Genesis 41:48-56 ASV

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 41:50

Two sons - Whom he called by names expressive of God's particular and bountiful providence towards him. Manasseh, מנשה menashsheh , signifies forgetfulness, from נשה nashah , to forget; and Ephraim, אפרים ephrayim , fruitfulness, from פרה parah , to be fruitful; and he called his sons by these names, because God had enabled him to forget all his toil, disgrace, and affliction, and had made him fruitful in the very land in which he had suffered the greatest misfortune and... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 41:54

The seven years of dearth began to come - Owing in Egypt to the Nile not rising more than twelve or thirteen cubits; (See Clarke on Genesis 41:31 ; (note)); but there must have been other causes which affected other countries, not immediately dependent on the Nile, though remotely connected with Egypt and Canaan. The dearth was in all lands - All the countries dependent on the Nile. And it appears that a general drought had taken place, at least through all Egypt and Canaan; for it is... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 41:55

When all the land of Egypt was famished - As Pharaoh, by the advice of Joseph, had exacted a fifth part of all the grain during the seven years of plenty, it is very likely that no more was left than what was merely necessary to supply the ordinary demand both in the way of home consumption, and for the purpose of barter or sale to neighboring countries. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 41:56

Over all the face of the earth - The original, הארץ פני כל col peney haarets , should be translated, all the face of that land, viz., Egypt, as it is explained at the end of the verse. read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 41:50

Verse 50 50.And unto Joseph were born two sons. Although the names which Joseph gave his sons in consequence of the issue of his affairs, breathe somewhat of piety, because in them he celebrates the kindness of God: yet the oblivion of his father’s house, which, he says, had been brought upon him, can scarcely be altogether excused. It was a pious and holy motive to gratitude, that God had caused him to “forget” all his former miseries; but no honor ought to have been so highly valued, as to... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 41:53

Verse 53 53.And the seven years... were ended. Already the former unwonted fertility, which showed Joseph to have been a true prophet, had procured for him a name and reputation; and in this way the Egyptians had been restrained from raising any tumult against him. Nevertheless, it is wonderful that a people so proud should have borne, in the time of prosperity, the rule of a foreigner. But the famine which followed proved a more sharp and severe curb for the subjugation of their lofty and... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 41:55

Verse 55 55.Go unto Joseph. It is by no means unusual for kings, while their subjects are oppressed by extreme sufferings, to give themselves up to pleasures. But Moses here means something else; for Pharaoh does not exonerate himself from the trouble of distributing corn, because he wishes to enjoy a repose free from all inconvenience; but because he hassuch confidence in holy Joseph, that he willingly leaves all things to him, and does not allow him to be disturbed in the discharge of the... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 41:1-57

The tried man is now made ready by long experience for his position of responsibility and honor. He is thirty years old. He can commence his public ministry for the people of God and the world. Pharaoh's dreams, the kine and the ears of corn, like those of the butler and baker, have their natural element in them; but apart from the Spirit of God Joseph would not have dared to give them such an interpretation. Even had his intelligence penetrated the secret, he would not have ventured on a... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 41:46-57

Joseph on the second throne in Egypt. I. DURING THE SEVEN YEARS OF PLENTY . 1. His mature manhood ( Genesis 41:46 ). Thirteen years had elapsed since his brethren had sold him at Dothan, and during the interval what a checkered life had be experienced! Carried into Egypt by the spice caravan of the Midianitish traders, he had been sold a second time as a slave. Ten years had he served as a bondman, first as a valet to the provost marshal of the slaughterers, and then as... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 41:47-48

And in the seven plenteous years the earth brought forth by handfuls ( i.e. abundantly). And he (Joseph, through his subordinates) gathered up all the food ( i.e. all the portions levied) of the seven years, which were in the land of Egypt, and laid up the food in the cities :—men bringing corn into granaries appear upon the monuments at Beni-hassan— the food of the field, which was round about every city (literally, the food of the field of the city, which was in its environs ... read more

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 41:50

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 41:54

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 41:55

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 41:56

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 41:50

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 41:53

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 41:55

The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 41:1-57

The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 41:46-57

The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 41:47-48

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