“ And Pharaoh said unto Jacob, Howa old art thou? ”
- 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 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...
8. How old art thou? This familiar question proves that Jacob was received courteously and without ceremony. But the answer is of far greater moment, in which Jacob declares that the time of...
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...
And Pharaoh said unto Jacob, How old art thou?
And Pharaoh said unto Jacob, How old art thou? Pharaoh said unto Jacob ... The question was put from the deep and impressive interest which the appearance of the old patriarch had created in...
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...
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...
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....
Observe Jacob counts his years as days, so Job 14:1 ; Psalms 90:10 ; Psalms 90:10 .
And Pharaoh said unto Jacob, how old [art] thou ?] Or, "how many are the days of the years of thy life?" which way of speaking Jacob takes up, and very pertinently makes use of in his answer that fo...
And Pharaoh said unto Jacob, How old [art] thou? Ver. 8. And Pharaoh said unto Jacob. ] This king took not pleasure, as those Persian kings did, in a wild retiredness, or stern austerity, but in a...
How old art thou? A question usually put to old men, for it is natural to us to admire old age, and to reverence it. Jacob's countenance, no doubt, showed him to be old, for he had been a man of la...
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...
Pharaoh's Generosity; Jacob Presented to Pharaoh. B. C. 1706. 1 Then Joseph came and tol...
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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 47:2 . 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...
Pharaoh said unto Jacob, How old art thou? Old year’s theme: “How old art thou?" I. A COMMON QUESTION. II. A SOLEMN QUESTION. 1. It is the solemnity of memory. 2. It is the solemnity o...
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...
Jacob and Five of his Sons Presented to Pharaoh
How old art thou. Heb. How many are the days of the years of thy Genesis 47:9
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...
How old art thou? — A question usually put to old men, for it is natural to us to admire old age, and to reverence it. Jacob's countenance no doubt shewed him to be old, for be had been a man of la...