Genesis 47:22 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Only the land of the priestsd 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. ”

Genesis 47:22 - 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 47:22 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Joseph Takes Advantage of the Famine to Secure for the Crown the Money, the Cattle, and the Lands of the Egyptians. If this belongs to one of the main documents, J is the most probable. But it may...
Genesis 47:22 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

22. Only the land of the priests. The priests were exempted from the common law, because the king granted them a maintenance. It is, indeed, doubtful, whether this was a supply for their pres...
Genesis 47:22 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

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. The land...
Genesis 47:22 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Only the land of the priests bought he not— Lord Shaftesbury has from this circumstance taken occasion to observe, in his usual way, "to what height of power the established priesthood was arrived,...
Genesis 47:22 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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. There was no bread ... This probabl...
Genesis 47:22 - 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 47:22 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

The priests had a portion assigned to them of Pharaoh. — Herodotus (ii. 37) mentions that it was still the custom in Egypt for the priests to have a daily allowance of’ cooked food. Very probably t...
Genesis 47:22 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

JOSEPH'S ADMINISTRATION Genesis 41:37-57 , Genesis 47:13-26 "He made him lord of his house, and ruler of all his substance: To bind his princes at his pleasure; and teach his senators wisdom."...
Genesis 47:22 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Egyptians Saved in Famine Genesis 47:13-26 The slender stores of the Egyptians were soon exhausted, and had it not been for Joseph the streets would have been filled with the dying and dead. Hi...
Genesis 47:22 - 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 47:22 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

In all places respect hath been thus paid to religion, Ezra 7:24 .
Genesis 47:22 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Only the land of the priests bought he not ,.... Not from any special affection for them, or any superstitious veneration of them, which can never be thought of so good a man, but for a reason follo...
Genesis 47:22 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

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. Ver. 22...
Genesis 47:22 - 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 47:22 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Distressed Occasioned by the Famine. B. C. 1706. 13 And there was no bread in all th...
Genesis 47:22 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

The priests: under this name he understands chiefly those who administered the worship of the gods or idols of Egypt, and withal those who applied themselves to the study of the arts and virtues, c...
Genesis 47:22 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘Only the land of the priests he did not buy. For the priests had a portion from Pharaoh and ate their portion which Pharaoh gave them, and for that reason they did not sell their land.' The priest...
Genesis 47:22 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES.— Genesis 47:21 . He removed them to cities.] Heb.— According to the cities. “Thus he distributed the population of the land in and around the cities according to the cities in...
Genesis 47:22 - 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 47:22 - The Biblical Illustrator

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 morality of...
Genesis 47:22 - 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 47:22 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Consequences of the Severe Famine.
Genesis 47:22 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

of the priests. or, princes. Genesis 14:18 Genesis 41:45 Genesis 41:50 2 Samuel 8:18 for the priests. Deuteronomy 12:19 Joshua 21:1-45 Ezra 7:24 Nehemiah 13:10 Matthew 10:10 1 Cori...

Genesis 47:22 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Genesis 47:22 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 47:22 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 47:22 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Genesis 47:22 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Genesis 47:22 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Genesis 47:22 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 47:22 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Genesis 47:22 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Genesis 47:22 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Genesis 47:22 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Genesis 47:22 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Genesis 47:22 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Genesis 47:22 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Genesis 47:22 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 47:22 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Genesis 47:22 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Genesis 47:22 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 47:22 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Genesis 47:22 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Genesis 47:22 - The Biblical Illustrator

Genesis 47:22 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Genesis 47:22 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Genesis 47:22 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge