Genesis 47:14 - Exposition

And Joseph gathered up —the verb, used only here of collecting money, usually signifies to gather things lying on the ground, as, e.g; ears of corn ( Ruth 2:3 ), stones ( Genesis 31:46 ), manna ( Exodus 16:14 ), flowers ( Song of Solomon 6:2 )— all the money (literally, silver ) that was found in the land of Egypt, and in the land of Canaan, for the corn which they bought: and Joseph (who in this matter was simply Pharaoh's steward) brought the money into Pharaoh's house ( i.e. deposited it in the royal treasury).