Genesis 47:5 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And Pharaoh spake unto Joseph, saying, Thy father and thy brethren are come unto thee: ”

Genesis 47:5 - 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 47:5 - 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 47:5 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

5. And Pharaoh spake unto Joseph. It is to be ascribed to the favor of God that Pharaoh was not offended when they desired that a separate dwelling-place might be granted to them; for we know...
Genesis 47:5 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And Pharaoh spake unto Joseph, saying, Thy father and thy brethren are come unto thee:
Genesis 47:5 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And Pharaoh spake unto Joseph, saying, Thy father and thy brethren are come unto thee: No JFB commentary on these verses.
Genesis 47:5 - 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 47:5 - 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 47:5 - 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 47:5 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Observe Jacob counts his years as days, so Job 14:1 ; Psalms 90:10 ; Psalms 90:10 .
Genesis 47:5 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And Pharaoh spake unto Joseph ,.... Who was present at the conversation that passed between him and his brethren: saying, thy father and thy brethren are come unto thee ; which is observed, not fo...
Genesis 47:5 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And Pharaoh spake unto Joseph, saying, Thy father and thy brethren are come unto thee: Ver. 5. And Pharaoh spake unto Joseph. ] Kind he was, and constant, to so good a servant; as Darius likewise...
Genesis 47:5 - 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 47:5 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Pharaoh's Generosity; Jacob Presented to Pharaoh. B. C. 1706. 1 Then Joseph came and tol...
Genesis 47:5 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

No text from Poole on this verse.
Genesis 47:5 - 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 47:5 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Genesis 47:5-6 The land of Goshen may be designated as the Netherlands of Egypt. When the first settlers rested there, it was in the immediate neighbourhood of the court. The Israelitish life ther...
Genesis 47:5 - 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 47:5 - The Biblical Illustrator

In the best of the land make thy father and brethren to dwell The best gifts of God bestowed on His people 1. In the first place, GOD GIVETH THE BEST UNTO HIS TRUE ISRAEL. He gives them a lan...
Genesis 47:5 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Genesis 47:1 Then Joseph came —literally, and Joseph went, up to the royal presence, as he had proposed ( Genesis 46:31 )— and told Pharaoh, and said, My father and my brethre...
Genesis 47:5 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Jacob and Five of his Sons Presented to Pharaoh
Genesis 47:5 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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Genesis 47:5 - 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 47:5 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Genesis 47:5 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 47:5 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 47:5 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Genesis 47:5 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Genesis 47:5 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 47:5 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Genesis 47:5 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Genesis 47:5 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Genesis 47:5 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Genesis 47:5 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Genesis 47:5 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 47:5 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Genesis 47:5 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Genesis 47:5 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Genesis 47:5 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Genesis 47:5 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Genesis 47:5 - The Biblical Illustrator

Genesis 47:5 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Genesis 47:5 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Genesis 47:5 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Genesis 47:5 - Wells of Living Water Commentary