Gênesis 47:21

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21 Quanto ao povo, Jos茅 f锚-lo passar 锟絪 cidades, desde uma at茅 a outra extremidade dos confins do Egito.

Gênesis 47:21 Meaning and Commentary

Genesis 47:21

And as for the people, he removed them
From the places where they dwelt, that it might appear they had no more property there, and might forget it, and be more willing to pay rent elsewhere; and their posterity hereafter could have no notion of its being theirs, or plead prescription; and besides, by such a removal and separation of the inhabitants of cities, some to one place, and some to another, sedition and mutiny might be prevented: he had them

to cities, from [one] end of the borders of Egypt, even unto the
[other] end thereof;
according to the Targums of Jonathan and Jerusalem, those that dwelt in provinces, or in country towns and villages, he removed to cities, and those that dwelt in cities he removed into provinces, and placed them at the utmost distance from their former habitations, for the reasons before given; and the above Targums suggest another reason, to teach the Egyptians not to reproach the Israelites with being exiles and strangers, when they were all of them removed from their native places, and were strangers, where they were.

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Gênesis 47:21 In-Context

19 por que morreremos diante dos teus olhos, tanto n贸s como a nossa terra? Compra-nos a n贸s e a nossa terra em troca de p茫o, e n贸s e a nossa terra seremos servos de Fara贸; d谩-nos tamb茅m semente, para que vivamos e n茫o morramos, e para que a terra n茫o fique desolada.
20 Assim Jos茅 comprou toda a terra do Egito para Fara贸; porque os eg铆pcios venderam cada um o seu campo, porquanto a fome lhes era grave em extremo; e a terra ficou sendo de Fara贸.
21 Quanto ao povo, Jos茅 f锚-lo passar 锟絪 cidades, desde uma at茅 a outra extremidade dos confins do Egito.
22 Somente a terra dos sacerdotes n茫o a comprou, porquanto os sacerdotes tinham ra莽玫es de Fara贸, e eles comiam as suas ra莽玫es que Fara贸 lhes havia dado; por isso n茫o venderam a sua terra.
23 Ent茫o disse Jos茅 ao povo: Hoje vos tenho comprado a v贸s e a vossa terra para Fara贸; eis a铆 tendes semente para v贸s, para que semeeis a terra.
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