Genesis 47:5-10

5 Pharaoh said to Joseph, “Your father and your brothers have come to you,
6 and the land of Egypt is before you; settle your father and your brothers in the best part of the land. Let them live in Goshen. And if you know of any among them with special ability, put them in charge of my own livestock.”
7 Then Joseph brought his father Jacob in and presented him before Pharaoh. After Jacob blessed[a] Pharaoh,
8 Pharaoh asked him, “How old are you?”
9 And Jacob said to Pharaoh, “The years of my pilgrimage are a hundred and thirty. My years have been few and difficult, and they do not equal the years of the pilgrimage of my fathers.”
10 Then Jacob blessed[b] Pharaoh and went out from his presence.

Genesis 47:5-10 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO GENESIS 47

This chapter gives an account of the presentation of five of Joseph's brethren, and then of his father, to Pharaoh, and of what passed between them, Ge 47:1-10; of Joseph's settlement of them, according to the direction of Pharaoh, in the land of Rameses in Goshen, and of his provision for them there, Ge 47:11,12; of his getting into his hands, for Pharaoh, the money, cattle, and lands, of the Egyptians, excepting the lands belonging to the priests, for corn he had supplied them with, Ge 47:13-22; of his giving them seed to sow with, on condition of Pharaoh's having a fifth part of the produce, Ge 47:23-26, of the increase of Jacob's substance in Egypt, and that of his children; of the time of his living there, and his approaching death, when he called Joseph to him, and obliged him by an oath to bury him in the burying place of his fathers, Ge 47:27-31.

Cross References 10

  • 1. S Genesis 34:10
  • 2. S Genesis 13:9; S Genesis 45:18
  • 3. Exodus 18:21,25; Deuteronomy 1:13,15; 2 Chronicles 19:5; Psalms 15:2
  • 4. S Genesis 39:4
  • 5. S Genesis 43:15
  • 6. ver 10; 2 Samuel 14:22; 2 Samuel 19:39; 1 Kings 8:66
  • 7. S Genesis 25:7
  • 8. S Genesis 3:17; Psalms 39:4; Psalms 89:47; Hebrews 11:9,13
  • 9. Genesis 35:28; Job 8:9; Psalms 39:12
  • 10. S ver 7

Footnotes 2

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