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 (c) Rameses, as Pharaoh had commanded.
(c) Which was a city in the country of Goshen, (Exodus 1:11).
- 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 46:1 TO GENESIS 47:12. JACOB AND HIS DESCENDANTS GO DOWN INTO EGYPT AND SETTLE IN GOSHEN. The list in Genesis 46:8 with the introductory verses...
III.. SRAEL IN GOSHEN. 11. AND JOSEPH PLACED HIS FATHER AND HIS BRETHREN. Joseph, as prime minister, carried out the royal grant, and placed the Hebrew tribe in the land of Goshen. It was given to th...
IN THE LAND OF RAMESES— Some great writers are of opinion, that Rameses is the name of a king, and that the part assigned to the family of Jacob belonged to the royal territories. There was certainly...
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 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 b...
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...
LAND OF RAMESES] or Raamses. Evidently identical with the 'land of Goshen '(Genesis 47:4 and Genesis 47:6). The name here is probably anticipatory of the time of the great Rameses, who made his court...
When Jacob initially decided to go to Egypt, he expected to go for a short time. He expected to stay in Egypt until the *famine was over. He did not expect to own property in Egypt. But Joseph gave th...
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 יֹּושֵׁ֣ב יֹוסֵף֮ אֶת ־אָבִ֣יו וְ אֶת
PHARAOH WELCOME'S JOSEPH'S RELATIVES Genesis 46:28; Genesis 47:1 What a meeting between father and son! If the old man were sitting in the corner of the lumbering wagon, weary with the long journey,...
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 STATESMANSHIP Joseph directed all the members of his father's household to say they were shepherds. He well knew the attitude of the Egyptians toward nomadic herdsmen. They thought of shephe...
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...
Hebrews 7:7....
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...
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 JOSEPH PLACED HIS FATHER AND HIS BRETHREN, AND GAVE THEM A POSSESSION IN THE LAND OF EGYPT,.... Houses to dwell in, lands to till, and pastures to feed their flocks and herds in: IN THE BEST OF T...
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 Ram...
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 Joseph placed his father and his brethren, he assigned them land where they might live, AND GAVE THEM A POSSESSION IN THE LAND OF EGYPT, IN THE BEST OF THE LAND, IN THE LAND OF RAMESES, another na...
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...
7-12 With the gravity of old age, the piety of a true believer, and the authority of a patriarch and a prophet, Jacob besought the Lord to bestow a blessing upon Pharaoh. He acted as a man not ashame...
THE LAND OF RAMESES; a part of the land of Goshen, possibly that part where afterwards the city Rameses was built by the Israelites, EXODUS 1:11, EXODUS 12:37, whence it is so called here by anticipat...
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 47:11 Joseph H3130 situated H3427 (H8686) father H1 brothers H251 gave H5414 (H8799) possession H272 land...
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...
GENESIS—NOTE ON GENESIS 47:11 Joseph assigns land to his family in the LAND OF RAMESES. Previously, the name “land of Goshen” has been used for the territory where they were to live (e.g.,...
CRITICAL NOTES.— Genesis 47:2. Five men.] The number _five_ was a favourite number with the Egyptians. (Genesis 41:34; Genesis 42:34; Gene
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...
Raamses. Genesis 47:6 Exodus 1:11 Exodus 12:37 John 10:10 John 10:28...
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...