Genesis 47:1--49:33
Joseph <03130> [Joseph.]
land ......... land <0776> [in the land.]
introduced <03322> [presented.]
occupation <04639> [What is.]
care <07462> [shepherds.]
live as temporary residents <01481> [For to.]
famine <07458> [for the famine.]
servants .................. servants <05650> [let thy.]
before <06440> [is.]
Goshen <01657> [Goshen.]
men <02428 0582> [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.
charge <08269> [rulers.]
livestock <04735> [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.
Jacob ....... Jacob <03290> [And Jacob.]
How ..... lived <04100 02416> [How old art thou. Heb. How many are the days of the years of thy life?]
All ......... All <03117> [The days.]
[and hundred.]
<05381> [have not.]
Rameses <07486> [Rameses.]
provided <03557> [nourished.]
father ....... father's <01> [his father.]
according ....... little children <06310 02945> [according to their families. or, as a little child is nourished. Heb. according to the little ones.]
land ......... land ...... land <0776> [A.M. 2300. B.C. 1704. so that.]
wasted away <03856> [fainted.]
money ............................. money <03701> [the money.]
Joseph .............................. Joseph brought <0935 03130> [Joseph brought.]
Give ... food <03051 03899> [A.M. 2301. B.C. 1703. Give us bread.]
bring ... livestock ............ livestock <03051 04735> [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.
horses <05483> [for horses.]
food .................. got ... through ....... food <05095 03899> [fed them. Heb. led them.]
[A.M. 2302. B.C. 1702.]
land Buy ..... land .......... land .................. land <07069 0127> [buy us.]
Give <05414> [and give.]
[A.M. 2303. B.C. 1701.]
people <05971> [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.
<05892> [to cities.]
priests .... priests <03548> [of the priests. or, princes.]
priests .... priests <03548> [for the priests.]
bought <07069> [bought.]
seed <02233> [here is seed.]
one-fifth ..... Pharaoh <02549 06547> [the fifth part.]
lives <02421> [Thou hast.]
showing <04672> [let us.]
So ... made it ... statute <07760 02706> [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, (ver. 22, 26;) a second was the king's, (which appears to have been the land of Rameses, or Goshen, ver. 11;) the remainder was the subjects'. Now Joseph, having purchased the land of the people (ver. 19, 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.
Only <07535> [except.]
priests <03548> [priests. or, princes.]
settled <03427> [dwelt.]
fruitful <06509> [grew.]
seventeen <06240> [A.M. 2315. B.C. 1689. seventeen.]
life <02416> [the whole age. Heb. the days of the years of his life.]
die <04191> [must die.]
put <07760> [put.]
show ... kindness <02617 06213> [deal kindly.]
bury .... Egypt <06912 04714> [bury me not.]
Swear ....... do <07650> [Swear.]
Israel bowed <07812 03478> [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 [kai prosekun‚sen Israel epi to akron t‚s rabdou autou,] "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.
father <01> [thy father.]
two sons <01121 08147> [his two sons.]
regained <02388> [strengthened.]
God <0410> [God.]
appeared <07200> [appeared.]
Luz <03870> [Luz.]
fruitful <06509> [Behold I.]
make ........... give <05414> [will give.]
everlasting <05769> [everlasting.]
two sons <01121 08147> [two sons.]
Reuben <07205> [are mine.]
Reuben <07205> [Reuben.]
listed <07121> [and shall be called.]
Paddan <06307> [Padan.]
Rachel <07354> [Rachel.]
[to Ephrath.]
sons <01121> [my sons.]
bless <01288> [bless them.]
eyes <05869> [the eyes.]
failing <03513> [dim. Heb. heavy.]
kissed <05401> [kissed.]
expected <06419> [I had not.]
God <0430> [God.]
bowed ..... face <07812 0639> [he bowed himself.]
Joseph thus shewed that his external greatness did not render him forgetful of the respect due to his father. The Egyptians were remarkable for the reverence paid to old age: "for if a young person meet his senior, he instantly turns aside to make way for him; if an aged person enter an apartment, the youth always rise from their seats;" and Mr. Savary observes, that the same reverence is still paid to old age in Egypt.
right hand <03225> [his right hand.]
placed <07896> [and laid.]
<07919> [guiding.]
firstborn <01060> [firstborn.]
blessed <01288> [blessed.]
walked <01980> [did walk.]
shepherd .... life <07462 05750> [fed me.]
