Genesis 47:12 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And Joseph nourished his father, and his brethren, and all his father's household, with bread, accordingb to their families. ”

Genesis 47:12 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

- Jacob in Goshen 11. רעמסס ra‛m e sês , Ra‘meses “son of the sun.” 31. מטה mı̂ṭṭāh , “bed.” מטה maṭṭeh “staff.” Arrangements are now made for the settlement of Israel in...
Genesis 47:12 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

And Joseph nourished his father, and his brethren, and all his father's household, with bread, (d) according to [their] families. (d) Some read that he fed them as little babies, because they could...
Genesis 47:12 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 46:1 to Genesis 47:12 . Jacob and his Descendants Go down into Egypt and Settle in Goshen. The list in Genesis 46:8-27 with the introductory verses Genesis 46:6 f. is from P, as are...
Genesis 47:12 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

12. And Joseph nourished his father, etc., according to their families (185) Some explain the expression, “the mouth of the little one,” as if Joseph nourished his father and his whole fami...
Genesis 47:12 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And Joseph nourished his father, and his brethren, and all his father's household, with bread, according to their families.
Genesis 47:12 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And Joseph nourished his father, and his brethren, and all his father's household, with bread, according to their families. According to their families, х lªpiy ( H6310 ) haTaap ( H2...
Genesis 47:12 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Joseph presents his Brethren and his Father to Pharaoh. He makes extensive Changes in the Land Tenure of Egypt 6. Rulers over my cattle] The superintendenee of the royal flocks and herds would be...
Genesis 47:12 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

According to their families. — Heb., according to the “ taf” This, as we have seen above, means “according to the clan or body of dependants possessed by each one.” Dan, with his one child, woul...
Genesis 47:12 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Pharaoh Welcome's Joseph's Relatives Genesis 46:28-34 ; Genesis 47:1-12 What a meeting between father and son! If the old man were sitting in the corner of the lumbering wagon, weary with the...
Genesis 47:12 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

To watch Jacob is to see a man who alternated between faith and fear. Standing before Pharaoh, his faith in God and his consciousness of his own position in the divine economy were clearly apparent....
Genesis 47:12 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Exodus 18:21 These verses are a digression from the history of the Patriarchs, and serve only to manifest the wisdom and prudence in Joseph's government. There is one sweet lesson however to be de...
Genesis 47:12 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And. Joseph nourished his father, and his brethren, and his father's household, with bread ,.... For though there might be in Rameses pasture sufficient for their cattle, yet not corn for their fami...
Genesis 47:12 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And Joseph nourished his father, and his brethren, and all his father's household, with bread, according to [their] families. Ver. 12. And Joseph nourished his father. ] For which end he was "sent...
Genesis 47:12 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

With bread according to their families לחם לפי השׂ Š, literally, with bread to the mouth of the little one That is, as much as every one desired, without any restraint, mouth being put for des...
Genesis 47:12 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

In announcing to Pharaoh the coming of his father and his brothers, Joseph first introduces five of his brothers to him (vs.1-2). We are not told which ones, but they were likely those who could spea...
Genesis 47:12 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Pharaoh's Generosity; Jacob Presented to Pharaoh. B. C. 1706. 1 Then Joseph came and tol...
Genesis 47:12 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Or, according to the mouth of the family; mouth being put for their will or desire, as it is Genesis 24:57 Isaiah 30:2 , as much as every one desired, without any restraint; or, according to...
Genesis 47:12 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES.— Genesis 47:2 . Five men.] The number five was a favourite number with the Egyptians. ( Genesis 41:34 ; Genesis 42:34 ; Genesis 45:22 ; Genesis 47:2 ).— Genesis 47:7 . Jac...
Genesis 47:12 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Genesis 47:2 . Some of his brethren. ומקצה vemi-ketzeh extremitate, as in Montanus, five of the tallest and finest looking of his brethren; as is the import of the word, Judges 18:2 , when desc...
Genesis 47:12 - The Biblical Illustrator

And Joseph nourished his father, and his brethren, and all his father’s household, with bread Types of the Holy Eucharist I. WHO WAS THIS THAT FED HIS BRETHREN IN THE TIME OF DEARTH? Acts 7:11...
Genesis 47:12 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Genesis 47:11 And Joseph placed his father and his brethren ( i.e. gave them a settlement, the import of which the next clause explains), and gave them a possession ( i.e....
Genesis 47:12 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Consequences of the Severe Famine.
Genesis 47:12 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

nourished. Ruth 4:15 his father. Exodus 20:12 Matthew 15:4-6 Mark 7:10-13 1 Timothy 4:8 1 Timothy 5:4 1 Timothy 5:8 according to their families. or, as a little child is nourished. Gen...
Genesis 47:12 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

Blessed and Made a Blessing Genesis 47:1-16 INTRODUCTORY WORDS Chapter 46 of Genesis we are passing over with a few words of introduction, which will lead us into chapter 47, Chapter 46 is tak...

Genesis 47:12 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Genesis 47:12 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Genesis 47:12 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 47:12 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 47:12 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Genesis 47:12 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Genesis 47:12 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 47:12 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Genesis 47:12 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Genesis 47:12 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Genesis 47:12 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Genesis 47:12 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Genesis 47:12 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Genesis 47:12 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Genesis 47:12 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 47:12 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Genesis 47:12 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Genesis 47:12 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Genesis 47:12 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Genesis 47:12 - The Biblical Illustrator

Genesis 47:12 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Genesis 47:12 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Genesis 47:12 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Genesis 47:12 - Wells of Living Water Commentary