Genesis 47
Overview
47:1 Joseph presents his father, and five of his brethren before Pharaoh;
47:11 He gives them habitation and maintenance;
47:13 He gets the Egyptians' money;
47:16 their cattle;
47:18 and their lands, except the priests', to Pharaoh;
47:23 He restores the land for a fifth;
47:28 Jacob's age;
47:29 He swears Joseph to bury him with his fathers. Verse 1 Joseph Genesis 45:16, 46:31; Habakkuk 2:11 in the land Genesis 45:10, 46:28, 46:34; Exodus 8:22, 9:26 Reciprocal Genesis 47:12 - according to their families; Acts 7:13 - Joseph Verse 2 presented Acts 7:13; 2 Corinthians 4:14; Colossians 1:28; Jude 1:24 Reciprocal Genesis 46:33 - What is Verse 3 What is Genesis 46:33, 46:34; Amos 7:14, 7:15; Jonah 1:8; 2 Thessalonians 3:10 shepherds Genesis 4:2 Reciprocal 46:32 - shepherds Verse 4 For to Genesis 12:10, 15:13; Deuteronomy 26:5; Psalm 105:23; Isaiah 52:4; Acts 7:6 for the famine Genesis 43:1; Acts 7:11 let thy Genesis 46:34 Reciprocal 47:6 - Goshen; Numbers 32:1 - the place; 2 Kings 8:1 - sojourn Verse 6 is Genesis 47:11, 13:9, 20:15, 34:10, 45:18-20; Proverbs 21:1; John 17:2 Goshen Genesis 47:4, 47:11 men of activityAnshey chayil, men of strength, power, ability, or prowess. It implies both fitness of mind and body; and so valour, prudence, diligence, and virtue.rulers Exodus 18:21; 1 Samuel 21:7; 1 Chronicles 27:29-31; 2 Chronicles 26:10; Proverbs 22:29 cattleMikneh, from kanah, to posses, signifies property or possession of any kind, though it frequently is used for cattle, because in ancient times they constituted the principal part of a man's possessions. Genesis 47:16; Exodus 9:3-6, 9:10, 9:21 Reciprocal Genesis 45:11 - General; Deuteronomy 23:7 - because thou; 1 Chronicles 27:30 - the Ishmaelite; Psalm 105:23 - Jacob Verse 7 And Jacob Genesis 47:10, 35:27; Exodus 12:32; Numbers 6:23, 6:24; Joshua 14:13; 1 Samuel 2:20; 2 Samuel 8:10; 19:39; 1 Kings 1:47; 2 Kings 4:29; Matthew 26:26; Luke 22:19; 1 Peter 2:17 Reciprocal Genesis 14:19 - he blessed; Joshua 22:6 - General; 2 Kings 10:15 - saluted; 1 Chronicles 16:2 - he blessed; Proverbs 16:31 - if; Luke 2:34 - blessed; Habakkuk 3:1 - the less Verse 8 How old art thouHeb. How many are the days of the years of thy life, Genesis 47:9 Reciprocal 25:8 - good; 47:28 - the whole age Verse 9 The days 1 Chronicles 29:15; Psalm 39:12, 119:19, 119:54; 2 Corinthians 5:6; Habakkuk 3:1-11:16, 3:1; 1 Peter 2:11 an hundred Job 14:1; Psalm 39:5, 89:47, 89:48, 90:3-12; James 4:14 have not Genesis 47:28, 5:27, 11:11, 11:24, 11:25, 25:7, 25:8, 35:28, 50:26; Exodus 6:4, 7:7; Deuteronomy 34:7; Joshua 24:29; 2 Samuel 19:32-35; Job 8:8, 8:9, 42:16, 42:17 Reciprocal Genesis 23:4 - stranger; 47:8 - How old art thou; 47:29 - must die; Leviticus 25:23 - for ye are; 2 Samuel 19:34 - How long have I to live; 2 Chronicles 24:15 - an hundred; Psalm 90:10 - The days; Proverbs 15:15 - All; Ecclesiastes 1:4 - One generation; 2:3 - all; 2:23 - all; 6:3 - so; 7:15 - have I; Jeremiah 28:3 - two full years; Habakkuk 3:1 - confessed; 1 Peter 1:17 - pass Verse 10 Genesis 47:7, 14:19; Numbers 6:23-27; Deuteronomy 33:1; Ruth 2:4; 2 Samuel 8:10, 19:39; Psalm 119:46; 129:8; Habakkuk 3:1 Reciprocal Joshua 14:13 - blessed; 22:6 - General; 2 Kings 10:15 - saluted; 1 Chronicles 16:2 - he blessed; Luke 18:16 - Suffer Verse 11 Rameses Genesis 47:6; Exodus 1:11, 12:37; John 10:10, 10:28, 14:2, 14:23, 17:2, 17:24 Reciprocal Genesis 47:26 - made it a law; 47:27 - dwelt; Numbers 33:3 - they departed; 1 Samuel 22:3 - Let my father; Isaiah 22:24 - hang Verse 12 nourished Ruth 4:15 his father Exodus 20:12; Matthew 15:4-6; Mark 7:10-13; 1 Timothy 4:8, 5:4, 5:8 according to their familiesor, as a little child is nourished, Heb. according to the little ones, Genesis 47:1, 47:21, 47:24; 1 Thessalonians 2:7 Reciprocal Genesis 37:9 - the sun; 42:36 - all these things are against me; 45:11 - General; 49:24 - the shepherd; 50:21 - I will nourish; Deuteronomy 23:7 - because thou; John 19:27 - Behold Verse 13 am so that Genesis 41:30, 41:31; 1 Kings 18:5; Jeremiah 14:1-6; Lamentations 2:19, 2:20, 4:9; Acts 7:11 fainted Jeremiah 9:12; Joel 1:10-12 Reciprocal Genesis 12:10 - was a; 41:36 - that the; 41:54 - and the dearth; Psalm 105:16 - brake Verse 14 the money Genesis 41:56 Joseph brought Luke 16:1, 16:2, 16:10-12; 1 Corinthians 4:2; 1 Peter 4:10
Verse 15 am Give us bread Genesis 47:18, 47:19, 47:24; Judges 8:5, 8:8; 1 Samuel 21:3, 25:8; Psalm 37:3; Isaiah 33:16; Matthew 6:11 Reciprocal Nehemiah 5:3 - mortgaged Verse 16 Give your cattleThis was the wisest measure that could be adopted, both for the preservation of the people and the cattle. As the people had not grain for their own sustenance, consequently they could have none for their cattle: hence they were in the most imminent danger of starving; and the people also were in equal danger; as they must have divided a portion of that bought for themselves with the cattle, which, for the sake of tillage, etc., they wished of course to preserve till the seven years' famine should end. Daniel 6:5-7; Proverbs 12:17; 1 Corinthians 10:32; Philippians 4:8; Colossians 4:5 Reciprocal Genesis 47:6 - cattle Verse 17 for horses Exodus 9:3; 1 Kings 10:28; Job 2:4; Isaiah 31:1; Matthew 6:24 fed themHeb. led them
Verse 18 am 2 Kings 6:26; Jeremiah 38:9 Reciprocal Genesis 45:6 - two years; 47:15 - Give us bread Verse 19 buy us Nehemiah 5:2, 5:3; Job 2:4; Lamentations 1:11, 5:6, 5:9; Matthew 16:26; Philippians 3:8, 3:9 and give Genesis 47:23 Reciprocal 47:15 - Give us bread; 47:26 - made it a law; Psalm 105:16 - brake; 2 Corinthians 9:10 - he Verse 20 Reciprocal Genesis 47:26 - made it a law Verse 21 am And asIt is highly probable, that Joseph was influenced by no political motive in removing the people to the cities, but merely by motives of prudence and humanity; for, as the corn was laid up in the cities, it would be more eligible to bring then from distant towns and villages to places where they might be more conveniently supplied with food.to cities Genesis 41:48 Reciprocal 47:12 - according to their families Verse 22 of the priestsor, princes, Genesis 14:18, 41:45, 41:50 *marg. 2 Samuel 8:18 for the priests Deuteronomy 12:19; Joshua 21:1-45; Ezra 7:24; Nehemiah 13:10; Matthew 10:10; 1 Corinthians 9:13; Galatians 6:6; 2 Thessalonians 3:10; 1 Timothy 5:17 Reciprocal Genesis 47:26 - made it a law Verse 23 bought Genesis 47:19 here is seed 41:27, 45:6; Psalm 41:1, 107:36, 107:37, 112:5; Proverbs 11:26, 12:11, 13:23; Ecclesiastes 11:6; Isaiah 28:24, 28:25, 55:10; Matthew 24:45; 2 Corinthians 9:10
Verse 24 the fifth part Genesis 47:25, 41:34; Leviticus 27:32; 1 Samuel 8:15-17; Psalm 41:1, 112:5 Reciprocal Genesis 47:12 - according to their families; 47:15 - Give us bread; 2 Corinthians 9:10 - he Verse 25 Thou hast Genesis 6:19, 41:45 *marg. 45:6-8, 50:20; Proverbs 11:26, 11:27 let us Genesis 18:3, 33:15; Ruth 2:13 Reciprocal Genesis 30:27 - favour; 32:5 - may find; 45:5 - God; 47:24 - the fifth part Verse 26 made it a lawFrom this history, and from Diodorus Siculus - lib. i.
