Genesis 47:10

10 And Jacob ¹blessed Pharaoh and went out from the presence of Pharaoh.

Genesis 47:10 Meaning and 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.

Genesis 47:10 In-Context

8 And Pharaoh said to Jacob, "How many are the days of the years of your life?"

9 And Jacob said to Pharaoh, "The days of the years of my sojourning are 130 years. Few and evil have been the days of the years of my life, and they have not attained to the days of the years of the life of my fathers in the days of their sojourning."

10 And Jacob blessed Pharaoh and went out from the presence of Pharaoh.

11 Then Joseph settled his father and his brothers and gave them a possession in the land of Egypt, in the best of the land, in the land of Rameses, as Pharaoh had commanded.

12 And Joseph provided his father, his brothers, and all his father's household with food, according to the number of their dependents.

Cross References

• 1. ver. 7