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Genesis 47:14

in Genesis 47

Joseph collected all the money to be found in the land of Egypt and the land of Canaan in exchange for the grain they were buying, and he brought it into Pharaoh’s palace.

BSB

The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

And Joseph gathered up all the money that was found in the land of Egypt, and in the land of Canaan, for the grain which they bought: and Joseph brought the money into Pharaoh’s house.

KJV

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.

This verse in Genesis 47

Commentary

6 notes on this verse

This site's exposition

the famine was so severe

on Genesis 47:13-15

The seven lean years arrive as the dreams said. Genesis 41:32 had given the reason for the doubling, that God had determined the matter and would carry it out shortly. Joseph collects all the money in Egypt and Canaan into Pharaoh's palace, and then the money runs out.

This site's exposition

he brought it into Pharaoh’s palace

Money translates keseph, silver weighed out by the piece, for coins came centuries later. Joseph brings every shekel of it into the palace. The famine makes the crown the owner of the country's silver first.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

And Joseph gathered up all the money,....

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

proposed

Silver and gold would not feed them, they must have corn. All the money of the kingdom was by this means brought into the exchequer.

The Nineteenth Century2 voices

A commentator

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

proposed

there was no bread in all the land--This probably refers to the second year of the famine (Ge 45:6) when any little stores of individuals or families were exhausted and when the people had become universally dependent on the government.

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A commentator

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible · Written before 1832.

proposed

Gathered up all the money - i. e., by selling corn out of the public stores to the people; and this he did till the money failed, Gen 47:15, till all the money was exchanged for corn, and brought into Pharaoh’s treasury.

How the passage was read

What the Jewish commentators add

AND JOSEPH GATHERED UP ALL THE MONEY, etc. Scripture relates this and goes on to complete the subject in this entire section in order to make known Joseph’s excellence in wisdom, in understanding, and in knowledge, 241 Exodus:3. and that he was a faithful man. Proverbs:6.
Ramban: Spain, 1194–1270 · Ramban on Genesis 47:14:1, via Sefaria, Commentary on the Torah by Ramban (Nachmanides). Translated and annotated by Charles B. Chavel. New York, Shilo Pub. House, 1971-1976

This section is reception history: how the passage was read and kept in the Jewish tradition. Where a reading parts from an essential of the Christian faith, the section says so at that point.

Texts and citation data: Sefaria; each excerpt follows its version’s licence. 5 further sources are cited on this chapter that carry no English text this site may quote or only restate the verse.

The words behind it

20 Hebrew words

Every Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.

  • וַיְלַקֵּ֣טand he gathered up

    vaylaketH3950 →

  • יוֹסֵ֗ףJoseph

    yosefH3130 →213 times

  • אֶת־<obj.>

    ʾet-H853 →10935 times

  • כָּל־all

    kol-H3605 →5413 times

  • הַכֶּ֙סֶף֙the money

    hakesefH3701 →403 times

  • הַנִּמְצָ֤אwhich was found

    hanimtza'H4672 →455 times

  • בְאֶֽרֶץ־in [the] land of

    veeretz-H776 →2504 times

  • מִצְרַ֙יִם֙Egypt

    mitzrayimH4714 →641 times

  • וּבְאֶ֣רֶץand in [the] land of

    uveeretzH776 →2504 times

  • כְּנַ֔עַןCanaan

    kenaanH3667 →94 times

  • בַּשֶּׁ֖בֶרfor the grain

    basheverH7668 →9 times

  • אֲשֶׁר־which

    ʾasher-H834 →5497 times

  • הֵ֣םthey

    hemH1992 →553 times

  • שֹׁבְרִ֑ים[were] buying grain

    shoerimH7666 →21 times

  • וַיָּבֵ֥אand he brought

    vaiyave'H935 →2568 times

  • יוֹסֵ֛ףJoseph

    yosefH3130 →213 times

  • אֶת־<obj.>

    ʾet-H853 →10935 times

  • הַכֶּ֖סֶףthe money

    hakesefH3701 →403 times

  • בֵּ֥יתָה[the] house of towards

    beitahH1004 →2046 times

  • פַרְעֹֽה׃Pharaoh

    farohH6547 →274 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

The walk

8 stops

Each card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.

  • Through

    1 Peter 4:10

    As good stewards of the manifold grace of God, each of you should use whatever gift he has received to serve one another.

    it leads to

    • Romans 12:6–8

      We have different gifts according to the grace given us. If one’s gift is prophecy, let him use it in proportion to his faith;

    • 1 Corinthians 12:4–11

      There are different gifts, but the same Spirit.

    • 1 Corinthians 4:1–2

      So then, men ought to regard us as servants of Christ and stewards of the mysteries of God.

    • Mark 10:45

      For even the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life as a ransom for many.”

    • Hebrews 6:10

      For God is not unjust. He will not forget your work and the love you have shown for His name as you have ministered to the saints and continue to do so.

  • Through

    1 Corinthians 4:2

    Now it is required of stewards that they be found faithful.

    it leads to

    • Matthew 25:21

      His master replied, ‘Well done, good and faithful servant! You have been faithful with a few things; I will put you in charge of many things. Enter into the joy of your master!’

    • Luke 12:42

      And the Lord answered, “Who then is the faithful and wise manager, whom the master puts in charge of his servants to give them their portion at the proper time?

    • Luke 16:10–12

      Whoever is faithful with very little will also be faithful with much, and whoever is dishonest with very little will also be dishonest with much.

Where this verse is studied

About Genesis

This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.