_THEN JOSEPH CAME AND TOLD PHARAOH, AND SAID, MY FATHER AND MY BRETHREN, AND THEIR FLOCKS, AND THEIR HERDS, AND ALL THAT THEY HAVE, ARE COME OUT OF THE LAND OF CANAAN; AND, BEHOLD, THEY ARE IN THE LAND OF GOSHEN._ Joseph ... told Pharaoh ... My father and my brethren. Joseph furnishes a beautiful e... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND HE TOOK SOME OF HIS BRETHREN, EVEN FIVE MEN, AND PRESENTED THEM UNTO PHARAOH._ Took some of his brethren - probably the five oldest brothers, seniority being the least invidious principle of selection. But Jewish traditions say that Zebulun, Dan, Naphtali, Gad, and Asher were the brethren pres... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND PHARAOH SAID UNTO HIS BRETHREN, WHAT IS YOUR OCCUPATION? AND THEY SAID UNTO PHARAOH, THY SERVANTS ARE SHEPHERDS, BOTH WE, AND ALSO OUR FATHERS._ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continue Reading ]
_THEY SAID MOREOVER UNTO PHARAOH, FOR TO SOJOURN IN THE LAND ARE WE COME; FOR THY SERVANTS HAVE NO PASTURE FOR THEIR FLOCKS; FOR THE FAMINE IS SORE IN THE LAND OF CANAAN: NOW THEREFORE, WE PRAY THEE, LET THY SERVANTS DWELL IN THE LAND OF GOSHEN._ For to sojourn ... are we come. The royal conversati... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND PHARAOH SPAKE UNTO JOSEPH, SAYING, THY FATHER AND THY BRETHREN ARE COME UNTO THEE:_ NO JFB COMMENTARY ON THESE VERSES.... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND JOSEPH BROUGHT IN JACOB HIS FATHER, AND SET HIM BEFORE PHARAOH: AND JACOB BLESSED PHARAOH._ Joseph brought in ... There is a pathetic and most affecting interest attending this interview with royalty; and when, with all the simplicity and dignified solemnity of a man of God, Jacob signalized h... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND PHARAOH SAID UNTO JACOB, HOW OLD ART THOU?_ Pharaoh said unto Jacob ... The question was put from the deep and impressive interest which the appearance of the old patriarch had created in the minds of Pharaoh and his court. In the low-lying land of Egypt, and from the artificial habits of its... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND JACOB SAID UNTO PHARAOH, THE DAYS OF THE YEARS OF MY PILGRIMAGE ARE AN HUNDRED AND THIRTY YEARS: FEW AND EVIL HAVE THE DAYS OF THE YEARS OF MY LIFE BEEN, AND HAVE NOT ATTAINED UNTO THE DAYS OF THE YEARS OF THE LIFE OF MY FATHERS IN THE DAYS OF THEIR PILGRIMAGE._ The days ... Though 130 years o... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND JACOB BLESSED PHARAOH, AND WENT OUT FROM BEFORE PHARAOH._ Jacob blessed Pharaoh. Although "blessed" in its primary meaning denoted asking the divine blessing, the original word became a form of salutation at meeting and parting. Such forms of parting salutation, from the nature of the case, re... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND JOSEPH PLACED HIS FATHER AND HIS BRETHREN, AND GAVE THEM A POSSESSION IN THE LAND OF EGYPT, IN THE BEST OF THE LAND, IN THE LAND OF RAMESES, AS PHARAOH HAD COMMANDED._ Joseph placed ... in the best of the land - best pasture land in lower Egypt. Goshen, 'the land of verdure,' lay along the Pel... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND JOSEPH NOURISHED HIS FATHER, AND HIS BRETHREN, AND ALL HIS FATHER'S HOUSEHOLD, WITH BREAD, ACCORDING TO THEIR FAMILIES._ According to their families, х_ LªPIY_ (H6310) _ HATAAP_ (H2945)] - in proportion to, according to the number of the family.... [ Continue Reading ]
_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 refers to the second year of the famine (Genesis 45:6), when any little stores of individuals or familie... [ Continue Reading ]
_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._ Joseph said ... Behold ... The land being sold to the government (Genesis 47:19-20), seed would be distributed for the first crop after the famine,... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THE TIME DREW NIGH THAT ISRAEL MUST DIE: AND HE CALLED HIS SON JOSEPH, AND SAID UNTO HIM, IF NOW I HAVE FOUND GRACE IN THY SIGHT, PUT, I PRAY THEE, THY HAND UNDER MY THIGH, AND DEAL KINDLY AND TRULY WITH ME; BURY ME NOT, I PRAY THEE, IN EGYPT:_ The time drew nigh ... One only of his dying arra... [ Continue Reading ]