1 Joseph presents his father, and five of his brethren before Pharaoh.
11 He gives them habitation and maintenance.
13 He gets the Egyptian's money;
16 their cattle;
18 and their lands, except the priests', to Pharaoh.
23 He restores the land for a fifth.
28 Jacob's age.
29 He swears Joseph to bury him with his fathers.

Joseph. 45:16 46:31 Heb 2:11

in the land. 45:10 46:28,34 Ex 8:22 9:26

2 And he took some of his brethren, even five men, and presented them unto Pharaoh.

presented. Ac 7:13 2Co 4:14 Col 1:28

3 And Pharaoh said unto his brethren, What is your occupation? And they said unto Pharaoh, Thy servants are shepherds, both we, and also our fathers.

What is. 46:33,34 Am 7:14,15 Jon 1:8 2Th 3:10

shepherds. 4:2

4 They said moreover unto Pharaoh, For to sojourn in the land are we come; for thy servants have no pasture for their flocks; for the famine is sore in the land of Canaan: now therefore, we pray thee, let thy servants dwell in the land of Goshen.

For to. 12:10 15:13 De 26:5 Ps 105:23 Isa 52:4 Ac 7:6

for the famine. 43:1 Ac 7:11

let thy. 46:34

5 And Pharaoh spake unto Joseph, saying, Thy father and thy brethren are come unto thee:

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6 The land of Egypt is before thee; in the best of the land make thy father and brethren to dwell; in the land of Goshen let them dwell: and if thou knowest any men of activity among them, then make them rulers over my cattle.

is. 11 13:9 20:15 34:10 45:18-20 Pr 21:1 Joh 17:2

Goshen. 4,11

men of activity. Ansey chayil, men of strength, power, ability, or prowess. It implies both fitness of mind and body; and so valour, prudence, diligence, and virtue.

rulers. Ex 18:21 1Sa 21:7 1Ch 27:29-31 2Ch 26:10 Pr 22:29

cattle {Mikneh}, from {kanah}, to posses, signifies {property or possession} of any kind, though it frequently is used for {cattle}, because in ancient times they constituted the principal part of a man's possessions.

16 Ex 9:3-6,10,21

7 And Joseph brought in Jacob his father, and set him before Pharaoh: and Jacob blessed Pharaoh.

And Jacob. 10 Ex 12:32 Nu 6:23,24 Jos 14:13 1Sa 2:20 2Sa 8:10 2Sa 19:39 1Ki 1:47 2Ki 4:29 Mt 26:26 Lu 22:19 1Pe 2:17

8 And Pharaoh said unto Jacob, How old art thou?

How old art thou. Heb. How many are the days of the years of thy life? 9

9 And Jacob said unto Pharaoh, The days of the years of my pilgrimage are an hundred and thirty years: few and evil have the days of the years of my life been, and have not attained unto the days of the years of the life of my fathers in the days of their pilgrimage.

The days. 1Ch 29:15 Ps 39:12 119:19,54 2Co 5:6 Heb 11:9-16 13:14 1Pe 2:11

and hundred. Job 14:1 Ps 39:5 89:47,48 90:3-12 Jas 4:14

have not. 28 5:27 11:11,24,25 25:7,8 35:28 50:26 Ex 6:4 7:7 De 34:7 Jos 24:29 2Sa 19:32-35 Job 8:8,9 42:16,17

10 And Jacob blessed Pharaoh, and went out from before Pharaoh.

7 14:19 Nu 6:23-27 De 33:1 Ru 2:4 2Sa 8:10 19:39 Ps 119:46 129:8 Heb 7:7

11 And Joseph placed his father and his brethren, 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.

Raamses. 6 Ex 1:11 12:37 Joh 10:10,28 14:2,23 17:2,24

12 And Joseph nourished his father, and his brethren, and all his father's household, with bread, according to their families.

nourished. Ru 4:15

his father. Ex 20:12 Mt 15:4-6 Mr 7:10-13 1Ti 4:8 5:4,8

according to their families. or, as a little child is nourished. Heb. according to the little ones. 1,21,24 1Th 2:7

13 And there was no bread in all the land; for the famine was very sore, so that the land of Egypt and all the land of Canaan fainted by reason of the famine.

A.M. 2300. B.C. 1704.
so that. 41:30,31 1Ki 18:5 Jer 14:1-6 La 2:19,20 4:9 Ac 7:11

fainted. Jer 9:12 Joe 1:10-12

14 And Joseph gathered up all the money that was found in the land of Egypt, and in the land of Canaan, for the corn which they bought: and Joseph brought the money into Pharaoh's house.

the money. 41:56

Joseph brought. Lu 16:1,2,10-12 1Co 4:2 1Pe 4:10

15 And when money failed in the land of Egypt, and in the land of Canaan, all the Egyptians came unto Joseph, and said, Give us bread: for why should we die in thy presence? for the money faileth.

A.M. 2301. B.C. 1703. Give us bread. 18,19,24 Jud 8:5,8 1Sa 21:3 25:8 Ps 37:3 Isa 33:16 Mt 6:11

16 And Joseph said, Give your cattle; and I will give you for your cattle, if money fail.

Give your cattle.. This was the wisest measure that could be adopted, both for the preservation of the people and the cattle. As the people had not grain for their own sustenance, consequently they could have none for their cattle: hence they were in the most immediate danger of starving; and the people also were in equal danger; as they must have divided a portion of that bought for themselves with the cattle, which, for the sake of tillage, etc., they wished of course to preserve till the seven years' famine should end.

