the Week of Proper 11 / Ordinary 16
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Genesis 47:16
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Yosef said, "Give your cattle; and I will give you for your cattle, if money fails."
And Joseph said, Give your cattle; and I will give you for your cattle, if money fail.
And Joseph said, "Give your livestock and I will give you food in exchange for your livestock if your money is used up."
Joseph answered, "Since you have no money, give me your farm animals, and I will give you food in return."
Then Joseph said, "If your money is gone, bring your livestock, and I will give you food in exchange for your livestock."
Joseph said, "Give up your livestock, and I will give you food in exchange for your livestock, since the money is gone."
Then Joseph said, "Give up your livestock, and I will give you food for your livestock, since your money is gone."
Then saide Ioseph, Bring your cattell, and I will giue you for your cattell, if your money be spent.
Then Joseph said, "Give up your livestock, and I will give you food for your livestock, since your money is gone."
"If you don't have any money," Joseph answered, "give me your animals, and I'll let you have some grain."
Yosef replied, "Give me your livestock. If you don't have money, I will give you food in exchange for your livestock."
And Joseph said, Give your cattle, and I will give you for your cattle, if [your] money be all gone.
And Joseph answered, "Give your livestock, and I will give you food in exchange for your livestock, if your money is gone."
And Joseph said to them, Give me your cattle, and I will give you grain for your cattle, if your money is spent.
Joseph answered, "Bring your livestock; I will give you food in exchange for it if your money is all gone."
But Joseph said, “Give me your livestock. Since the silver is gone, I will give you food in exchange for your livestock.”
And Joseph said, Give your livestock, and I will give to you for your livestock, if silver has failed.
Ioseph saide: Brynge hither youre catell, so wil I geue you for youre catell, seynge ye are without money.
And Joseph said, Give your cattle; and I will give you for your cattle, if money fail.
And Joseph said, Give me your cattle; I will give you grain in exchange for your cattle if your money is all gone.
Then sayde Ioseph, Bryng your cattell: and I wyll geue you for your cattell yf money fayle.
And Joseph said: 'Give your cattle, and I will give you [bread] for your cattle, if money fail.'
And Ioseph said, Giue your cattell: and I will giue you for your catell, if money faile.
And Joseph said to them, Bring your cattle, and I will give you bread for your cattle, if your money is spent.
And Joseph said, Give your cattle; and I will give you for your cattle, if money fail.
"Then bring me your livestock," said Joseph. "Since the money is gone, I will sell you food in exchange for your livestock."
To whiche he answeride, Brynge ye youre beestis, and Y schal yyue to you metis for tho, if ye han not prijs.
and Joseph saith, `Give your cattle; and I give to you for your cattle, if the money hath ceased.'
And Joseph said, Give your cattle; and I will give it to you for your cattle, if you are out of money.
And Joseph said, Give your cattle; and I will give you for your cattle, if money hath failed.
Joseph said, "Give your cattle; and I will give you for your cattle, if money fails."
Then Joseph said, "Give your livestock, and I will give you bread for your livestock, if the money is gone."
Joseph replied, "Since your money is gone, bring me your livestock. I will give you food in exchange for your livestock."
Then Joseph said, "Give your cattle. I will give you food in trade for your cattle, because your money is gone."
And Joseph answered, "Give me your livestock, and I will give you food in exchange for your livestock, if your money is gone."
Then said Joseph: Give your cattle, and I will give you for your cattle, - if silver hath failed.
And he answered them: Bring me your cattle, and for them I will give you food, if you have no money.
And Joseph answered, "Give your cattle, and I will give you food in exchange for your cattle, if your money is gone."
Joseph said, "Bring your livestock. I'll trade you food for livestock since your money's run out." So they brought Joseph their livestock. He traded them food for their horses, sheep, cattle, and donkeys. He got them through that year in exchange for all their livestock.
Then Joseph said, "Give up your livestock, and I will give you food for your livestock, since your money is gone."
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
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. Daniel 6:5-7, Proverbs 12:17, 1 Corinthians 10:32, Philippians 4:8, Colossians 4:5
Reciprocal: Genesis 47:6 - cattle
Cross-References
Then Pharaoh said to Joseph, "Your father and your brothers have come to you.
