Genesis 47:7

7 Joseph brachte auch seinen Vater Jakob hinein und stellte ihn vor Pharao. Und Jakob segnete den Pharao.

Genesis 47:7 Meaning and Commentary

Genesis 47:7

And Joseph brought in Jacob his father
That is, some time after he had introduced his five brethren, and had gotten the grant of Goshen for them, when he sent, for his father from thence, or he came quickly after to Tanis or Memphis, where Pharaoh's court was: and set him before Pharaoh;
presented Jacob to him, and placed his father right before Pharaoh, perhaps in a chair, or on a seat, by Pharaoh's order, because of his age, and in honour to him: and Jacob blessed Pharaoh;
wished him health and happiness, prayed for his welfare, and gave him thanks for all his kindness to him and his; and he blessed him not only in a way of civility, as was usual when men came into the presence of princes, but in an authoritative way, as a prophet and patriarch, a man divinely inspired of God, and who had great power in prayer with him: the Targum of Jonathan gives us his prayer thus,

``may it be the pleasure (i.e. of God) that the waters of the Nile may be filled, and that the famine may remove from the world in thy days.''

Genesis 47:7 In-Context

5 Pharao sprach zu Joseph: Es ist dein Vater und sind deine Brüder, die sind zu dir gekommen; {~}

6 das Land Ägypten steht dir offen, laß sie am besten Ort des Landes wohnen, laß sie im Lande Gosen wohnen; und so du weißt, daß Leute unter ihnen sind, die tüchtig sind, so setze sie über mein Vieh.

7 Joseph brachte auch seinen Vater Jakob hinein und stellte ihn vor Pharao. Und Jakob segnete den Pharao.

8 Pharao aber fragte Jakob: Wie alt bist du?

9 Jakob sprach: Die Zeit meiner Wallfahrt ist hundertdreißig Jahre; wenig und böse ist die Zeit meines Lebens und langt nicht an die Zeit meiner Väter in ihrer Wallfahrt. {~}