Genesis 47:8-31 NIV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Genesis 47:1-12

Here is, I. The respect which Joseph, as a subject, showed to his prince. Though he was his favourite, and prime-minister of state, and had had particular orders from him to send for his father down to Egypt, yet he would not suffer him to settle till he had given notice of it to Pharaoh, Gen. 47:1. Christ, our Joseph, disposes of his followers in his kingdom as it is prepared of his Father, saying, It is not mine to give, Matt. 20:23. II. The respect which Joseph, as a brother, showed to his... read more

Matthew Henry

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

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Genesis 47:27-31

Observe, 1. The comfort Jacob lived in (Gen. 47:27, 28); while the Egyptians were impoverished in their own land, Jacob was replenished in a strange land. He lived seventeen years after he came into Egypt, far beyond his own expectation. Seventeen years he had nourished Joseph (for so old he was when he was sold from him, Gen. 37:2), and now, by way of requital, seventeen years Joseph nourished him. Observe how kindly Providence ordered Jacob's affairs, that when he was old, and least able to... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 47:8

And Pharaoh said unto Jacob, how old art thou? Or, "how many are the days of the years of thy life?" which way of speaking Jacob takes up, and very pertinently makes use of in his answer that follows: Dr. Lightfoot F13 Works, vol. 1. p. 667. thinks Pharaoh had never seen so old a man before, so grave a head, and so grey a beard, and in admiration asked this question. read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 47:9

Jacob said unto Pharaoh, the days of the years of my pilgrimage are an hundred and thirty years ,.... He calls his life a "pilgrimage"; as every good man's is; they are not at home in their own country, they are seeking a better, even an heavenly one: Jacob's life was very emphatically and literally a pilgrimage; he first dwelt in Canaan, from thence he removed to Padanaram, and sojourned there awhile, and then came to Canaan again; for some time he dwelt at Succoth, and then at Shechem,... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 47:10

And Jacob blessed Pharaoh, and went out from before Pharaoh. When he took his leave of him, he blessed him, in like manner as when he came into his presence, by wishing all happiness to him, and giving him thanks for the honour he had done him, and the favours he had conferred on him and his. read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 47:11

And Joseph placed his father and his brethren, and gave them a possession in the land of Egypt ,.... Houses to dwell in, lands to till, and pastures to feed their flocks and herds in: in the best of the land, in the land of Rameses, as Pharaoh commanded ; according to Jarchi and Aben Ezra, the land of Rameses was a part of the land of Goshen: Jerom F15 De locis Heb. fol. 94. A. says, that Rameses was a city the children of Israel built in Egypt, and that the province was formerly... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 47:12

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 families, the famine still continuing; during which time Joseph, as a dutiful and affectionate son, and as a kind brother, supplied them with all necessary provision, signified by bread: according to their families ; according to the number of them, some of his brethren having more and others... 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

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Genesis 47:1-12

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

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Genesis 47:27-31

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 47:8

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 47:9

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 47:10

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 47:11

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 47:12

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

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

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