Genesis 47:3

And Pharaoh said unto his brethren, What is your occupation? And they said unto Pharaoh, Thy servants are shepherds, both we, and also our fathers.

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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.” Arrange...
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 introd...
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

3. Thy servants are shepherds. This confession was humiliating to the sons of Jacob, and especially to Joseph himself, whose high, and almost...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And Pharaoh said unto his brethren, What is your occupation? And they said unto Pharaoh, Thy servants are shepherds, both we, and also our fath...
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 super...
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Also our fathers. — Joseph had instructed them to add this ( Genesis 46:34 ), because occupations were hereditary among the Egyptians, and thus Pha...
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...
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 posi...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Observe, sojourners, not citizens. Believers at the best are no other. Psalms 39:12 .
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And Pharaoh said unto his brethren, what [is] your occupation ?.... Which is the question he had told his brethren beforehand would be asked them, a...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

And Pharaoh said unto his brethren, What [is] your occupation? And they said unto Pharaoh, Thy servants [are] shepherds, both we, [and] also our fath...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

What is your occupation? Pharaoh takes it for granted they had something to do. All that have a place in the world should have an employment in it...
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 whi...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Pharaoh's Generosity; Jacob Presented to Pharaoh. B. C. 1706....
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

This employment is not pretended nor taken up by us in design, or in contempt of thee or thy people, but was handed to us by our fathers, and hath be...
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 ; Genes...
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 i...
The Biblical Illustrator

What is your occupation? Pharaoh’s question to the brethren of Joseph I. Evidently implying THAT EACH OF US HAS, OR IS INTENDED TO HAVE, AN “OC...
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 )— an...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Jacob and Five of his Sons Presented to Pharaoh
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

And Pharaoh said unto his brethren, What is your occupation? And they said unto Pharaoh, Thy servants are shepherds, both we and also our fathers. As...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

What is. Genesis 46:33 Genesis 46:34 Amos 7:14 Amos 7:15 Jonah 1:8 2 Thessalonians 3:10 shepherds. Genesis 4:2
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, whi...
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

What is your occupation? — Pharaoh takes it for granted they had something to do. All that have a place in the world should have an employment in i...

³ And Pharaoh said unto his brethren, What is your occupation? And they said unto Pharaoh, Thy servants are shepherds, both we, and also our fathers.

Related Commentaries of Genesis 47:3

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wells of Living Water Commentary

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

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