Thou hast: Genesis 6:19, Genesis 41:45, *marg. Genesis 45:6-Ruth :, Genesis 50:20, Proverbs 11:26, Proverbs 11:27 let us: Genesis 18:3, Genesis 33:15, Ruth 2:13 Reciprocal: Genesis 30:27 - favour Genesis 32:5 - may find Genesis 45:5 - God Genesis 47:24 - the fifth part read more
made it a law: From this history, and from Diodorus Siculus - lib. i. we learn that the land of Egypt was divided into three parts: one belonged to the Priests - Genesis 47:22, and Genesis 47:26, a second was the king's - which appears to have been the land of Rameses, or Goshen, Genesis 47:11, the remainder was the subjects'. Now Joseph, having purchased the land of the people - Genesis 47:19, and Genesis 47:20, restored it, on the condition of their paying a fifth part of the produce to the... read more
And as for the people, he removed them to cities from one end of the borders of Egypt even to the other end thereof.He removed them to cities — He transplanted them, to shew Pharaoh's sovereign power over them, and that they might, in time, forget their titles to their lands, and be the easier reconciled to their new condition of servitude. How hard soever this seems to have been upon them, they themselves were sensible of it as a great kindness, and were thankful they were not worse used. read more
21. Removed them to cities For greater convenience in supplying them with food; for he had stored the grain in the cities . Genesis 41:48. read more
22. Land of the priests bought he not Pharaoh’s reverence for the ministers of religion would not allow an alienation of their land from them . Their portion which Pharaoh gave them During the years of famine he ordered them to be supplied from the public treasury, without money and without price . This is represented as Pharaoh’s act rather than Joseph’s . The latter, of course, would not interfere . He had married the daughter of one of the priests . But the sacred writer clearly... read more
23. I have bought you This fact gave him the opportunity to dictate the future policy of the kingdom as to the royal revenue; a policy which the people were probably now prepared to see the wisdom of, and to which they readily acceded . Genesis 47:25. read more
26. Joseph made it a law It has been thought exorbitant and oppressive that Pharaoh should have the fifth part of the produce of the land. But we should observe, 1) That during the years of plenty the land of Egypt yielded an excessive abundance, (Genesis 41:47; Genesis 41:49,) and the Egyptians had no difficulty in laying up one fifth . 2) The people made no objection to Joseph’s law . 3) The liability of that land to suffer from famine made it a simple matter of wise government to lay... read more
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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - Genesis 47:24
the fifth part: Genesis 47:25, Genesis 41:34, Leviticus 27:32, 1 Samuel 8:15-Esther :, Psalms 41:1, Psalms 112:5 Reciprocal: Genesis 47:12 - according to their families Genesis 47:15 - Give us bread 2 Corinthians 9:10 - he read more