Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge, by R.A. Torrey, [ca. 1880], at sacred-texts.com
Genesis Chapter 47
Overview
Gen 47:1, Joseph presents his father, and five of his brethren before Pharaoh; Gen 47:11, He gives them habitation and maintenance; Gen 47:13, He gets the Egyptians' money; Gen 47:16, their cattle; Gen 47:18, and their lands, except the priests', to Pharaoh; Gen 47:23, He restores the land for a fifth; Gen 47:28, Jacob's age; Gen 47:29, He swears Joseph to bury him with his fathers.
Joseph: Gen 45:16, Gen 46:31; Heb 2:11
in the land: Gen 45:10, Gen 46:28, Gen 46:34; Exo 8:22, Exo 9:26
presented: Act 7:13; Co2 4:14; Col 1:28; Jde 1:24
What is: Gen 46:33, Gen 46:34; Amo 7:14, Amo 7:15; Jon 1:8; Th2 3:10
shepherds: Gen 4:2
For to: Gen 12:10, Gen 15:13; Deu 26:5; Psa 105:23; Isa 52:4; Act 7:6
for the famine: Gen 43:1; Act 7:11
let thy: Gen 46:34
is: Gen 47:11, Gen 13:9, Gen 20:15, Gen 34:10, Gen 45:18-20; Pro 21:1; Joh 17:2
men of activity: Anshey chayil, men of strength, power, ability, or prowess. It implies both fitness of mind and body; and so valour, prudence, diligence, and virtue.
rulers: Exo 18:21; Sa1 21:7; Ch1 27:29-31; Ch2 26:10; Pro 22:29
cattle: Mikneh, from kanah, to posses, signifies property or possession of any kind, though it frequently is used for cattle, because in ancient times they constituted the principal part of a man's possessions. Gen 47:16; Exo 9:3-6, Exo 9:10, Exo 9:21
And Jacob: Gen 47:10, Gen 35:27; Exo 12:32; Num 6:23, Num 6:24; Jos 14:13; Sa1 2:20; Sa2 8:10; Sa2 19:39; Kg1 1:47; Kg2 4:29; Mat 26:26; Luk 22:19; Pe1 2:17
How old art thou: Heb. How many are the days of the years of thy life, Gen 47:9
The days: Ch1 29:15; Psa 39:12, Psa 119:19, Psa 119:54; Co2 5:6; Heb 11:9-16, Heb 13:14; Pe1 2:11
an hundred: Job 14:1; Psa 39:5, Psa 89:47, Psa 89:48, Psa 90:3-12; Jam 4:14
have not: Gen 47:28, Gen 5:27, Gen 11:11, Gen 11:24, Gen 11:25, Gen 25:7, Gen 25:8, Gen 35:28, Gen 50:26; Exo 6:4, Exo 7:7; Deu 34:7; Jos 24:29; Sa2 19:32-35; Job 8:8, Job 8:9, Job 42:16, Job 42:17
Gen 47:7, Gen 14:19; Num 6:23-27; Deu 33:1; Rut 2:4; Sa2 8:10, Sa2 19:39; Psa 119:46; Psa 129:8; Heb 7:7
Rameses: Gen 47:6; Exo 1:11, Exo 12:37; Joh 10:10, Joh 10:28, Joh 14:2, Joh 14:23, Joh 17:2, Joh 17:24
nourished: Rut 4:15
his father: Exo 20:12; Mat 15:4-6; Mar 7:10-13; Ti1 4:8, Ti1 5:4, Ti1 5:8
according to their families: or, as a little child is nourished, Heb. according to the little ones, Gen 47:1, Gen 47:21, Gen 47:24; Th1 2:7
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so that: Gen 41:30, Gen 41:31; Kg1 18:5; Jer 14:1-6; Lam 2:19, Lam 2:20, Lam 4:9; Act 7:11
fainted: Jer 9:12; Joe 1:10-12
the money: Gen 41:56
Joseph brought: Luk 16:1, Luk 16:2, Luk 16:10-12; Co1 4:2; Pe1 4:10
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Give us bread: Gen 47:18, Gen 47:19, Gen 47:24; Jdg 8:5, Jdg 8:8; Sa1 21:3, Sa1 25:8; Psa 37:3; Isa 33:16; Mat 6:11
Give your cattle: This was the wisest measure that could be adopted, both for the preservation of the people and the cattle. As the people had not grain for their own sustenance, consequently they could have none for their cattle. hence they were in the most imminent danger of starving; and the people also were in equal danger; as they must have divided a portion of that bought for themselves with the cattle, which, for the sake of tillage, etc., they wished of course to preserve till the seven years' famine should end. Dan 6:5-7; Pro 12:17; Co1 10:32; Phi 4:8; Col 4:5
for horses: Exo 9:3; Kg1 10:28; Job 2:4; Isa 31:1; Mat 6:24
fed them: Heb. led them
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buy us: Neh 5:2, Neh 5:3; Job 2:4; Lam 1:11, Lam 5:6, Lam 5:9; Mat 16:26; Phi 3:8, Phi 3:9
and give: Gen 47:23
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And as: It is highly probable, that Joseph was influenced by no political motive in removing the people to the cities, but merely by motives of prudence and humanity; for, as the corn was laid up in the cities, it would be more eligible to bring then from distant towns and villages to places where they might be more conveniently supplied with food.
