Egypt H4714 end H7097
to cities - Genesis 41:48...
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‘And as for the people he removed them to the cities from one end of
the border of Egypt even to the other end of it.'
This refers to a largish part of the people and was probably for
administrative...
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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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A.M. 2303. B.C. 1701. And as. to cities. Genesis 41:48...
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He removed them to cities — He transplanted them, to shew Pharaoh's
sovereign power over them, and that they might, in time, forget their
titles to their lands, and be the easier reconciled to their n...