What does Genesis 47:12 mean? Commentary, explanation and study verse by verse.
"And Joseph nourished his father, and his brethren, and all his father's household, with bread, accordingb to their families."
- 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 ad...
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) Jacob...
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 Genesis 46:6 f. is from P, as are Genesis 47:5_...
JOSEPH NOURISHED HIS FATHER, ETC. He supported them, during this time of famine, out of the royal granaries. ACCORDING TO THEIR FAMILIES. A better rendering is, "According to their little ones." Th...
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 NOURISHED HIS FATHER, AND HIS BRETHREN, AND ALL HIS FATHER'S HOUSEHOLD, WITH BREAD, ACCORDING TO THEIR FAMILIES._ According to their families, х_ LªPIY_ (H6310) _ HATAAP_ (H2945)] - in pr...
47:12 ones. (c-23) Or 'according to the family.'...
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 br...
ACCORDING TO THEIR FAMILIES. — Heb., _according to the_ “_taf”_ This, as we have seen above, means “according to the clan or body of dependants possessed by each one.” Dan, with his one child, would h...
וַ יְכַלְכֵּ֤ל יֹוסֵף֙ אֶת ־אָבִ֣יו וְ אֶת ־אֶחָ֔יו וְ אֵ֖ת כָּל ־בֵּ֣ית אָבִ֑יו לֶ֖חֶם...
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...
And Joseph nourished his father, and his brethren, and all his father's household, with bread, (d) according to [their] families. (d) Some read that he fed them as little babies, because they could n...
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 deriv...
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...
12._And Joseph nourished his father, etc., according to their families _(185) Some explain the expression, “the mouth of the little one,” as if Joseph nourished his father and his whole family, in the...
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 NOURISHED HIS FATHER, AND HIS BRETHREN, AND HIS FATHER'S HOUSEHOLD, WITH BREAD,.... For though there might be in Rameses pasture sufficient for their cattle, yet not corn for their familie...
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 b...
_With bread according to their families_ לחם לפי השׂ Š, literally, _with bread to the mouth of the little one_ That is, as much as every one desired, without any restraint, _mouth_ being put for _desi...
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....
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...
ACCORDING TO THEIR FAMILIES: Or, as a little child is nourished. _Heb._ according to the little ones...
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...
Or, _according to the mouth of the family; mouth_ being put for their will or desire, as it is GENESIS 24:57 ISAIAH 30:2, as much as every one desired, without any restraint; or, _according to the man...
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 47:12 Joseph H3130 provided H3557 (H8770) father H1 brothers H251 fathers H1 household H1004 bread H3899 according H6310 families H2945 NOURISHED - RUTH 4:15 his father - Exodus 20:12; Matth...
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 Joseph nourished his father, and his brethren, and all his father’s household, with bread_ TYPES OF THE HOLY EUCHARIST I. WHO WAS THIS THAT FED HIS BRETHREN IN THE TIME OF DEARTH? Acts 7:11). Jo...
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., Genesis 45:...
CRITICAL NOTES.— Genesis 47:2. Five men.] The number _five_ was a favourite number with the Egyptians. (Genesis 41:34; Genesis 42:34; Genesis 45:22; Genesis 47:2).— GENESIS 47:7. JACOB BLESSED PHARA...
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...
nourished. Ruth 4:15 his father. Exodus 20:12 Matthew 15:4 Mark 7:10 1 Timothy 4:8 1 Timothy 5:4 1 Timothy 5:8 according to their families. or, as a little child is nourished. Genesis 47:1 Genesis 47:...
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...