Angel <04397> [Angel.]
who has protected <01350> [redeemed.]
name ........ name <08034> [my name.]
grow .... multitude <01711 07230> [grow into. Heb. as fishes do increase.]
Fish are the most prolific of all animals: a tench lays 1,000 eggs, a carp 20,000, and Leuwenhoek counted in a middling sized cod, 9,384,000.
multitude <07230> [a multitude.]
placed ... right <07896 03225> [laid his.]
took <03415 08551> [displeased him. Heb. was evil in his eyes.]
father ..... father <01> [Not so.]
firstborn <01060> [for this.]
said ... know ..... know <03045 0559> [said, I know it.]
nation ......................... multitude <05971 04393> [become.]
multitude <04393> [multitude. Heb. fulness.]
blessed ......... Israel bless <01288 03478> [Israel bless.]
make ......... put <07760> [and he set.]
die <04191> [Behold.]
God <0430> [God.]
land <0776> [land.]
give <05414> [given.]
Amorites <0567> [Amorite.]
Gather together <0622> [Gather.]
future <03117 0319> [last days.]
listen ...... listen <08085> [hearken.]
firstborn <01060> [my firstborn.]
might <03581> [my might.]
destructive <06349> [Unstable.]
excel <03498> [thou shalt not excel. Heb. do not thou excel.]
got ........... got <05927> [because.]
got ........... got .... couch <03326 05927> [he went up to my couch. or, my couch is gone.]
Simeon <08095> [Simeon.]
weapons <03627> [instruments, etc. or, their swords are weapons of violence.]
soul <05315> [O my soul.]
come <0935> [come.]
council <05475> [secret.]
assembly <06951> [unto their.]
heart <03519> [honour.]
men <0376> [a man.]
hamstrung oxen <07794 06131> [digged down a wall. or, houghed oxen.]
Cursed <0779> [Cursed.]
divide <02505> [I will divide.]
praise <03034> [shall praise.]
hand <03027> [thy hand.]
neck <06203> [the neck.]
father's <01> [thy father's.]
lion's .................... lion <0738> [a lion's.]
<03766> [he stooped.]
scepter <07626> [sceptre.]
ruler's staff <02710> [lawgiver.]
feet <07272> [between.]
<03588> [until.]
obey <03349> [the gathering.]
foal <05895> [his foal.]
wash <03526> [he washed.]
resting place <04496> [rest.]
bend <05186> [bowed.]
snake <05175> [shall be.]
viper <08207> [an adder. Heb. an arrow-snake.]
[Nepthalim.]
fruitful .... fruitful <06509> [a fruitful.]
branches <01323> [branches. Heb. daughters.]
bow <07198> [his bow.]
skillful <06339> [were made.]
Mighty One <046> [the mighty.]
Shepherd <07462> [the shepherd.]
Rock <068> [the stone.]
God <0410> [the God.]
sovereign <07706> [the Almighty.]
blessings ...... blessings ......... blessings <01293> [with blessings.]
greater than <01396> [have prevailed.]
age-old hills <01389 05769> [everlasting hills.]
head <07218> [they shall.]
prince <05139> [was separate.]
ravenous <02963> [ravin.]
wolf <02061> [a wolf.]
evening <06153> [at night.]
twelve <06240> [the twelve.]
go <0622> [gathered.]
Bury ..... fathers <06912 01> [bury me.]
cave <04631> [in the cave.]
Ephron <06085> [Ephron.]
Abraham bought <07069 085> [Abraham bought.]
finished <03615> [had made.]
breathed ... last breath <01478> [and yielded.]
Genesis 2:7
formed ... man ................... man <03335 0120> [formed man.]
[of the dust. Heb. the dust of, etc. dust.]
breathed <05301> [and breathed.]
nostrils <0639> [nostrils.]
life ....... living <02416> [a living.]
Romans 5:12-14
<891> [until.]
sin ...... but ...... for sin <266 1161> [but sin.]
death <2288> [death.]
even <2532> [even.]
who .... type <3739 2076 5179> [who is the figure.]
Or "type (pattern, or resemblance, [tupos <\\See definition 5179\\>,]) of him who was to come," i.e., THE MESSIAH. Mr. Baxter remarks, It is indeed interesting to compare, on Scripture authority, Adam as the root of sin and death to all, with CHRIST, who is to all true Christians the root of holiness and life.
Revelation 16:3
on <1519> [upon.]
it turned <1096> [it became.]
and ........... and every <2532 3956> [and every.]
