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. _Ver. l. Then Joseph came and told Pharaoh._] This was great wisdom in him, to do not... [ Continue Reading ]
_And he took some of his brethren, [even] five men, and presented them unto Pharaoh._ Ver. 2. _Even five men._] R. Solomon telleth us (but who told him?) which five they were; sc., Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Issachar, and Benjamin.... [ 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. Ver. 3. _What is your occupation?_] That they had an occupation Pharaoh took for granted. God made Leviathan to play in the sea; Psa 104:26 but n... [ 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. Ver. 4. _For to sojourn in the land are we come._] A... [ Continue Reading ]
And Pharaoh spake unto Joseph, saying, Thy father and thy brethren are come unto thee: Ver. 5. _And Pharaoh spake unto Joseph._] Kind he was, and constant, to so good a servant; as Darius likewise was to his Zopyrus, whom he preferred before the taking of twenty Babylons; _a_ the King of Poland to... [ Continue Reading ]
The land of Egypt [is] before thee; in the best of the land make thy father and brethren to dwell; in the land of Goshen let them dwell: and if thou knowest [any] men of activity among them, then make them rulers over my cattle. Ver. 6. _If thou knowest any men of activity._] Or ability of body and... [ Continue Reading ]
_And Joseph brought in Jacob his father, and set him before Pharaoh: and Jacob blessed Pharaoh._ Ver. 7. _Jacob blessed Pharaoh._] That is, he prayed God to bless him, both at meeting and parting. To salute is comely: but see that ye be hearty, not frothy; prayerful, not complimental. We are heirs... [ Continue Reading ]
And Pharaoh said unto Jacob, How old [art] thou? Ver. 8. _And Pharaoh said unto Jacob._] This king took not pleasure, as those Persian kings did, in a wild retiredness, or stern austerity, but in a mild affableness, and heart attracting courtesy, He shows not himself strange or stoical, but sweet a... [ 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._ Ver. 9. _The days of the year... [ Continue Reading ]
And Jacob blessed Pharaoh, and went out from before Pharaoh. Ver. 10. _See Trapp on "_ Gen 47:7 _"_... [ 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. Ver. 11. _In the land of Rameses._] That is, in the whole territory where Rameses was afterwards built. Exo 1:11... [ Continue Reading ]
And Joseph nourished his father, and his brethren, and all his father's household, with bread, according to [their] families. Ver. 12. _And Joseph nourished his father._] For which end he was "sent before" Psa 105:17 by God: and for whose sake so many thousands were preserved, that else would have... [ 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. Ver. 13. _The famine was very sore._] Of this famine mention is made by Justin, lib. i., and Orosius, lib. i., cap. 8. _ So that the land... [ Continue Reading ]
_And 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._ Ver. 14. _And Joseph gathered up all the money._] There is something, then, besides grace, that is better than mo... [ Continue Reading ]
And when money failed in the land of Egypt, and in the land of Canaan, all the Egyptians came unto Joseph, and said, Give us bread: for why should we die in thy presence? for the money faileth. Ver. 15. _Why should we die in thy presence?_] When it is in thy power to save us alive in this our extre... [ Continue Reading ]
And Joseph said, Give your cattle; and I will give you for your cattle, if money fail. Ver. 16. _Give your cattle._] _See Trapp on "_ Gen 47:17 _"_... [ Continue Reading ]
And they brought their cattle unto Joseph: and Joseph gave them bread [in exchange] for horses, and for the flocks, and for the cattle of the herds, and for the asses: and he fed them with bread for all their cattle for that year. Ver. 17. _And Joseph gave them bread in exchange,_] An ancient and y... [ Continue Reading ]
When that year was ended, they came unto him the second year, and said unto him, We will not hide [it] from my lord, how that our money is spent; my lord also hath our herds of cattle; there is not ought left in the sight of my lord, but our bodies, and our lands: Ver. 18. _We will not hide it from... [ Continue Reading ]
_Wherefore shall we die before thine eyes, both we and our land? buy us and our land for bread, and we and our land will be servants unto Pharaoh: and give [us] seed, that we may live, and not die, that the land be not desolate._ Ver. 19. _Buy us and our land for bread._] It was their own desire, t... [ Continue Reading ]
And Joseph bought all the land of Egypt for Pharaoh; for the Egyptians sold every man his field, because the famine prevailed over them: so the land became Pharaoh's. Ver. 20. So the land became Pharaoh's.] _Regi acquisivit imperium despoticum._ This the Egyptians would never have yielded unto, but... [ Continue Reading ]
_And as for the people, he removed them to cities from [one] end of the borders of Egypt even to the [other] end thereof._ Ver. 21. _And as for the people, he removed them._] So to alter tim propriety of their land, and to settle it upon Pharaoh; who with his own money had bought it. See his pruden... [ Continue Reading ]
Only the land of the priests bought he not; for the priests had a portion [assigned them] of Pharaoh, and did eat their portion which Pharaoh gave them: wherefore they sold not their lands. Ver. 22. _Only the land of the priests bought he not._] Ministers' maintenance, we see, is of the law of natu... [ 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._ Ver. 23. _Lo, seed for you, and ye shall sow._] This was the last of the seven years of famine: they might therefore sow "in hope." 1Co 9:10 _Spes... [ Continue Reading ]
_And it shall come to pass in the increase, that ye shall give the fifth [part] unto Pharaoh, and four parts shall be your own, for seed of the field, and for your food, and for them of your households, and for food for your little ones._ Ver. 24. _Ye shall give the fifth part._] _See Trapp on "_ G... [ Continue Reading ]
And they said, Thou hast saved our lives: let us find grace in the sight of my lord, and we will be Pharaoh's servants. Ver. 25. _Let us find grace._] That is, Do us the favour to intercede for us to Pharaoh, that we may be his perpetual farmers, and hold of him. It seems that Pharaoh was no proper... [ Continue Reading ]
And Joseph made it a law over the land of Egypt unto this day, [that] Pharaoh should have the fifth [part]; except the land of the priests only, [which] became not Pharaoh's. Ver. 26. _Except the land of the priests only._] _See Trapp on "_ Gen 47:22 _"_... [ Continue Reading ]
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 in Gen 46:3 began to be accomplished. God dies not in any man's debt.... [ Continue Reading ]
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 nourished Joseph; and so long Joseph nourished him; paying his αντιθρεπτηρια to the utmost penny. These... [ 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: Ver. 29. _Bury me not, I pray thee, in Egypt._] Thi... [ Continue Reading ]
But I will lie with my fathers, and thou shalt carry me out of Egypt, and bury me in their buryingplace. And he said, I will do as thou hast said. Ver. 30. _Bury me in their burying place._] That he might keep possession, at least by his dead body, of the Promised Land. There they would be buried,... [ Continue Reading ]
And he said, Swear unto me. And he sware unto him. And Israel bowed himself upon the bed's head. Ver. 31. _And Israel bowed himself._] In way of thankfulness to God, framing himself to the lowliest gesture he was able; rearing himself up upon his pillow, "leaning" also "upon" his third leg, "his st... [ Continue Reading ]