Then Joseph called his father Jacob to come in to meet Pharaoh. Jacob blessed Pharaoh.
Good people speak the truth and can be trusted in court, but liars make bad witnesses.
Never do anything that might make other people do wrong—Jews, non-Jews, or anyone in God's church.
Brothers and sisters, continue to think about what is good and worthy of praise. Think about what is true and honorable and right and pure and beautiful and respected.
Be wise in the way you act with those who are not believers. Use your time in the best way you can.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
And Joseph said, give your cattle,.... Oxen, sheep, horses, asses, as follows:
and I will give you for your cattle, if money fail; that is, corn for cattle, if they had no money to give.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
- Jacob in Goshen
11. רע×סס raâmeseÌs, Raâmeses âson of the sun.â
31. ××× mıÌtÌ£tÌ£aÌh, âbed.â ××× matÌ£tÌ£eh âstaff.â
Arrangements are now made for the settlement of Israel in Goshen. The administration of Joseph during the remaining years of the famine is then recorded. For the whole of this period his father and brothers are subject to him, as their political superior, according to the reading of his early dreams. We then approach to the death-bed of Jacob, and hear him binding Joseph by an oath to bury him in the grave of his fathers.
Genesis 47:1-12
Joseph announces to Pharaoh the arrival of his kindred. âOf the whole of his brethren,â more exactly from the end of his brethren. Five men, a favorite number in Egypt. Shepherds, owners and feeders of sheep and other cattle. âPasture.â Hence, it appears that the drought had made the grazing extremely scanty. Men of ability, competent to take the oversight of others. âJacob his father,â he presents before Pharaoh, after he has disposed of all business matters. âJacob blessed Pharaoh.â This is the patriarchâs grateful return for Pharaohâs great kindness and generosity toward him and his house. He is conscious of even a higher dignity than that of Pharaoh, as he is a prince of God; and as such he bestows his precious benediction. Pharaoh was struck with his venerable appearance, and inquired what was his age. âPilgrimageâ - sojourning, wandering without any constant abode or fixed holding.
Such was the life of the patriarchs in the land of promise Hebrews 11:13. âFew and evil.â Jacobâs years at this time were far short of those of Abraham and Isaac, not to speak of more ancient men. Much bitterness also had been mingled in his cup from the time that he beguiled his brother of the birthright and the blessing, which would have come to him in a lawful way if he had only waited in patience. Obliged to flee for his life from his fatherâs house, serving seven years for a beloved wife, and balked in his expected recompense by a deceitful father-in-law, serving seven long years more for the object of his affections, having his wages changed ten times during the six years of his further toil for a maintenance, afflicted by the dishonor of his only daughter, the reckless revenge taken by Simon and Levi, the death of his beloved wife in childbed, the disgraceful incest of Reuben, the loss of Joseph himself for twenty-two years, and the present famine with all its anxieties - Jacob, it must be confessed, has become acquainted with no small share of the ills of life. âBlessed Pharaoh.â It is possible that this blessing is the same as that already mentioned, now reiterated in its proper place in the narrative. âAccording to the little ones.â This means either in proportion to the number in each household, or with all the tenderness with which a parent provides for his infant offspring.
Genesis 47:13-26
Joseph introduces remarkable changes into the relation of the sovereign and the people of Egypt. âThere was no bread in all the land.â The private stores of the wealthy were probably exhausted. âAnd Joseph gathered up all the silver.â The old stores of grain and the money, which had flowed into the country during the years of plenty, seem to have lasted for five years. âAnd Joseph brought the silver into Pharaohâs house.â He was merely the steward of Pharaoh in this matter, and made a full return of all the payments that came into his hands. âThe silver was spent.â The famishing people have no more money; but they must have bread. Joseph is fertile in expedients. He proposes to take their cattle. This was really a relief to the people, as they had no means of providing them with fodder. The value of commodities is wholly altered by a change of circumstances. Pearls will not purchase a cup of water in a vast and dreary wilderness. Cattle become worthless when food becomes scarce, and the means of procuring it are exhausted. For their cattle Joseph supplies them with food during the sixth year.
