Genesis 47:7 Parallel Translations

NASB:

GWT:

Then Joseph brought his father Jacob and had him stand in front of Pharaoh. Jacob blessed Pharaoh.(GOD'S WORD®)

KJV:

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

ASV:

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

BBE:

Then Joseph made his father Jacob come before Pharaoh, and Jacob gave him his blessing.

DBY:

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

ERV:

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

JPS:

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

WBS:

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

WEB:

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

YLT:

And Joseph bringeth in Jacob his father, and causeth him to stand before Pharaoh; and Jacob blesseth Pharaoh.

Genesis 47:7 Cross References

XREF:

Genesis 47:10 And Jacob blessed Pharaoh, and went out from his presence.

2 Samuel 14:22 Joab fell on his face to the ground, prostrated himself and blessed the king; then Joab said, "Today your servant knows that I have found favor in your sight, O my lord, the king, in that the king has performed the request of his servant."

1 Kings 8:66 On the eighth day he sent the people away and they blessed the king. Then they went to their tents joyful and glad of heart for all the goodness that the LORD had shown to David His servant and to Israel His people. (NASB ©1995)

Commentaries and Concordances

MHC:

47:7-12 With the gravity of old age, the piety of a true believer, and the authority of a patriarch and a prophet, Jacob besought the Lord to bestow a blessing upon Pharaoh. He acted as a man not ashamed of his religion; and who would express gratitude to the benefactor of himself and his family. We have here a very uncommon answer given to a very common question. Jacob calls his life a pilgrimage; the sojourning of a stranger in a foreign country, or his journey home to his own country. He was not at home upon earth; his habitation, his inheritance, his treasures were in heaven. He reckons his life by days; even by days life is soon reckoned, and we are not sure of the continuance of it for a day. Let us therefore number our days. His days were few. Though he had now lived one hundred and thirty years, they seemed but a few days, in comparison with the days of eternity, and the eternal state. They were evil; this is true concerning man. He is of few days and full of trouble; since his days are evil, it is well they are few. Jacob's life had been made up of evil days. Old age came sooner upon him than it had done upon some of his fathers. As the young man should not be proud of his strength or beauty, so the old man should not be proud of his age, and his hoary hairs, though others justly reverence them; for those who are accounted very old, attain not to the years of the patriarchs. The hoary head is only a crown of glory, when found in the way of righteousness. Such an answer could not fail to impress the heart of Pharaoh, by reminding him that worldly prosperity and happiness could not last long, and was not enough to satisfy. After a life of vanity and vexation, man goes down into the grave, equally from the throne as the cottage. Nothing can make us happy, but the prospect of an everlasting home in heaven, after our short and weary pilgrimage on earth.

CONC:

Blessed Blesseth Blessing Bringeth Causeth Jacob Joseph Pharaoh Presented Stand

Blessed Blesseth Blessing Causeth Jacob Joseph Pharaoh Presented Stand

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