Genesis 41:34 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Let Pharaoh do this, and let him appoint officerse over the land, and take up the fifth part of the land of Egypt in the seven plenteous years. ”

Genesis 41:34 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

- Joseph Was Exalted 1. יאר y e 'or , “river, canal,” mostly applied to the Nile. Some suppose the word to be Coptic. 2. אחוּ 'āchû , “sedge, reed-grass, marsh-grass.” This word is...
Genesis 41:34 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 41. Joseph Interprets Pharaoh's Dreams and is Made Viceroy of Egypt. This is mainly from E, Genesis 41:1-28 apart from Genesis 41:15 b , and perhaps Genesis 41:9 b entirely so. But...
Genesis 41:34 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Let Pharaoh do this , and let him appoint officers over the land, and take up the fifth part of the land of Egypt in the seven plenteous years. Let him appoint officers - פקדים pekidim, visitors, ov...
Genesis 41:34 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Officers, &c.— The Hebrew signifies, literally, overseers. The Hebrew פקיד pekid, as the Greek επισκοπος, whence we have formed our English word bishop, is a man who has a charge or offic...
Genesis 41:34 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Let Pharaoh do this, and let him appoint officers over the land, and take up the fifth part of the land of Egypt in the seven plenteous years. Appoint officers over the land - overseers, equi...
Genesis 41:34 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The Dreams of Pharaoh and the Advancement of Joseph 1. Pharaoh] It is believed that a dynasty of Asiatic (perhaps Bedouin) conquerors, known as the Hyksôs or Shepherd kings, were now in power in E...
Genesis 41:34 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Take up the fifth part of the land. — Heb., let him fifth the land, that is, exact a fifth part of the produce. It has been supposed that it had been usual in Egypt to pay to the king a tithe of...
Genesis 41:34 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

PHARAOH'S DREAMS Genesis 41:1-57 "Thus saith the Lord, that frustrateth the tokens of the liars and maketh diviners mad; that confirmeth the word of His servant, and performeth the counsel of H...
Genesis 41:34 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Pharaoh's Dreams Interpreted Genesis 41:14-36 Notwithstanding the great urgency of the royal summons, and the speed with which the great events of his life crowded on one another, Joseph was ke...
Genesis 41:34 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Still the divine activity proceeded. Now it was Pharaoh who dreamed, and now the butler remembered. The result was that Joseph was brought before the king, and as he stood in the royal presence he wa...
Genesis 41:34 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Reader! do not overlook our great spiritual Joseph through all this. While Pharaoh exclaims, with astonishment, in the view of the Spirit of GOD in Joseph, how ought we to admire and adore Him, who r...
Genesis 41:34 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Let Pharaoh do [this] ,.... Appoint such a person; who as a sovereign prince could do it of himself: and let him appoint officers over the land ; not Pharaoh, but the wise and discreet governor he...
Genesis 41:34 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Let Pharaoh do [this], and let him appoint officers over the land, and take up the fifth part of the land of Egypt in the seven plenteous years. Ver. 34. And take up the fifth part of the land. ]...
Genesis 41:34 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Let him appoint officers to take up a fifth part Not by force or violence, but by purchase at the common price, which would probably be very low during these years of plenty. But why only a fifth...
Genesis 41:34 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

DREAMS SENT BY GOD TO PHARAOH Joseph remained in prison two full years longer, a further time of learning in humiliation the practical lesson of self-discipline. But he was under God's eye, and at...
Genesis 41:34 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Joseph's Exaltation. B. C. 1715. 33 Now therefore let Pharaoh look out a man discreet...
Genesis 41:34 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Not by force or violence, for Joseph would never be the author of such unrighteous counsels; but by purchase at the common price, which was like to be very low in that case, and therefore might easil...
Genesis 41:34 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

“Now therefore let Pharaoh look out a man discreet and wise, and set him over the land of Egypt. Let Pharaoh do this. And let him appoint overseers over the land and take up the fifth part of the lan...
Genesis 41:34 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES.— Genesis 41:34 . Take up the fifth part of the land of Egypt.] Lay on a tax of a fifth of the produce. “The exaction of a fifth or two tithes, during the period of plenty, may hav...
Genesis 41:34 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Genesis 41:1 . Pharaoh dreamed. See on Isaiah 4:2 . Whatever be the pleas of atheism and materialism against dreams of a prophetic character, it is evident enough from the gentile mythology, and...
Genesis 41:34 - The Biblical Illustrator

Let them gather all the food of those good years that come, and lay up corn Joseph as the adviser of Pharaoh I. HIS PRESENCE OF MIND. Equal to the situation. II. THE KINDNESS AND OPENNESS OF...
Genesis 41:34 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Genesis 41:1 And it came to pass at the end of two full years (literally, two years of days, i.e. two complete years from the commencement of Joseph's incarceration, or mor...
Genesis 41:34 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Joseph Interprets the Dreams
Genesis 41:34 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

officers. or, overseers. Numbers 31:14 2 Kings 11:11 2 Kings 11:12 2 Chronicles 34:12 Nehemiah 11:9 and take. Job 5:20 Psalms 33:19 Proverbs 6:6-8 Proverbs 22:3 Proverbs 27:12 Lu...
Genesis 41:34 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

God Intervenes for Joseph Genesis 41:9-37 INTRODUCTORY WORDS How the words ring out with almost appalling sadness: "Yet did not the chief butler remember Joseph, but forgat him." 1. Joseph h...

Genesis 41:34 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Genesis 41:34 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 41:34 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Genesis 41:34 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Genesis 41:34 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Genesis 41:34 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 41:34 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Genesis 41:34 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Genesis 41:34 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Genesis 41:34 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Genesis 41:34 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Genesis 41:34 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Genesis 41:34 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Genesis 41:34 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Genesis 41:34 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 41:34 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Genesis 41:34 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Genesis 41:34 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 41:34 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Genesis 41:34 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Genesis 41:34 - The Biblical Illustrator

Genesis 41:34 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Genesis 41:34 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Genesis 41:34 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Genesis 41:34 - Wells of Living Water Commentary