Chapter 47

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Joseph Gen 45:16, Gen 46:31; Heb 2:11

in the land Gen 45:10, Gen 46:28, Gen 46:34; Exod 8:22, Exod 9:26


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presented Acts 7:13; 2Cor 4:14; Col 1:28; Jude 1:24


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What is Gen 46:33-34; Amos 7:14-15; Jonah 1:8; 2Thess 3:10

shepherds Gen 4:2


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For to Gen 12:10, Gen 15:13; Deut 26:5; Ps 105:23; Isa 52:4; Acts 7:6

for the famine Gen 43:1; Acts 7:11

let thy Gen 46:34


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is Gen 47:11, Gen 13:9, Gen 20:15, Gen 34:10, Gen 45:18-20; Prov 21:1; John 17:2

Goshen Gen 47:4, Gen 47:11

men of activity Anshey chayil, men of strength, power, ability, or prowess. It implies both fitness of mind and body; and so valour, prudence, diligence, and virtue.

rulers Exod 18:21; 1Sam 21:7; 1Chr 27:29-31; 2Chr 26:10; Prov 22:29

cattle Mikneh, from kanah, to posses, signifies property or possession of any kind, though it frequently is used for cattle, because in ancient times they constituted the principal part of a man's possessions. Gen 47:16; Exod 9:3-6, Exod 9:10, Exod 9:21


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And Jacob Gen 47:10, Gen 35:27; Exod 12:32; Num 6:23-24; Josh 14:13; 1Sam 2:20; 2Sam 8:10; 2Sam 19:39; 1Kgs 1:47; 2Kgs 4:29; Matt 26:26; Luke 22:19; 1Pet 2:17


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How old art thou Heb. How many are the days of the years of thy life, Gen 47:9


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The days 1Chr 29:15; Ps 39:12, Ps 119:19, Ps 119:54; 2Cor 5:6; Heb 11:9-16, Heb 13:14; 1Pet 2:11

an hundred Job 14:1; Ps 39:5, Ps 89:47-48, Ps 90:3-12; Jas 4:14

have not Gen 47:28, Gen 5:27, Gen 11:11, Gen 11:24-25, Gen 25:7-8, Gen 35:28, Gen 50:26; Exod 6:4, Exod 7:7; Deut 34:7; Josh 24:29; 2Sam 19:32-35; Job 8:8-9, Job 42:16-17


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Gen 47:7, Gen 14:19; Num 6:23-27; Deut 33:1; Ruth 2:4; 2Sam 8:10, 2Sam 19:39; Ps 119:46; Ps 129:8; Heb 7:7


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Rameses Gen 47:6; Exod 1:11, Exod 12:37; John 10:10, John 10:28, John 14:2, John 14:23, John 17:2, John 17:24


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nourished Ruth 4:15

his father Exod 20:12; Matt 15:4-6; Mark 7:10-13; 1Tim 4:8, 1Tim 5:4, 1Tim 5:8

according to their families or, as a little child is nourished, Heb. according to the little ones, Gen 47:1, Gen 47:21, Gen 47:24; 1Thess 2:7


13
am 2300, bc 1704

so that Gen 41:30-31; 1Kgs 18:5; Jer 14:1-6; Lam 2:19-20, Lam 4:9; Acts 7:11

fainted Jer 9:12; Joel 1:10-12


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the money Gen 41:56

Joseph brought Luke 16:1-2, Luke 16:10-12; 1Cor 4:2; 1Pet 4:10


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am 2301, bc 1703

Give us bread Gen 47:18-19, Gen 47:24; Judg 8:5, Judg 8:8; 1Sam 21:3, 1Sam 25:8; Ps 37:3; Isa 33:16; Matt 6:11


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Give your cattle This was the wisest measure that could be adopted, both for the preservation of the people and the cattle. As the people had not grain for their own sustenance, consequently they could have none for their cattle. Hence they 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 preserve till the seven years' famine should end. Dan 6:5-7; Prov 12:17; 1Cor 10:32; Phil 4:8; Col 4:5