we learn that the land of Egypt was divided into three parts: one belonged to the Priests - Genesis 47:22 and 47:26
a second was the king's - which appears to have been the land of Rameses, or Goshen, 47:11
the remainder was the subjects'. Now Joseph, having purchased the land of the people - 47:19 and 47:20
restored it, on the condition of their paying a fifth part of the produce to the king, beyond which he appears to have made no demand.except 47:22; Ezekiel 7:24 priestsor, princes, Genesis 47:22
Verse 27 dwelt Genesis 47:11 grew 8:7, 8:9, 13:16, 26:4, 28:14, 46:3; Exodus 1:7, 1:12; Deuteronomy 10:22, 26:5; Nehemiah 9:23; Psalm 105:24, 107:38; Zechariah 10:8; Acts 7:17 Reciprocal Genesis 34:10 - and the land; 48:4 - Behold I; Deuteronomy 23:7 - because thou Verse 28 am seventeen Genesis 37:2 the whole ageHeb. the days of the years of his life, 47:8 *marg. 47:9; Psalm 90:10, 90:12, 119:84 Reciprocal Genesis 35:28 - General; 50:26 - being an hundred and ten years old; Exodus 6:16 - an hundred; 2 Samuel 19:32 - fourscore; Job 42:16 - an; Psalm 105:23 - Jacob; Jeremiah 28:3 - two full years; 1 Timothy 5:4 - to requite Verse 29 must die Genesis 47:9, 3:19, 50:24; Deuteronomy 31:14; 2 Samuel 7:12, 14:14; 1 Kings 2:1; Job 7:1; 14:14, 30:23; Psalm 6:5, 49:7, 49:9, 89:48; Habakkuk 3:1 put Genesis 24:2 deal kindly 24:49 bury me not 50:24, 50:25; Acts 7:15, 7:16; Habakkuk 3:1 Reciprocal Genesis 33:10 - if now; 47:31 - And Israel bowed; 50:5 - made me; 50:12 - General; 1 Samuel 20:8 - deal kindly; 26:10 - his day; 1 Chronicles 29:24 - submitted themselves unto; Ecclesiastes 3:2 - and a time Verse 30 Genesis 23:19, 25:9, 49:29-32, 50:5-14, 50:25; 2 Samuel 19:37; 1 Kings 13:22; Nehemiah 2:3, 2:5 Reciprocal Genesis 49:31 - General Verse 31 Swear Genesis 24:3 And Israel bowedAs shachah, which primarily signifies to bow, denotes also to worship; and as mittah, a bed, pronounced matteh, is a staff; the LXX have taken the passage in the latter sense, and rendered it και προσεκυνησεν Ισραηλ επι το ακρον της ραβδου αυτου, "and Israel worshipped upon the top of his staff," which is literally copied by the apostle Paul, in his Epistle to the Hebrews. The present reading is, however, supported by the Masoretic pointing and the Targums; and is most probably correct, as it would appear that Jacob was confined to his bed. 47:29, 24:26, 48:1, 48:2; 1 Kings 1:47; Habakkuk 3:1