Genesis 47:13-17 NIV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Genesis 47:13-26

Care being taken of Jacob and his family, the preservation of which was especially designed by Providence in Joseph's advancement, an account is now given of the saving of the kingdom of Egypt too from ruin; for God is King of nations as well as King of saints, and provideth food for all flesh. Joseph now returns to the management of that great trust which Pharaoh had lodged in his hand. It would have been pleasing enough to him to have gone and lived with his father and brethren in Goshen;... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 47:13

And there was no bread in all the land ,.... The land of Egypt and the parts adjacent, but in Pharaoh's storehouses, all being consumed that were in private hands the first two years of the famine: for the famine was very sore ; severe, pressed very hard: so that the land of Egypt, and all the land of Canaan, fainted by reason of the famine ; that is, the inhabitants of both countries, their spirits sunk, as well as their flesh failed for want of food: or "raged" F2 תלה ... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 47:14

And Joseph gathered up all the money ,.... Not that he went about to collect it, or employed men to do it, but he gathered it, being brought to him for corn as follows: even all that was found in the land of Egypt, and in the land of Canaan, for the corn which they bought : by which means those countries became as bare of money as of provisions: and Joseph brought the money into Pharaoh's house : into his repository, as the Targum of Jonathan, into his treasury, not into his own... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 47:15

And when money failed in the land of Egypt, and in the land of Canaan ,.... It had been all spent in the third, fourth, and fifth years of the famine; for it seems to be at the end of the fifth, or beginning of the sixth year of the famine, that this was the case, since we after read of a second or following year, which was very plainly the last, since seed was given them to sow the land with, which shows the time of drought to be near at an end: all the Egyptians came unto Joseph, and... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 47:16

And Joseph said, give your cattle ,.... Oxen, sheep, horses, asses, as follows: and I will give you for your cattle, if money fail ; that is, corn for cattle, if they had no money to give. read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 47:17

And they brought their cattle unto Joseph ,.... Which they might the more readily do, since there was scarce any grass to feed them with; and though some of them were creatures used for food, yet might be so lean and poor for want of grass, as not to be fit to eat; and besides, they could do better without flesh than without bread: and Joseph gave them bread in exchange for horses ; with which Egypt abounded, to which many places of Scripture have respect, Deuteronomy 17:16 , and... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 47:14

Gathered up all the money - i. e., by selling corn out of the public stores to the people; and this he did till the money failed, Genesis 47:15 , till all the money was exchanged for corn, and brought into Pharaoh's treasury. Be sides the fifth part of the produce of the seven plentiful years, Joseph had bought additional corn with Pharaoh's money to lay up against the famine that was to prevail in the seven years of dearth; and it is very likely that this was sold out at the price for... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 47:16

Give your cattle - This was the wisest measure that could be adopted, both for the preservation of the people and of the cattle also. As the people had not grain for their own sustenance, consequently they could have none for their cattle; hence the cattle were in the most imminent danger of starving; and the people also were in equal danger, as they must have divided a portion of that bought for themselves with the cattle, which for the sake of tillage, etc., they wished of course to... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 47:13

Verse 13 13.And all the land of Canaan fainted. It was a memorable judgment of God, that the most fertile regions, which were accustomed to supply provisions for distant and transmarine nations, were reduced to such poverty that they were almost consumed. The word להה (lahah,) which Moses uses, is explained in two ways. Some say that they were driven to madness on account of the famine; others, that they were so destitute of food that they fainted; but whichever method of interpretation be... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 47:14

Verse 14 14.And Joseph gathered up all the money. Moses first declares that the Egyptian king had acted well and wisely, in committing the work of providing corn to the sole care and authority of Joseph. He then commends the sincere and faithful administration of Joseph himself. We know how few persons can touch the money of kings without defiling themselves by peculation. Amid such vast heaps of money, the opportunity of plundering was not less than the difficulty of self-restraint. But Moses... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Genesis 47:13-26

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 47:13

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 47:14

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 47:15

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 47:16

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 47:17

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 47:14

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 47:16

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 47:13

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 47:14

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