Genesis 47:10

Then, before leaving, Jacob said goodbye to the king and blessed him again.

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In The King James Version

And Jacob blessed Pharaoh, and went out from before Pharaoh.

In Context

9And Jacob answered, “Sir, all my life I have moved from place to place, and I have had a lot of troubles in my short life. I am only 130 years old but my father and grandfather lived much longer than that.”

11Joseph did what the king said. He gave his father and his brothers the best land in Egypt near a town called Rameses in Goshen.

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Matthew Henry on Genesis 47:2-13

Pharaoh's Generosity; Jacob Presented to Pharaoh. ( b. c. 1706.) 1 Then Joseph came and told Pharaoh, and said, My father and my brethren, and their 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 Goshen. 2 And he took some of his brethren, even five men, and presented them unto Pharaoh. 3 And Pharaoh said unto his brethren, What is your occupation? And they said unto Pharaoh, Thy servants are shepherds, both we, and also our fathers. 4 They… Read the whole commentary →

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