Genesis 47:18-20
The seventh year is now come. The silver and cattle are now gone. Nothing remains but their lands, and with these themselves as the serfs of the soil. Accordingly they make this offer to Joseph, which he cannot refuse. Hence, it is evident that Pharaoh had as yet no legal claim to the soil. In primeval times the first entrants into an unoccupied country became, by a natural custom, the owners of the grounds they held and cultivated. The mere nomad, who roamed over a wide range of country, where his flocks merely cropped the spontaneous herbage, did not soon arrive at the notion of private property in land. But the husbandman, who settled on a promising spot, broke up the soil, and sowed the seed, felt he had acquired by his labor a title to the acres he had cultivated and permanently occupied, and this right was instinctively acknowledged by others. Hence, each cultivator grew into the absolute owner of his own farm. Hence, the lands of Egypt belonged to the peasantry of the country, and were at their disposal. These lands had now become valueless to those who had neither provisions for themselves nor seed for their ground. They willingly part with them, therefore, for a yearâs provision and a supply of seed. In this way the lands of Egypt fell into the hands of the crown by a free purchase. âAnd the people he removed into the cities.â This is not an act of arbitrary caprice, but a wise and kind measure for the more convenient nourishment of the people until the new arrangements for the cultivation of the soil should be completed. The priestly class were sustained by a state allowance, and therefore, were not obliged to alienate their lands. Hence, they became by this social revolution a privileged order. The military class were also exempted most probably from the surrender of their patrimonial rights, as they were maintained on the crown lands.
Genesis 47:23-26
I have bought you. - He had bought their lands, and so they might be regarded, in some sort, as the servants of Pharaoh, or the serfs of the soil. âIn the increase ye shall give the fifth to Pharaoh.â This explains at once the extent of their liability, and the security of their liberty and property. They do not become Pharaohâs bondmen. They own their land under him by a new tenure. They are no longer subject to arbitrary exactions. They have a stated annual rent, bearing a fixed ratio to the amount of their crop. This is an equitable adjustment of their dues, and places them under the protection of a statute law. The people are accordingly well pleased with the enactment of Joseph, which becomes henceforth the law of Egypt.
Genesis 47:27-31
And they were possessed thereof. - They become owners or tenants of the soil in Goshen. The Israelites were recognized as subjects with the full rights of freemen. âThey grew and multiplied exceedingly.â They are now placed in a definite territory, where they are free from the contamination which arises from promiscuous intermarriage with an idolatrous race; and hence, the Lord bestows the blessing of fruitfulness and multiplication, so that in a generation or two more they can intermarry among themselves. It is a remarkable circumstance that until now we read of only two daughters in the family of Jacob. The brothers could not marry their sisters, and it was not desirable that the females should form affinity with the pagan, as they had in general to follow the faith of their husbands. Here the twelfth section of the Pentateuch terminates.
Genesis 47:28-31
Jacob lives seventeen years in Egypt, and so survives the famine twelve years. âHe called his son Joseph.â Joseph retained his power and place near Pharaoh after the fourteen years of special service were completed; hence, Jacob looks to him for the accomplishment of his wishes concerning the place of his burial. âPut thy hand under my thighâ Genesis 24:2. He binds Joseph by a solemn asseveration to carry his mortal remains to the land of promise. âAnd Israel bowed himself on the head of the bed.â On receiving the solemn promise of Joseph, he turns toward the head of the bed, and assumes the posture of adoration, rendering, no doubt, thanks to God for all the mercies of his past life, and for this closing token of filial duty and affection. The Septuagint has the rendering: εÌÏÎ¹Ì ÏÎ¿Ì Î±ÌÌκÏον ÏηÍÏÏÌαÌβδον Î±Ï ÌÏÎ¿Ï Í epi to aÌkron akron teÌs rabdou autou âon the top of his staff,â which is given in the Epistle to the Hebrews Hebrews 11:21. This is obtained by a mere change in the vowel pointing of the last word.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Genesis 47:16. Give your cattle — This was the wisest measure that could be adopted, both for the preservation of the people and of the cattle also. As the people had not grain for their own sustenance, consequently they could have none for their cattle; hence the cattle 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, c., they wished of course to preserve till the seven years of famine should end. The cattle being bought by Joseph were supported at the royal expense, and very likely returned to the people at the end of the famine for how else could they cultivate their ground, transport their merchandise, &c., &c.? For this part of Joseph's conduct he certainly deserves high praise and no censure.