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for horses Exod 9:3; 1Kgs 10:28; Job 2:4; Isa 31:1; Matt 6:24

fed them Heb. led them


18
am 2302, bc 1702, 2Kgs 6:26; Jer 38:9


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buy us Neh 5:2-3; Job 2:4; Lam 1:11, Lam 5:6, Lam 5:9; Matt 16:26; Phil 3:8-9

and give Gen 47:23


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am 2303, bc 1701

And as It is highly probable, that Joseph was influenced by no political motive in removing the people to the cities, but merely by motives of prudence and humanity; for, as the corn was laid up in the cities, it would be more eligible to bring then from distant towns and villages to places where they might be more conveniently supplied with food.

to cities Gen 41:48


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of the priests or, princes, Gen 14:18, Gen 41:45, Gen 41:50 *marg. 2Sam 8:18

for the priests Deut 12:19; Josh 21:1-45; Ezra 7:24; Neh 13:10; Matt 10:10; 1Cor 9:13; Gal 6:6; 2Thess 3:10; 1Tim 5:17


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bought Gen 47:19

here is seed Gen 41:27, Gen 45:6; Ps 41:1, Ps 107:36-37, Ps 112:5; Prov 11:26, Prov 12:11, Prov 13:23; Eccl 11:6; Isa 28:24-25, Isa 55:10; Matt 24:45; 2Cor 9:10


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the fifth part Gen 47:25, Gen 41:34; Lev 27:32; 1Sam 8:15-17; Ps 41:1, Ps 112:5


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Thou hast Gen 6:19, Gen 41:45 *marg. Gen 45:6-8, Gen 50:20; Prov 11:26-27

let us Gen 18:3, Gen 33:15; Ruth 2:13


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made it a law From this history, and from Diodorus Siculus (lib. i.), we learn that the land of Egypt was divided into three parts: one belonged to the Priests (Gen 47:22 and Gen 47:26); a second was the king's (which appears to have been the land of Rameses, or Goshen, Gen 47:11); the remainder was the subjects'. Now Joseph, having purchased the land of the people (Gen 47:19 and Gen 47:20), restored it, on the condition of their paying a fifth part of the produce to the king, beyond which he appears to have made no demand.

except Gen 47:22; Ezek 7:24

priests or, princes, Gen 47:22


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dwelt Gen 47:11

grew Gen 8:7, Gen 8:9, Gen 13:16, Gen 26:4, Gen 28:14, Gen 46:3; Exod 1:7, Exod 1:12; Deut 10:22, Deut 26:5; Neh 9:23; Ps 105:24, Ps 107:38; Zech 10:8; Acts 7:17


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am 2315, bc 1689

seventeen Gen 37:2

the whole age Heb. the days of the years of his life, Gen 47:8 *marg. Gen 47:9; Ps 90:10, Ps 90:12, Ps 119:84


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must die Gen 47:9, Gen 3:19, Gen 50:24; Deut 31:14; 2Sam 7:12, 2Sam 14:14; 1Kgs 2:1; Job 7:1; Job 14:14, Job 30:23; Ps 6:5, Ps 49:7, Ps 49:9, Ps 89:48; Heb 9:27

put Gen 24:2

deal kindly Gen 24:49

bury me not Gen 50:24-25; Acts 7:15-16; Heb 11:22


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Gen 23:19, Gen 25:9, Gen 49:29-32, Gen 50:5-14, Gen 50:25; 2Sam 19:37; 1Kgs 13:22; Neh 2:3, Neh 2:5


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Swear Gen 24:3

And Israel bowed As shachah, which primarily signifies to bow, denotes also to worship; and as mittah, a bed, pronounced matteh, is a staff; the LXX have taken the passage in the latter sense, and rendered it και προσεκυνησεν Ισραηλ επι το ακρον της ραβδου αυτου, "and Israel worshipped upon the top of his staff," which is literally copied by the apostle Paul, in his Epistle to the Hebrews. The present reading is, however, supported by the Masoretic pointing and the Targums; and is most probably correct, as it would appear that Jacob was confined to his bed. Gen 47:29, Gen 24:26, Gen 48:1-2; 1Kgs 1:47; Heb 11:21


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