Genesis 47:27 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

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

• Genesis 47:27 - 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...

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• Genesis 47:27 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

  Genesis 47:27 to Genesis 48:22 . Jacob Extracts an Oath that Joseph will Bury him in Canaan, and Blesses Ephraim and Manasseh. Genesis 47:22 f., Genesis 48:3-6 belong to P. To J Genesis 47...

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• Genesis 47:27 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

  27. And Israel dwelt in the land. Moses does not mean that Jacob and his sons were proprietors of that land which Pharaoh had granted them as a dwelling-place, in the same manner in which the...

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• Genesis 47:27 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

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

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• Genesis 47:27 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

  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. Joseph said ... Behold ... The land being...

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• Genesis 47:27 - 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...

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• Genesis 47:27 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

  Joseph Visits His Dying Father Genesis 47:27-31 ; Genesis 48:1-7 How inexorable is the must of death! For many years Jacob had exceeded the ordinary span of human life, and now, like the las...

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• Genesis 47:27 - 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....

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• Genesis 47:27 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

  It is somewhat remarkable that Jacob lost Joseph at the age of seventeen: and now the LORD grants the same number of years for them to be together. The intermediate space of Joseph's life, the LORD h...

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• Genesis 47:27 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  And Israel dwelt in the land of Egypt, in the country of Goshen ,.... The historian returns to the account of the Israelites, having before observed the placing of them in Goshen by Joseph, at the d...

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• Genesis 47:27 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

  And Israel dwelt in the land of Egypt, in the country of Goshen; and they had possessions therein, and grew, and multiplied exceedingly. Ver. 27. Grew and multiplied exceedingly. ] Here that promi...

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• Genesis 47:27 - 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...

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• Genesis 47:27 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

  Jacob's Charge Concerning His Burial. B. C. 1706.       27 And Israel dwelt in the land of E...

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• Genesis 47:27 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  They had possessions, i.e. lands, not for the dominion or propriety of them, for that rested in Pharaoh, but for the use and profit of them for their present subsistence.

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• Genesis 47:27 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

  The Family Tribe Prosper - Jacob's Plea ( Genesis 47:27-31 ) Genesis 47:27 ‘And Israel dwelt in the land of Egypt, in the land of Goshen, and they obtained possessions in it and were fruitful,...

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• Genesis 47:27 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

  MAIN HOMILETICS OF THE PARAGRAPH.— Genesis 47:27-28 THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL IN GOSHEN I. Their quiet possession of the land. 1. They had the means and appliances of prosperity. They were s...

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• Genesis 47:27 - 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...

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• Genesis 47:27 - The Biblical Illustrator

  And Israel dwelt in the land of Egypt, in the country of Goshen The children of Israel in Goshen I. THEIR QUIET POSSESSION OF THE LAND. 1. They had the means and appliances of prosperity,...

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• Genesis 47:27 - 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....

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• Genesis 47:27 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

  And Israel dwelt in the land of Egypt, in the country of Goshen; and they had possessions therein, and grew and multiplied exceedingly. This statement summarizes the history of the children of Israel...

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• Genesis 47:27 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  dwelt. Genesis 47:11 grew. Genesis 8:7 Genesis 8:9 Genesis 13:16 Genesis 26:4 Genesis 28:14 Genesis 46:3 Exodus 1:7 Exodus 1:12 Deuteronomy 10:22 Deuteronomy 26:5 Nehemiah 9:23...

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