Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary
Genesis 47:27
They had possessions, i.e. lands, not for the dominion or propriety of them, for that rested in Pharaoh, but for the use and profit of them for their present subsistence.
They had possessions, i.e. lands, not for the dominion or propriety of them, for that rested in Pharaoh, but for the use and profit of them for their present subsistence.
- 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 יֵּ֧שֶׁב יִשְׂרָאֵ֛ל בְּ אֶ֥רֶץ מִצְרַ֖יִם...
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...
27._And Israel dwelt in the land_. Moses does not mean that Jacob and his sons were proprietors of that land which Pharaoh had granted them as a dwelling-place, in the same manner in which the other p...
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 ISRAEL DWELT IN THE LAND OF EGYPT, IN THE COUNTRY OF GOSHEN,.... The historian returns to the account of the Israelites, having before observed the placing of them in Goshen by Joseph, at the dire...
And Israel dwelt in the land of Egypt, in the country of Goshen; and they had possessions therein, and grew, and multiplied exceedingly. Ver. 27. _Grew and multiplied exceedingly._] Here that promise...
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...
JOSEPH'S PROMISE TO JACOB...
And Israel dwelt in the land of Egypt, in the country of Goshen; and they had possessions therein, and grew and multiplied exceedingly. This statement summarizes the history of the children of Israel...
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...
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...
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 47:27 Israel H3478 dwelt H3427 (H8799) land H776 Egypt H4714 country H776 Goshen H1657 possessions H270 ...
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...
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 47:27 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 47:11 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...
dwelt. Genesis 47:11 grew. Genesis 8:7 Genesis 8:9 Genesis 13:16 Genesis 26:4