Genesis 47:7

Then Joseph brought his father Jacob into the palace and introduced him to the king. Jacob asked God to bless the king.

Translation for Translators

In The King James Version

And Joseph brought in Jacob his father, and set him before Pharaoh: and Jacob blessed Pharaoh.

In Context

6They can live wherever you want in the whole country of Egypt. Give your father and your brothers the best part of the land. They can live in Goshen. And if you know that any of them have any special ability to work with livestock, have them be in charge of my own livestock, too.”

8Then the king asked Jacob, “How old are you?”

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Cross References

Genesis 14:19Then he blessed Abram, saying “I ask the Supreme God, the one who created heaven and earth, to bless you.

Genesis 47:10Then Jacob again asked God to bless the king, and left him.

Numbers 6:23“Tell Aaron and his sons that when they ask me to bless the people, they must say,

1 Samuel 2:20Then Eli would ask God to bless Elkanah and his wife, and he would say to Elkanah, “I hope/desire that Yahweh will enable your wife to give birth to other children, to take the place of the one whom she dedicated to Yahweh.” Then Elkanah and his family would return home.

2 Samuel 14:22Joab prostrated himself on the ground, and then he bowed down before the king, and asked God to bless him. Then Joab said, “Your Majesty, today I know that you are pleased with me, because you have agreed to do what I requested.”

1 Kings 1:47Furthermore, the palace officials came to His Majesty, King David, to tell him that they approved of what he had done. They said, ‘We wish/hope that our God will enable Solomon [MTY] to become more famous than you have been and enable him to be a better king than you have been.’ When they said that, the king, lying on his bed, bowed his head to worship Yahweh.

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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