Da 6:5-7 Pr 12:17 1Co 10:32 Php 4:8 Col 4:5

17 And they brought their cattle unto Joseph: and Joseph gave them bread in exchange for horses, and for the flocks, and for the cattle of the herds, and for the asses: and he fed them with bread for all their cattle for that year.

for horses. Ex 9:3 1Ki 10:28 Job 2:4 Isa 31:1 Mt 6:24

fed them. Heb. led them.

18 When that year was ended, they came unto him the second year, and said unto him, We will not hide it from my lord, how that our money is spent; my lord also hath our herds of cattle; there is not ought left in the sight of my lord, but our bodies, and our lands:

A.M. 2302. B.C. 1702. 2Ki 6:26 Jer 38:9

19 Wherefore shall we die before thine eyes, both we and our land? buy us and our land for bread, and we and our land will be servants unto Pharaoh: and give us seed, that we may live, and not die, that the land be not desolate.

buy us. Ne 5:2,3 Job 2:4 La 1:11 5:6,9 Mt 16:26 Php 3:8,9

and give. 23

20 And Joseph bought all the land of Egypt for Pharaoh; for the Egyptians sold every man his field, because the famine prevailed over them: so the land became Pharaoh's.

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21 And as for the people, he removed them to cities from one end of the borders of Egypt even to the other end thereof.

A.M. 2303. B.C. 1701.
And as. It is highly probable, that Joseph was influenced by no political motive in removing the people to the cities, but merely by motives of prudence and humanity; for, as the corn was laid up in the cities, it would be more eligible to bring then from distant towns and villages to places where they might be more conveniently supplied with food.

to cities. 41:48

22 Only the land of the priests bought he not; for the priests had a portion assigned them of Pharaoh, and did eat their portion which Pharaoh gave them: wherefore they sold not their lands.

of the priests. or, princes. 14:18 41:45,50 2Sa 8:18

for the priests. De 12:19 Jos 21:1-45 Ezr 7:24 Ne 13:10 Mt 10:10 1Co 9:13 Ga 6:6 2Th 3:10 1Ti 5:17

23 Then Joseph said unto the people, Behold, I have bought you this day and your land for Pharaoh: lo, here is seed for you, and ye shall sow the land.

bought. 19

here is seed. 41:27 45:6 Ps 41:1 107:36,37 112:5 Pr 11:26 12:11 13:23 Ec 11:6 Isa 28:24,25 55:10 Mt 24:45 2Co 9:10

24 And it shall come to pass in the increase, that ye shall give the fifth part unto Pharaoh, and four parts shall be your own, for seed of the field, and for your food, and for them of your households, and for food for your little ones.

the fifth part. 25 41:34 Le 27:32 1Sa 8:15-17 Ps 41:1 112:5

25 And they said, Thou hast saved our lives: let us find grace in the sight of my lord, and we will be Pharaoh's servants.

Thou hast. 6:19 41:45 45:6-8 50:20 Pr 11:26,27

let us. 18:3 33:15 Ru 2:13

26 And Joseph made it a law over the land of Egypt unto this day, that Pharaoh should have the fifth part, except the land of the priests only, which became not Pharaoh's.

made it a law. From this history, and from Diodorus Siculus (lib i), we learn that the land of Egypt was divided into three parts: one belonged to the Priests, (verses 22,26); a {second} was the king's, (which appears to have been the land of Rameses, or Goshen, verse 11); the {remainder} was the subjects'. Now Joseph, having purchased the land of the people (verses 19,20), restored it, on the condition of their paying a {fifth} part of the produce to the king, beyond which he appears to have made no demand.

except. 22 Eze 7:24

priests. or, princes. 30

27 And Israel dwelt in the land of Egypt, in the country of Goshen; and they had possessions therein, and grew, and multiplied exceedingly.

dwelt. 11

grew. 8:7,9 13:16 26:4 28:14 46:3 Ex 1:7,12 De 10:22 26:5 Ne 9:23 Ps 105:24 107:38 Zec 10:8 Ac 7:17

28 And Jacob lived in the land of Egypt seventeen years: so the whole age of Jacob was an hundred forty and seven years.

A.M. 2315. B.C. 1689. seventeen. 37:2

the whole age. Heb. the days of the years of his life. 8,9 Ps 90:10,12 119:84

29 And the time drew nigh that Israel must die: and he called his son Joseph, and said unto him, If now I have found grace in thy sight, put, I pray thee, thy hand under my thigh, and deal kindly and truly with me; bury me not, I pray thee, in Egypt:

must die. 9 3:19 50:24 De 31:14 2Sa 7:12 14:14 1Ki 2:1 Job 7:1 Job 14:14 30:23 Ps 6:5 49:7,9 89:48 Heb 9:27

put. 24:2

deal kindly. 24:49

bury me not. 50:24,25 Ac 7:15,16 Heb 11:22

30 But I will lie with my fathers, and thou shalt carry me out of Egypt, and bury me in their buryingplace. And he said, I will do as thou hast said.

23:19 25:9 49:29-32 50:5-14,25 2Sa 19:37 1Ki 13:22 Ne 2:3,5

31 And he said, Swear unto me. And he sware unto him. And Israel bowed himself upon the bed's head.

Swear. 24:3

And Israel bowed. As {shachah}, which primarily signifies to {bow}, denotes also to {worship}; and as {mittah, a bed} pronounced {matteh} is a {staff}; the LXX. have taken the passage in the latter sense, and rendered it [] `and Israel worshipped upon the top of his staff,' which is literally copied by the apostle Paul, in his Epistle to the Hebrews. The present reading is, however, supported by the Maoretic pointing and the Targums; and is most probably correct, as it would appear that Jacob was confined to his bed.

29 24:26 48:1,2 1Ki 1:47 Heb 11:21