George Haydock's Catholic Commentary
Genesis 47:13
Chanaan. The whole world that was inhabited, and known to the Hebrews, felt perhaps the effect of this raging famine; but the countries here mentioned were the most afflicted. (Haydock)
Chanaan. The whole world that was inhabited, and known to the Hebrews, felt perhaps the effect of this raging famine; but the countries here mentioned were the most afflicted. (Haydock)
- 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...
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 ...
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...
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,...
_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...
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...
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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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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
13._And all the land of Canaan fainted_. It was a memorable judgment of God, that the most fertile regions, which were accustomed to supply provisions for distant and transmarine nations, were reduced...
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...
AND [THERE WAS] NO BREAD IN ALL THE LAND,.... The land of Egypt and the parts adjacent, but in Pharaoh's storehouses, all being consumed that were in private hands the first two years of the famine:...
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. Ver. 13. _The famine was very sore._]...
_The land fainted_ So the Chaldee renders the word תלה. That is, the spirits of the people were depressed and sunk within them, and their flesh also wasted for want of food. But many critics prefer tr...
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...
THE CONSEQUENCES OF THE SEVERE FAMINE....
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, they were wasting away for loss of strength....
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...
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...
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...
QUEST. Whence came it that the people in this extremity did not take the corn by force out of the several store-houses? ANSW. Besides that singular providence of God which watcheth over kings and rule...
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...
Genesis 47:13 bread H3899 land H776 famine H7458 very H3966 severe H3515 land H776 Egypt H4714 land H776 Canaan...
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...
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...
_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...
GENESIS—NOTE ON GENESIS 47:13 The FAMINE is so SEVERE that the Egyptians eventually run out of MONEY to buy GRAIN....
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...
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...
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...
A.M. 2300. B.C. 1704. so that. Genesis 41:30 Genesis 41:31 1 Kings 18:5 Jeremiah 14:1...
BLESSED AND MADE A BLESSING Genesis 47:1 INTRODUCTORY WORDS Chapter 46 of Genesis we are passing over with a few words of introduction, which will lead us into chapter 47, Chapter 46 is taken up, f...