Gen 47:1 | Clarke | STEP | Joseph informs Pharaoh that his father and brethren are arrived in Goshen, . He presents five of his brethren before the king, , who questions them concerning their occupation; they inform him that they are shepherds, and request permission to dwell in the land of Goshen, , . Pharaoh consents, and desires that some of the most active of them should be made rulers over his cattle, , . Joseph presents his father to Pharaoh, , who questions him concerning his age, , to which Jacob returns an affecting answer, and blesses Pharaoh, , . Joseph places his father and family in the land of Rameses, (Goshen), and furnishes them with provisions, , . The famine prevailing in the land, the Egyptians deliver up all their money to Joseph to get food, . The next year they bring their cattle, , . The third, their lands and their persons, . The land of the priests Joseph does not buy, as it was a royal grant to them from Pharaoh, . The people receive seed to sow the land on condition that they shall give a fifth part of the produce to the king, , . The people agree, and Joseph makes it a law all over Egypt, , . The Israelites multiply exceedingly, . Jacob, having lived seventeen years in Goshen, and being one hundred and forty-seven years old, , makes Joseph promise not to bury him in Egypt, but in Canaan, , . Joseph promises and confirms it with an oath, .

‏ Genesis 47:1

Introduction

Joseph informs Pharaoh that his father and brethren are arrived in Goshen, Gen 47:1. He presents five of his brethren before the king, Gen 47:2, who questions them concerning their occupation; they inform him that they are shepherds, and request permission to dwell in the land of Goshen, Gen 47:3, Gen 47:4. Pharaoh consents, and desires that some of the most active of them should be made rulers over his cattle, Gen 47:5, Gen 47:6. Joseph presents his father to Pharaoh, Gen 47:7, who questions him concerning his age, Gen 47:8, to which Jacob returns an affecting answer, and blesses Pharaoh, Gen 47:9, Gen 47:10. Joseph places his father and family in the land of Rameses, (Goshen), and furnishes them with provisions, Gen 47:11, Gen 47:12. The famine prevailing in the land, the Egyptians deliver up all their money to Joseph to get food, Gen 47:13-15. The next year they bring their cattle, Gen 47:16, Gen 47:17. The third, their lands and their persons, Gen 47:18-21. The land of the priests Joseph does not buy, as it was a royal grant to them from Pharaoh, Gen 47:22. The people receive seed to sow the land on condition that they shall give a fifth part of the produce to the king, Gen 47:23, Gen 47:24. The people agree, and Joseph makes it a law all over Egypt, Gen 47:25, Gen 47:26. The Israelites multiply exceedingly, Gen 47:27. Jacob, having lived seventeen years in Goshen, and being one hundred and forty-seven years old, Gen 47:28, makes Joseph promise not to bury him in Egypt, but in Canaan, Gen 47:29, Gen 47:30. Joseph promises and confirms it with an oath, Gen 47:31.