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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown · 1871
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Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown · 1871
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871). CCEL expanded electronic edition states it is in the public domain.
Genesis Chapter 47 16 Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
Genesis Chapter 47 21 Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
21. as for the people, he removed them to cities--obviously for the convenience of the country people, who were doing nothing, to the cities where the corn stores were situated.
Genesis Chapter 47 22 Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
22. Only the land of the priests bought he not--These lands were inalienable, being endowments by which the temples were supported. The priests for themselves received an annual allowance of provision from the state, and it would evidently have been the height of cruelty to withhold that allowance when their lands were incapable of being tilled.
Genesis Chapter 47 23 Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
23-28. Joseph said, Behold, &c.--The lands being sold to the government
(Ge 47:19, 20),
seed would be distributed for the first crop after the famine; and the people would occupy them as tenants-at-will on the payment of a produce rent, almost the same rule as obtains in Egypt in the present day.
Genesis Chapter 47 29 Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
29-31. the time drew nigh that Israel must die--One only of his dying arrangements is recorded; but that one reveals his whole character. It was the disposal of his remains, which were to be carried to Canaan, not from a mere romantic attachment to his native soil, nor, like his modern descendants, from a superstitious feeling for the soil of the Holy Land, but from faith in the promises. His address to Joseph--"if now I have found grace in thy sight," that is, as the vizier of Egypt--his exacting a solemn oath that his wishes would be fulfilled and the peculiar form of that oath, all pointed significantly to the promise and showed the intensity of his desire to enjoy its blessings (compare
Nu 10:29).
Genesis Chapter 47 31 Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
31. Israel bowed himself upon the bed's head--Oriental beds are mere mats, having no head, and the translation should be "the top of his staff," as the apostle renders it
(Heb 11:21).
Genesis Chapter 48 1 Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
Ge 48:1-22.
JOSEPH'S VISIT TO HIS SICK FATHER.
1. one told Joseph, Behold, thy father is sick--Joseph was hastily sent for, and on this occasion he took with him his two sons.
Genesis Chapter 48 2 Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
2. Israel strengthened himself, and sat upon the bed--In the chamber where a good man lies, edifying and spiritual discourse may be expected.
16. And Joseph said, Give your cattle--"This was the wisest course that could be adopted for the preservation both of the people and the cattle, which, being bought by Joseph, was supported at the royal expense, and very likely returned to the people at the end of the famine, to enable them to resume their agricultural labors."