Genesis 47:25 - Exposition

And they said, Thou hast saved our lives (literally, thou hast kept us alive ): let us find grace in the sight of my lord ( i.e. let us have the land on these favorable terms), and we will be Pharaoh's servants . "That a sort of feudal service is here intended—the service of free laborers, not bondmen—we may learn from the relationship of the Israelites to God, which was formed after the plan of this Egyptian model" (Gerlach).