Then Joseph said to the people, "Behold, I have bought you and your land today for Pharaoh. Behold, here is seed for you, and you shall sow the land.

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Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes

AlbertBarnes

18th Century
Presbyterian
18th Century

רעמסס ra‘mesês — Ra‘meses “son of the sun.”

מטה mı̂ṭṭāh — “bed.” מטה maṭṭeh

Charles Ellicott

Charles Ellicott

CharlesEllicott

19th Century
Anglican
19th Century

Lo, here is seed for you. —As Joseph would give them seed with which to sow their fields only when the famine was nearly …

John Calvin

John Calvin

JohnCalvin

16th Century
Protestant
16th Century

Then Joseph said unto the people. Here Moses describes the exceptional benevolence of Joseph, which, just as it then suppressed all compla…

John Gill

John Gill

JohnGill

17th Century
Reformed Baptist
17th Century

Then Joseph said unto the people
After he had bought their land, and before the removal of them to distant parts:

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry

MatthewHenry

17th Century
Presbyterian
17th Century

With care taken for Jacob and his family—a mercy especially orchestrated by Providence through Joseph's advancement—the account now turns to how th…

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