The (b) 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.
(b) Joseph's great modesty appears in that he would attempt nothing without the king's commandment.
Verse Genesis 47:6. _IN THE BEST OF THE LAND MAKE THY FATHER AND BRETHREN TO_ _dwell; in the land of Goshen let them dwell_] So it appears that the land of Goshen was the _best of the land of Egypt_....
- 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...
THE LAND OF EGYPT IS BEFORE THEE. A truly royal liberality breathes through the reply to their request in his answer through his prime minister. All that they had sought was liberty to dwell in the l...
MAKE THEM RULERS OVER MY CATTLE— These words seem much to strengthen the interpretation of the last verse in the former chapter, which affirms, that shepherds were not held as impious and profane by t...
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 PHARAOH SPAKE UNTO JOSEPH, SAYING, THY FATHER AND THY BRETHREN ARE COME UNTO THEE:_ NO JFB COMMENTARY ON THESE VERSES....
47:6 activity (b-34) Or 'men of worth,' or 'valour.'...
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...
‘Let them look after my cows.’ *Pharaoh offered employment to some of Jacob’s family. *Pharaoh expected that they would mix with the Egyptian people. But they did not mix. About 400 years after this t...
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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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...
Observe Jacob counts his years as days, so Job 14:1; Psalms 90:10; Psalms 90:10....
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...
6._The land of Egypt_. This is recorded not only to show that Jacob was courteously received, but also, that nothing was given him by Joseph but at the command of the king. For the greater was his pow...
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...
THE LAND OF EGYPT [IS] BEFORE THEE,.... To choose what part of it he should judge most suitable and agreeable to his father and brethren: IN THE BEST OF THE LAND MAKE THY FATHER AND BRETHREN TO DWELL...
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...
_Any man of activity_ Literally, according to the Hebrew, _If thou knowest_, and _there is among them men of strength or vigour_, (חיל,) namely, of body or mind, fit for the employment. From which exp...
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 land of Egypt is before thee, in the best of the land make thy father and brethren to dwell; he might give them places to live in whatsoever part he considered most excellent for their purposes, I...
JACOB AND FIVE OF HIS SONS PRESENTED TO PHARAOH...
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...
1-6 Though Joseph was a great man, especially in Egypt, yet he owned his brethren. Let the rich and great in the world not overlook or despise poor relations. Our Lord Jesus is not ashamed to call us...
THE LAND OF EGYPT IS BEFORE THEE, to view it, and take thy choice where thou pleasest, it is in thy power. See GENESIS 13:9. ANY MAN OF ACTIVITY, or, _of strength, _ or _vigour_ of body and mind, fit...
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 47:6 land H776 Egypt H4714 before H6440 father H1 brothers H251 dwell H3427 (H8685) best H4315 land...
Genesis 47:5 The land of Goshen may be designated as the Netherlands of Egypt. When the first settlers rested there, it was in the immediate neighbourhood of the court. The Israelitish life there must...
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...
_In the best of the land make thy father and brethren to dwell_ THE BEST GIFTS OF GOD BESTOWED ON HIS PEOPLE 1. In the first place, GOD GIVETH THE BEST UNTO HIS TRUE ISRAEL. He gives them a land of...
GENESIS—NOTE ON GENESIS 47:1 Joseph introduces FIVE of his brothers to Pharaoh, mentioning that his family is NOW IN THE LAND OF GOSHEN....
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 47:1 THEN JOSEPH CAME—literally, _and Joseph went, _up to the royal presence, as he had proposed (Genesis 46:31)—and told Pharaoh, and said, My father and my brethren, and their fl...
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...
is. Genesis 47:11 Genesis 13:9 Genesis 20:15 Genesis 34:10 Genesis
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...