to cities: Gen 41:48
of the priests: or, princes, Gen 14:18, Gen 41:45, Gen 41:50 *marg. Sa2 8:18
for the priests: Deu 12:19; Josh. 21:1-45; Ezr 7:24; Neh 13:10; Mat 10:10; Co1 9:13; Gal 6:6; Th2 3:10; Ti1 5:17
bought: Gen 47:19
here is seed: Gen 41:27, Gen 45:6; Psa 41:1, Psa 107:36, Psa 107:37, Psa 112:5; Pro 11:26, Pro 12:11, Pro 13:23; Ecc 11:6; Isa 28:24, Isa 28:25, Isa 55:10; Mat 24:45; Co2 9:10
the fifth part: Gen 47:25, Gen 41:34; Lev 27:32; Sa1 8:15-17; Psa 41:1, Psa 112:5
Thou hast: Gen 6:19, Gen 41:45 *marg. Gen 45:6-8, Gen 50:20; Pro 11:26, Pro 11:27
let us: Gen 18:3, Gen 33:15; Rut 2:13
made it a law: From this history, and from Diodorus Siculus (lib. i.), we learn that the land of Egypt was divided into three parts: one belonged to the Priests (Gen 47:22 and Gen 47:26); a second was the king's (which appears to have been the land of Rameses, or Goshen, Gen 47:11); the remainder was the subjects'. Now Joseph, having purchased the land of the people (Gen 47:19 and Gen 47:20), restored it, on the condition of their paying a fifth part of the produce to the king, beyond which he appears to have made no demand.
priests: or, princes, Gen 47:22
dwelt: Gen 47:11
grew: Gen 8:7, Gen 8:9, Gen 13:16, Gen 26:4, Gen 28:14, Gen 46:3; Exo 1:7, Exo 1:12; Deu 10:22, Deu 26:5; Neh 9:23; Psa 105:24, Psa 107:38; Zac 10:8; Act 7:17
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seventeen: Gen 37:2
the whole age: Heb. the days of the years of his life, Gen 47:8 *marg. Gen 47:9; Psa 90:10, Psa 90:12, Psa 119:84
must die: Gen 47:9, Gen 3:19, Gen 50:24; Deu 31:14; Sa2 7:12, Sa2 14:14; Kg1 2:1; Job 7:1; Job 14:14, Job 30:23; Psa 6:5, Psa 49:7, Psa 49:9, Psa 89:48; Heb 9:27
put: Gen 24:2
deal kindly: Gen 24:49
bury me not: Gen 50:24, Gen 50:25; Act 7:15, Act 7:16; Heb 11:22
Gen 23:19, Gen 25:9, Gen 49:29-32, Gen 50:5-14, Gen 50:25; Sa2 19:37; Kg1 13:22; Neh 2:3, Neh 2:5
Swear: Gen 24:3
And Israel bowed: As shachah, which primarily signifies to bow, denotes also to worship; and as mittah, a bed, pronounced matteh, is a staff; the LXX have taken the passage in the latter sense, and rendered it και προσεκυνησεν Ισραηλ επι το ακρον της ραβδου αυτου, "and Israel worshipped upon the top of his staff," which is literally copied by the apostle Paul, in his Epistle to the Hebrews. The present reading is, however, supported by the Masoretic pointing and the Targums; and is most probably correct, as it would appear that Jacob was confined to his bed. Gen 47:29, Gen 24:26, Gen 48:1, Gen 48:2; Kg1 1:47; Heb 11:21