Genesis 47:7 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And Joseph brought in Jacob his father, and set him before Pharaoh: and Jacob blessed Pharaoh. ”

Genesis 47:7 - 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 47:7 - 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 47:7 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

7. And Joseph brought in Jacob his father. Although Moses relates, in a continuous narrative, that Jacob was brought to the king, yet I do not doubt that some time had intervened; at least, t...
Genesis 47:7 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

DISCOURSE: 58 JACOB’S INTERVIEW WITH PHARAOH Genesis 47:7-10 . And Joseph brought in Jacob his father, and set him before Pharaoh: and Jacob blessed Pharaoh. And Pharaoh said unto Jacob, How old...
Genesis 47:7 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And Joseph brought in Jacob his father, and set him before Pharaoh: and Jacob blessed Pharaoh. Jacob blessed Pharaoh - Saluted him on his entrance with Peace be unto thee, or some such expression of...
Genesis 47:7 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Jacob blessed Pharaoh— When the word, bless, says Calmet, is applied to God, it signifies to thank, or praise; when to men, it signifies, to wish them health, prosperity, or happiness: in...
Genesis 47:7 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And Joseph brought in Jacob his father, and set him before Pharaoh: and Jacob blessed Pharaoh. Joseph brought in ... There is a pathetic and most affecting interest attending this interview w...
Genesis 47:7 - 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 47:7 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Jacob blessed Pharaoh. — The presentation of Jacob to Pharaoh seems to have been a much more solemn matter than that of Joseph’s brethren. Pharaoh looks upon them with interest as the brothers of h...
Genesis 47:7 - 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 47:7 - 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 47:7 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Observe Jacob counts his years as days, so Job 14:1 ; Psalms 90:10 ; Psalms 90:10 .
Genesis 47:7 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And Joseph brought in Jacob his father ,.... That is, some time after he had introduced his five brethren, and had gotten the grant of Goshen for them, when he sent, for his father from thence, or h...
Genesis 47:7 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And Joseph brought in Jacob his father, and set him before Pharaoh: and Jacob blessed Pharaoh. Ver. 7. Jacob blessed Pharaoh. ] That is, he prayed God to bless him, both at meeting and parting....
Genesis 47:7 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Jacob blessed Pharaoh Which is repeated, Genesis 47:10 , as being a circumstance very remarkable. And remarkable surely it was that the greater , for such Pharaoh was in all external things, in w...
Genesis 47:7 - 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 47:7 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Pharaoh's Generosity; Jacob Presented to Pharaoh. B. C. 1706. 1 Then Joseph came and tol...
Genesis 47:7 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Not in an authoritative way, as the greater blesseth the less, but in a general manner, i.e. he saluted him, thanked him for all his favours to him and his, and prayed to God to bless and recompense...
Genesis 47:7 - 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 47:7 - 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 47:7 - The Biblical Illustrator

And Joseph brought in Jacob his father Joseph and his father I. JOSEPH HONOURED HIS FATHER JACOB BY SHOWING HIM THE UTMOST RESPECT ( Genesis 46:29 ). II. JOSEPH HONOURED HIS FATHER BY SHOWIN...
Genesis 47:7 - 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 47:7 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Jacob and Five of his Sons Presented to Pharaoh
Genesis 47:7 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

And Jacob. Genesis 47:10 Exodus 12:32 Numbers 6:23 Numbers 6:24 Joshua 14:13 1 Samuel 2:20 2 Samuel 8:10 2 Samuel 19:39 1 Kings 1:47 2 Kings 4:29 Matthew 26:26 Luke 22:19 1 P...
Genesis 47:7 - 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 47:7 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Genesis 47:7 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 47:7 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 47:7 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

Genesis 47:7 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Genesis 47:7 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Genesis 47:7 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Genesis 47:7 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 47:7 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Genesis 47:7 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Genesis 47:7 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Genesis 47:7 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Genesis 47:7 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Genesis 47:7 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Genesis 47:7 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Genesis 47:7 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 47:7 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Genesis 47:7 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Genesis 47:7 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Genesis 47:7 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Genesis 47:7 - The Biblical Illustrator

Genesis 47:7 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Genesis 47:7 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Genesis 47:7 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Genesis 47:7 - Wells of Living Water Commentary