Genesis 47
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Genesis 47:1-12

1Then 1JosephH3130 wentH935 inH935 and toldH5046 PharaohH6547, and saidH559, “My fatherH1 and my brothersH251 and their flocksH6629 and their herdsH1241 and allH3605 that they have, have comeH935 out of the landH776 of CanaanH3667; and beholdH2009, they are in the landH776 of 2GoshenH1657.” 2And he tookH3947 fiveH2568 menH376 from amongH7097 his brothersH251 and 3presentedH3322H6440 them to PharaohH6547. 3Then PharaohH6547 saidH559 to his brothersH251, “4WhatH4100 is your occupationH4639?” So they saidH559 to PharaohH6547, “Your servantsH5650 are 5shepherdsH7462, bothH1571 we and our fathersH1.” 4They also saidH559 to PharaohH6547, “6We have comeH935 to resideH1481 in the landH776, for thereH369 isH369 noH369 pastureH4829 for your servants’H5650 flocksH6629, for 7the famineH7458 is severeH3515 in the landH776 of CanaanH3667. NowH6258, therefore, pleaseH4994 let your servantsH5650 8liveH3427 in the landH776 of GoshenH1657.” 5Then PharaohH6547 saidH559 to 9JosephH3130, “Your fatherH1 and your brothersH251 have comeH935 to you. 6The landH776 of EgyptH4714 is 10at your disposalH6440; settleH3427 your fatherH1 and your brothersH251 in 11the bestH4315 of the landH776, let them liveH3427 in the landH776 of GoshenH1657; and ifH518 you knowH3045 anyH3426 12capableH2428 menH376 among them, then 13putH7760 them inH8269 chargeH8269 of my livestockH4735.”

7Then JosephH3130 broughtH935 his fatherH1 JacobH3290 and 14presentedH5975H6440 him to PharaohH6547; and JacobH3290 15blessedH1288 PharaohH6547. 8And PharaohH6547 saidH559 to JacobH3290, “HowH4100 manyH4100 16yearsH8141 have you livedH2425?” 9So JacobH3290 saidH559 to PharaohH6547, “The 1718yearsH8141 of my livingH4033 abroadH4033 are 19130H3967H7970; fewH4592 and 20unpleasantH7451 have beenH1961 the 21yearsH8141 of my lifeH2425, norH3808 have they 22attainedH5381 23the 24yearsH8141 25that my fathersH1 livedH2425 during the daysH3117 of their livingH4033 abroadH4033.” 10So JacobH3290 26blessedH1288 PharaohH6547, and wentH3318 outH3318 from 27his presenceH6440. 11Now JosephH3130 settledH3427 his fatherH1 and his brothersH251 and gaveH5414 them propertyH272 in the landH776 of EgyptH4714, in 28the bestH4315 of the landH776, in the landH776 of 29RamesesH7486, as PharaohH6547 had orderedH6680. 12JosephH3130 also 30providedH3557 his fatherH1 and his brothersH251 and allH3605 his father’sH1 householdH1004 with 31foodH3899, according to the 32numberH6310 of their littleH2945 onesH2945.

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Notes

  1. 1. Genesis 47:1 Gen 46:31 ↩
  2. 2. Genesis 47:1 Gen 45:10; 46:28 ↩
  3. 3. Genesis 47:2 Acts 7:13 ↩
  4. 4. Genesis 47:3 Gen 46:33 ↩
  5. 5. Genesis 47:3 Gen 46:34 ↩
  6. 6. Genesis 47:4 Gen 15:13; Deut 26:5; Ps 105:23 ↩
  7. 7. Genesis 47:4 Gen 43:1; Acts 7:11 ↩
  8. 8. Genesis 47:4 Gen 46:34 ↩
  9. 9. Genesis 47:5 Lit Joseph, saying ↩
  10. 10. Genesis 47:6 Lit before you ↩
  11. 11. Genesis 47:6 Gen 45:10, 18; 47:11 ↩
  12. 12. Genesis 47:6 Ex 18:21, 25; 1 Kin 11:28; Prov 22:29 ↩
  13. 13. Genesis 47:6 Lit appoint them rulers ↩
  14. 14. Genesis 47:7 Lit set him before ↩
  15. 15. Genesis 47:7 Gen 47:10; 2 Sam 14:22; 1 Kin 8:66 ↩
  16. 16. Genesis 47:8 Lit are the days of the years of your life ↩
  17. 17. Genesis 47:9 Lit days of the years ↩
  18. 18. Genesis 47:9 Heb 11:9, 13 ↩
  19. 19. Genesis 47:9 Lit 130 years ↩
  20. 20. Genesis 47:9 Lit evil ↩
  21. 21. Genesis 47:9 Lit days of the years ↩
  22. 22. Genesis 47:9 Lit reached ↩
  23. 23. Genesis 47:9 Gen 25:7; 35:28 ↩
  24. 24. Genesis 47:9 Lit days of the years ↩
  25. 25. Genesis 47:9 Lit of the life of my fathers ↩
  26. 26. Genesis 47:10 Gen 47:7 ↩
  27. 27. Genesis 47:10 Lit Pharaoh’s ↩
  28. 28. Genesis 47:11 Gen 47:6, 27 ↩
  29. 29. Genesis 47:11 Ex 1:11; 12:37 ↩
  30. 30. Genesis 47:12 Gen 45:11 ↩
  31. 31. Genesis 47:12 Or bread ↩
  32. 32. Genesis 47:12 Lit mouth ↩

Commentaries on Genesis 47

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