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Genesis
Chapter 47
1
Then Joseph came and told Pharaoh,
and
kept on saying,
My
father and my brethren,
and
their flocks, and their herds,
and
all that they have,
are
come out of the land of Canaan;
and,
behold, they are in the land of Goshen.
{Note: More 'typology'. Pharaoh is a 'type' of God the Father and Joseph is a 'type' of Jesus Christ. The 'wagons' represented God's provisions and 'my brethren' represent believers in time. Positional Truth - Jesus said "I and the Father am One" - identical characteristics - One in Essence. Believers in Christ are in Union with Christ and Positionally are in Union with Christ and God provides the provisions for us in time.}
2
And he took some of his brethren, even five men, and presented them
unto Pharaoh.
3 And Pharaoh kept on saying unto his brethren, What is your occupation? And they kept on saying unto Pharaoh, your servants are shepherds, both we, and also our fathers.
4
They kept on saying moreover unto Pharaoh,
For
to sojourn in the land are we come;
for
your servants have no pasture for their flocks;
for
the famine is sore in the land of Canaan:
now
therefore, we pray you,
let
your servants dwell in the land of Goshen.
5
And Pharaoh spake unto Joseph, saying, your father
and
your brethren are come unto you.
6
The land of Egypt is before thee;
in
the best of the land make your father and brethren to dwell;
in
the land of Goshen let them dwell:
and
if you knowest any men of activity among them,
then
make them rulers over my cattle.
7 And Joseph brought in Jacob his father, and set him before Pharaoh: and Jacob blessed Pharaoh.
8 And Pharaoh kept on saying unto Jacob, How old are thou?
9
And Jacob kept on saying unto Pharaoh,
The
days of the years of my pilgrimage
are
an hundred and thirty years.
Few
and evil have the days of the years of my life been,
and
have not attained unto the days of the years of the life
of
my fathers
in
the days of their pilgrimage.
10
And Jacob blessed Pharaoh,
and
went out from before Pharaoh.
11
And Joseph placed his father and his brethren,
and
gave them a possession in the land of Egypt,
in
the best of the land, in the land of Rameses,
as
Pharaoh had commanded.
12
And Joseph nourished his father, and his brethren,
and
all his father's household, with bread, according to their families.
13
And there was no bread in all the land
for
the famine was very sore,
so
that the land of Egypt and all the land of Canaan fainted by reason
of the famine.
14
And Joseph gathered up all the money
that
was found in the land of Egypt,
and
in the land of Canaan,
for
the corn which they bought:
and
Joseph brought the money into Pharaoh's house.
15
And when money failed in the land of Egypt,
and
in the land of Canaan,
all
the Egyptians came unto Joseph,
and
kept on saying,
Give
us bread:
for
why should we die in your presence?
for
the money faileth.
16
And Joseph kept on saying,
Give
your cattle;
and
I will give you for your cattle,
if
money fail.
17
And they brought their cattle unto Joseph:
and
Joseph gave them bread in exchange for horses,
and
for the flocks,
and
for the cattle of the herds,
and
for the asses:
and
he fed them with bread
for
all their cattle for that year.
18
When that year was ended,
they
came unto him the second year,
and
kept on saying unto him,
We
will not hide it from my lord,
how
that our money is spent;
my
lord also hath our herds of cattle;
there
is not aught left in the sight of my lord,
but
our bodies, and our lands: 19
Wherefore
shall we die before thine eyes,
both
we and our land?
buy
us and our land for bread,
and
we and our land will be servants unto Pharaoh:
and
give us seed,
that
we may live,
and
not die,
that
the land be not desolate.
20
And Joseph bought all the land of Egypt for Pharaoh;
for
the Egyptians sold every man his field,
because
the famine prevailed over them:
so
the land became Pharaoh's.
21
And as for the people,
he
removed them to cities
from
one end of the borders of Egypt
even
to the other end thereof.
22
Only the land of the priests bought he not;
for
the priests had a portion assigned them of Pharaoh,
and
did eat their portion which Pharaoh gave them:
wherefore
they sold not their lands.
23
Then Joseph kept on saying unto the people,
Behold,
I have bought you this day
and
your land for Pharaoh:
lo,
here is seed for you, and ye shall sow the land.
24
And it shall come to pass in the increase,
that
ye shall give the fifth part unto Pharaoh,
and
four parts shall be your own,
for
seed of the field, and for your food,
and
for them of your households, and for food for your little ones.
25
And they kept on saying,
you
hast saved our lives;
let
us find grace in the sight of my lord,
and
we will be Pharaoh's servants.
26
And Joseph made it a law over the land of Egypt unto this day,
that
Pharaoh should have the fifth part;
except
the land of the priests only,
which
became not Pharaoh's.
27^~
And Israel {refers to Jacob, as the head of his family}
dwelt
in prosperity {yashab} in the land of Egypt,
in
the country of Goshen.
And
they had possessions therein
{materialistically
were very well off},
and
grew {parah - grew in character},
and
multiplied exceedingly
{rabah - meaning multiplied in numbers - family size also grew}.
28^~And
Jacob 'lived in great peace, happiness,
and
blessing' {chayah}
in
the land of Egypt seventeen years
{for the first time in his life, Jacob was happy the last 17 years of
his life}.
So
the whole age of Jacob
was
an hundred forty and seven years {147 years old}.
{Verses
29- Chapter 48:xx: Jacob takes Three Looks at Life}
{Verses
29-31: Jacob takes Three Looks at Life - 1) Looks Forward - To His Death}
29^~And
the time drew near that Israel {Jacob} must die
and
he called his son Joseph,
and
kept on saying unto him,
"If
now I have found grace in your sight
{idiom meaning 'if you regard me with any love at all'},
put,
I beseech you, your hand on my thigh
{idiom meaning 'swore a solemn oath to me'
we say put your hand on the bible and swear,
and
deal kindly {'asah checed - literally 'manufacture grace/mercy'}
and
truly with me . . .
bury
me not, I beg you, in Egypt
{Jacob knew of the land grant promised by God and wanted to be
resurrected right there with Abraham and Isaac}. 30^~
But
I will lie with my fathers
{referring to Abraham and Isaac primarily},
and
you shall carry me out of Egypt,
and
bury me in their burying place."
And
he {Joseph} kept on saying,
"I
will do/manufacture {'asah}
as
you have communicated categorically {dabar}."
31^~And
he {Jacob} kept on saying,
"Swear
unto me."
And
he {Joseph} swore unto him.
And
Israel {Jacob} bowed himself
{a 'type' or picture of 'worship'}
and
leaned upon the top of his staff
{'leaning on the staff' is a 'type' or picture of the Faith Rest
technique - he learned what true happiness is in life - to have the
capacity to be happy from the Word. So here this means that
Jacob learned to lean on the Word - the Faith Rest Technique-
The last 17 years of his life, Jacob learned to lean on the Word
and depended on God and His Word.}.
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