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Genesis 47:28
And Jacob lived in the land of Egypt seventeen years, so long the Lord permitted him to share the happiness of his children; so the whole age of Jacob was one hundred forty and seven years.
And Jacob lived in the land of Egypt seventeen years, so long the Lord permitted him to share the happiness of his children; so the whole age of Jacob was one hundred forty and seven years.
- 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 ...
GENESIS 47:27 TO GENESIS 48:22. JACOB EXTRACTS AN OATH THAT JOSEPH WILL BURY HIM IN CANAAN, AND BLESSES EPHRAIM AND MANASSEH. Genesis 47:22 f.,...
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,...
_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 t...
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...
וַ יְחִ֤י יַעֲקֹב֙ בְּ אֶ֣רֶץ מִצְרַ֔יִם שְׁב
JOSEPH VISITS HIS DYING FATHER Genesis 47:27; Genesis 48:1 How inexorable is the _must_ of death! For many years Jacob had exceeded the ordinary span of human life, and now, like the last apple on th...
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...
JACOB'S FINAL DAYS The writer gives a brief record of the rest of Jacob's life before he gives details of the events surrounding the time of his death. Jacob lived seventeen more years in Egypt and s...
It is somewhat remarkable that Jacob lost Joseph at the age of seventeen: and now the LORD grants the same number of years for them to be together. The intermediate space of Joseph's life, the LORD ha...
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...
28._And Jacob lived_. It was no common source of temptation to the holy old man, to be an exile from the land of Canaan, for so many years. Be it so, that on account of the famine, he was compelled to...
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 JACOB LIVED IN THE LAND OF EGYPT SEVENTEEN YEARS,.... He lived just the same term of years with Joseph in Egypt as he had lived with him in Syria and Canaan, Genesis 37:2; about two hours' walk fr...
And Jacob lived in the land of Egypt seventeen years: so the whole age of Jacob was an hundred forty and seven years. Ver. 28. _Jacob lived in the land of Egypt seventeen years._] So long he had nour...
Jacob lived seventeen years after he came into Egypt, far beyond his own expectation: seventeen years he had nourished Joseph, for so old he was when he was sold from him, and now, seventeen years _Jo...
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...
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...
THE WHOLE AGE OF JACOB: _ Heb._ the days of the years of his life...
27-31 At last the time drew nigh that Israel must die. Israel, a prince with God, had power over the Angel, and prevailed, yet must die. Joseph supplied him with bread, that he might not die by famin...
_ 1689_ No text from Poole on this verse....
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 47:28 Jacob H3290 lived H2421 (H8799) land H776 Egypt H4714 seventeen H6240 H7651 years H8141 length...
THE FAMILY TRIBE PROSPER - JACOB'S PLEA (GENESIS 47:27) Genesis 47:27 ‘And Israel dwelt in the land of Egypt, in the land of Goshen, and they obtained possessions in it and were fruitful, and multip...
WHOLE AGE Or, days of the years of his life....
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...
_And Israel dwelt in the land of Egypt, in the country of Goshen_ THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL IN GOSHEN I. THEIR QUIET POSSESSION OF THE LAND. 1. They had the means and appliances of prosperity, 2. The...
GENESIS—NOTE ON GENESIS 47:28 Jacob’s approaching death, at age 147, dominates the final chapters of Genesis 1:1. put your hand under my thig
GENESIS—NOTE ON GENESIS 47:27 While the Egyptians struggle to survive during the famine, Jacob’s family grows and prospers. The idea of being fruitful and multiplying first appears in Genesis 1:22,...
_MAIN HOMILETICS OF THE PARAGRAPH.— Genesis 47:27_ THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL IN GOSHEN I. Their quiet possession of the land. 1. _They had the means and appliances of prosperity._ They were saved from...
EXPOSITION GENESIS 47:28 AND JACOB LIVED IN THE LAND OF EGYPT SEVENTEEN YEARS: SO THE WHOLE AGE OF JACOB WAS (literally, _the days of Jacob, the years of his life, were_)_ _AN HUNDRED FORTY AND SEVEN...
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. 2315. B.C. 1689. seventeen. Genesis 37:2 the whole age. Heb. the days of the years of his life. Genesis 47:8 Genesis 47:9 Psalms 90:10...
Jacob lived seventeen years after he came into Egypt, far beyond his own expectation: seventeen years he had nourished Joseph, for so old he was when he was sold from him, and now, seventeen years Jos...