Génesis 47:7

7 Entonces José hizo entrar a su padre Jacob y se lo presentó al faraón. Entonces Jacob bendijo al faraón.

Génesis 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.''

Génesis 47:7 In-Context

5 Entonces el faraón le dijo a José: «Ahora que tu padre y tus hermanos han venido a estar aquí contigo,

6 escoge el lugar que quieras en toda la tierra de Egipto para que ellos vivan. Dales la mejor tierra de Egipto. Que vivan en la región de Gosén, y si alguno de ellos tiene alguna destreza especial, ponlo a cargo de mis rebaños también».

7 Entonces José hizo entrar a su padre Jacob y se lo presentó al faraón. Entonces Jacob bendijo al faraón.

8 —¿Cuántos años tienes? —le preguntó el faraón.

9 Jacob respondió:
—He andado por este mundo ya ciento treinta arduos años; pero mi vida ha sido corta en comparación con la de mis antepasados.