The Biblical Illustrator - Genesis 47:13-26
Genesis 47:13-26Joseph gathered up all the money that was found in the land of Egypt, and in the Land of Canaan, for the corn which they bought: and Joseph brought the money into Pharaoh’s houseThe morality of Joseph’s administrationThe significance of the transaction is obvious; it brought men back to first principles; made them feel, in a very practical way, their absolute dependence on God, and on that one man through whom God was pleased to deal with them.But what are we to think about its... read more
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - Genesis 47:1-31
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 describing the five valiant and enterprising Danites. Genesis 47:8. How old art thou? Pharaoh appears to have been struck with Jacob’s gray hairs, and venerable appearance. His troubles had probably made him look older than he really was. Genesis 47:10. Jacob blessed Pharaoh, being a patriarch,... read more