rash with it, though he knew that the Egyptians detefted Shepherds. 33. And it fhall come to pass when Pharaoh shall call you, and fhall fay, what is your occupation? 34. That ye fhall say, Thy fervants trade bath been about cattel, from our youth even untill now, both we and alfo our fathers: that dwell in the land of Gofben; for every fhepherd is an abomination unto the Egyptians. ye may 34. That ye may dwell in the land of full Country, and toGofben: In a fruitward the Confines of Canaan, to which they were to return; Far from the fnares of the Court, and out of the way of the Egyptians which hated them, and de tefted that Employment. For every Shepherd, &c. The foft Egyptians hated Men of that hardy Employment, and poffibly upon account of fome lofs from that fort of Men, and upon the fscore of their own Superftition they detefted the Employment. See the Note on ch.43.32. CHAP. XLVII. The ARGUMENT. Jofeph prefents five of his Brethren to Pharaoh. Jacob alfo appears before him. The Famine encreafeth. The Egyptians for Corn part with their Money and Cattel, and their Land. The Land of the Priests was exempted. A fifth part of the encreafe of the Land is referved for Pharaoh. Jacob's Age. He sweareth Jofeph to bury bim with his Fathers. ale 1. 1. Goshen: See the Note on chap. Tharaoh, and faid, My father and my brethren, and their 45. 10. 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 Gofben. 2. And be took fome of his bre thren, even five men, and prefented them unto Pharaoh. 2. Some of his bre thren: Or, the meaneft of them, as the Hebrew word will bear, (1 Kings 12. 31.) and not the geodlieft, whom Pharaoh might have defired for his Court, 3. And Pharaob faid unto bis brethren, what is your occupation? And they faid unto Pharaoh, Thy fervants are fhepherds, both we and and alfo our fathers. 4. They faid moreover unto Pharaoh, For to fojourn in the land are we come for thy fervants have no pasture for their flocks, for the famine is fore in the land of Canaan: now therefore, we pray thee, let thy fervants dwell in the land of Gofhen. 3.Occupation: The Hebrew word fignihies Work. 4. To fojourn: Not to dwell in Egypt; and therefore they defire Gofben as near to Canaan. And Pharaoh spake unto Jofeph, faying, Thy father and thy brethren are come unto thee; 6. The land of Egypt is before thee; in the beft of the land make thy father and brethren to dwell, in the land of Goshen let them dwell: and if thou knowest any man of acti vity amongst them, then make them rulers over my cattel. : 7. And Jofeph brought in Fe 7. Jacob blessed cob his father, and fet him before Pharaoh i.e. He faPharaoh and Jacob bleffed Pharaoh, luted him, and gave him thanks, as the Hebrew word fignifies, 2 Kings 4. 29. Numb. 6. 23, 24, Compare Matt. 26. 26. with Luk, 22. 19. 8. And Pharaoh faid unto Jacob, How old art thou? 9. And Facob faid 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, 9. Pilgrimage: facob's life was a Pilgrimage; It was pent in many pla dan-Aram, and then ces of Canaan, in Pa " and have not attained unto the days of the years of the life of my fathers in the days of their pilgri mage. in Canaan again, and now in Egypt, Heb. dred and thirty years: II. 9, 13. An ban Hence it is evident that Jacob was about Ninety years old when Jofeph was born. Evil: Though Jacob in fome refpect were a profperous Man, yet he met with many Evils. He fled from Efau, ferved Laban Twenty years: He was defeated in his hope of Rachel, and fhe was barren alfo: He fled from Laban, feared Efau, halted: He was afflicted in Dinah, in Simeon and Levi, and in Reuben, and upon the score of Jofeph; In the Sons of Judah and in Thamar; Befides the death of Rachel, and the fending away of Benjamin. Have not attained, &c. Abraham lived an Hundred feventy five years, and Ifaac an Hundred and eighty, Gen. 25.7. and ch. 35. 28. 10: And Jacob bleffed Pharaoh, and went out from before Pharaoh. 11. And Jofeph placed his father and his brethren, and gave them a poffeffion in the land of Egypt, in the best of the land, in the Land of Ramefes, as Pharaoh bad commanded. 12. And Joseph nourished his father, and his brethren, and all his father's houshold with bread, according to their families. 13. And there was no bread in all the land for the famine was very fore, fo that the land of Egypt, and all the land of Canaan fainted by reafon of the famine. 10. Blessed: At his going out, as at his coming in. See the Note on v.7. 11. Land of Ramefes: So called here by Anticipation; the Ifraelites built a City of that Name afterward, Exod.1.11. and 12.37. 12. According to their families: Or, as a little Child is nourished. Heb. According to the little ones. 13. Land of Egypt: i. e. The People of the Land, as the Chaldee hath it. 14. And 14. And Jofeph 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 Jofeph 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 Jofeph, and said, Give us bread for why should we die in thy prefence? for the money faileth. 16. And Jofeph faid, Give your cattel; and I will give you for your cattel, if money fail. 17. And they brought their 17. Fed them: cattel unto Jofeph: and Jofeph Heb. Led them. gave them bread in exchange for horses, and for the flocks, and for the cattel of the herds, and for the affes; and he fed them with bread, for all their cattel, for that year. 18. When that year was ended, they came unto him the fecond year, and faid unto him, we will not hide it from my lord, how that our money is spent, my lord alfo hath our herds of cattel; there is not ought left in the fight of my lord, but our bodies, and our lands. 18. Second year: i. e. The year after, and not the fecond year of the feven years famine. 19. Wherefore fhall we die before thine eyes, both we and our land? buy us and our land for bread, and we and our land will be fervants unto Pharaoh: and give us feed, that we may live and not die, that the land be not defolate. 20. And Jofeph bought all the land of Egypt for Pharaoh; for the Egyptians fold every man his field, because the famine prevailed over them: fo the land became Pha raoh'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. 21. He removed them; The better to fecure to Pharaoh the propriety from the People; People; fays Jofephus: And alfo it was a good means to prevent their Sedition, which they would be tempted to, if they had continued in their old Patrimonies. 22. Onely the land of the priests bought he not for the priests had a portion affigned them of Pharaoh, and did eat their portion which Pharaoh gave them: wherefore they fold not their lands. 22. Priefts: Tho' the Hebrew word Princes or great Offometimes fignifie ficers: Yet the ancient Verfions, the Chaldee, Greek, and Vulgar understand it of Priefts here: And fo does Jofephus, and the Syriack Verfion of this place: And what is here faid of the Priviledge 1 of the Priefts, is confirmed by what we read to the fame purpose in the Second Book of Herodotus. 23. Then Jofeph faid unto the people, Behold, I have bought you this day, and your land for Pharaoh : lo, here is feed for you, and ye shall fow the land. 24. Fifth part: Ch. 41.34 24. And it shall come to pass in the increafe, that you shall give the fifth part unto Pharaoh, and four parts fhall be your own, for feed of the field, and for your food, and for them of your houfholds, and for food for your little ones. 25. And they faid, Thou haft faved our lives: let us find grace in the fight of my lord, and we will be Pharaob's fervants. 26. And Jofeph made it a law over the land of Egypt unto this day, that Pharaoh fhould have the fifth part; except the land of the Priests onely, which became not Pharaoh's. 27. And Ifrael dwelt in the land of Egypt in the country of Gofhen; and they had poffeffions therein, and grew, and multiplied exceedingly. 28. And Jacob lived in the land of Egypt Seventeen years: fo the whole age of facob was an hundred forty and feven years. 29. And |