Genesis 47:11 Meaning, Study, & Commentary | KJV

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.

Commentaries

Albert Barnes

AlbertBarnes

18th Century

Presbyterian

18th Century

רעמסס ra‘m^esês — Ra‘meses “son of the sun.”

מטה mı̂ṭṭāh — “bed.” מטה maṭṭeh…

John Gill

JohnGill

17th Century

Reformed Baptist

17th Century

And Joseph placed his father and his brethren, and gave them
a possession in the land of Egypt

Matthew Henry

MatthewHenry

17th Century

Presbyterian

17th Century

With the seriousness of old age, the piety of a true believer, and the authority of a patriarch and a prophet, Jacob entreated the Lord to bestow a…

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