Genesis 41:57 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And all countries came into Egypt to Joseph for to buy corn; because that the famine was so sore in all lands. ”

• Genesis 41:57 - 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...

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• Genesis 41:57 - 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...

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• Genesis 41:57 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  And all countries came into Egypt to Joseph for to buy corn ; because that the famine was so sore in all lands. All countries came into Egypt - to buy - As there had not been a sufficiency of rain...

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• Genesis 41:57 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

  And all countries came into Egypt to Joseph for to buy corn; because that the famine was so sore in all lands. The famine was so sore in all lands - i:e., the lands contiguous to Egypt-Canaan...

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• Genesis 41:57 - 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...

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• Genesis 41:57 - 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...

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• Genesis 41:57 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

  Joseph, Exalted, Prepares for Famine Genesis 41:37-57 The Spirit of God was evidently in Joseph, but so far from rendering him a mere visionary, it made him eminently practical. Have your visio...

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• Genesis 41:57 - 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...

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• Genesis 41:57 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

  Proverbs 11:26 REFLECTIONS Reader! two or three things in a way of Providence ought to affect your heart in reading this Chapter. See how safe their interests are, however long they may seem to b...

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• Genesis 41:57 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  And all countries came into Egypt to Joseph for to buy [corn] ,.... All the neighbouring nations (Syria, Arabia, Palestine, Canaan, c.), when they heard there was corn there for money, came from all...

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• Genesis 41:57 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

  And all countries came into Egypt to Joseph for to buy [corn]; because that the famine was [so] sore in all lands. Ver. 57. All countries came to Joseph, &c. ] Foreigners also should be reliev...

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• Genesis 41:57 - 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...

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• Genesis 41:57 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

  The Famine in Egypt and Canaan. B. C. 1706.       46 And Joseph was thirty years old when...

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• Genesis 41:57 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  No text from Poole on this verse.

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• Genesis 41:57 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

  MAIN HOMILETICS OF THE PARAGRAPH.— Genesis 41:53-57 THE SEVEN YEARS OF FAMINE I. Joseph’s administration. 1. It showed great prudence and skill. During the years of plenty he laid up for...

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• Genesis 41:57 - 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...

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• Genesis 41:57 - The Biblical Illustrator

  Joseph opened all the storehouses, and sold unto the Egyptians The seven years of famine I. JOSEPH’S ADMINISTRATION. 1. It showed great prudence and skill. 2. It showed a spirit of depend...

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• Genesis 41:57 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

  EXPOSITION Genesis 41:46 And Joseph was thirty years old when he stood before Pharaoh king of Egypt —literally, a son of thirty years in his standing before Pharaoh . If, therefore, he...

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• Genesis 41:57 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

  The Beginning of the Famine

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• Genesis 41:57 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  all countries. Genesis 42:1 Genesis 42:5 Genesis 50:20 Deuteronomy 9:28 Psalms 105:16 Psalms 105:17 in all lands. Genesis 41:54 Genesis 41:56

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• Genesis 41:57 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

  Joseph, the Administrator Genesis 41:45-57 INTRODUCTORY WORDS We delight in stepping into the scenes that covered fourteen years of Egyptian history seven years of plenty, and seven years of f...

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