Genesis 47:14 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Bible Comments

Joseph gathered up all the money— As long as the AEgyptians had any money left, they bought corn of Joseph, which supported them all the third, and, it is probable, the fourth and fifth years of the famine. That all the money of the people was expended, is, I think, very evident from the words of this verse, as well as the following, where we are told, that, when money failed, they gave up their cattle, &c.

Genesis 47:14

14 And 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.