Genesis 47

Joseph the vizier and would initiate all the people of Egypt including the sons of Jacob into a corvee system of civil bondage except the priests. Eventually a Pharaoh who did not know Joseph may this system rigorous.
We see Joseph was placed as the vizier of Egypt Genesis 41. When the Famine came due to climate change there was only grain in Egypt.
Comments
Joseph had a spiritual insight concerning many things. He "promised his brothers a home in that fertile eastern district, which afforded many advantages in its proximity to Canaan, its adaptation to pastoral life".^[1] They needed to keep their livestock and the skills required to care for them for time comes when Moses takes them out of Egypt. Plus the diet would keep them healthy for the trials that would come.
V3 "What is your occupation?" (מַּעֲשֵׂיכֶ֑ם ma‘ăśêḵem MemAyinShinYodKafMem)^[2] "Thy servants(עֲבָדֶ֔יךָ ‘ăḇāḏeḵā AyinBeitDaletYodKaf)^[3] are shepherds, both we, and also our fathers(אֲבוֹתֵֽינוּ׃ ’ăḇōwṯênū AlefBeitVavTavYodNunVav)^[4].
V4 "thy servants^[3] have no pasture... for the famine^[3]" continues "we pray thee(נָ֥א nā )^[5] , let thy servants^[3] dwell".
V7 "Jacob blessed Pharaoh". What is the significance of Jacob blessing(וַיְבָ֥רֶךְ wayḇāreḵ)^[6] Pharaoh?
V11 Joseph gave^[7] them a possession^[8] in the land of Egypt as Pharaoh had commanded^[9]. But no one paid for the land.^[10]
V13 all the land fainted by reason of the famine.
V14 Joseph gathered up all the money(הַכֶּ֙סֶף֙ hakkesep̄).^[11] If he gathered all the money what did they use for money? Khazneh el-Far'oun (treasury of the pharaoh) or vizier was the most important official at the royal court only second to the king.
Trade was often by barter with commodity money like grain, oil, or baked bread which contained both. Every commodity from beer to bricks allowed for purchase with "present value". Later, gold, silver, and copper began to be used as Egyptian Currency, mostly with the trade outside Egypt. A copper coin called a deben was .5 ounce copper. Clay accounting tokens from Mesopotamia and what became known as "dirty money" appeared by 1200 BC when coins became scarce. Scarabs of stone and clay were used as money. State-controlled temples produced scarabs with denominated value. Ancient counterfeiting was revealed by archaeologist Tzilla Eshel that found debased coins. Even bullion was debased by a variety of methods and techniques. See Temple of Diana at Ephesus. Temple of Moneta
V16 A herdsman has symbiotic relationship with his herd. They are not merely owners of the herd but are one with the herd and flocks. The flocks and herds are a unified biological property.
V17-18 The people gave their natural right to their livestock and would only maintain a legal title. They would pledge their own bodies next giving up a portion of their labor.




Questions
Why was payment important to obtain a lawful title as opposed to a legal title?



1

Jacob's Family Settles in Goshen

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.

Pharaoh said

3 And Pharaoh said unto his brethren, What is your occupation?^[2] And they said unto Pharaoh, Thy servants^[3] are shepherds, both we, and also our fathers^[4].

4 They said moreover unto Pharaoh, For to sojourn in the land are we come; for thy servants^[3] have no pasture for their flocks; for the famine^[3] is sore in the land of Canaan: now therefore, we pray thee, let thy servants^[3] dwell in the land of Goshen.

5 And Pharaoh spake unto Joseph, saying, Thy father and thy brethren are come unto thee:

6 The land of Egypt is before thee; in the best of the land make thy father and brethren to dwell; in the land of Goshen let them dwell: and if thou knowest any men of activity^[12] among them, then make them rulers over my cattle.

Jacob blessed Pharaoh

7 And Joseph brought in Jacob his father, and set him before Pharaoh: and Jacob blessed (וַיְבָ֥רֶךְ wayḇāreḵ)^[6] Pharaoh.

8 And Pharaoh said unto Jacob, How old art thou?

9 And Jacob said 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, and have not attained unto the days of the years of the life of my fathers in the days of their pilgrimage.

10 And Jacob blessed^[6] Pharaoh, and went out from before Pharaoh.

Possession in the land

11 And Joseph placed his father and his brethren, and gave^[7] them a possession^[8] in the land of Egypt, in the best of the land, in the land of Rameses, as Pharaoh had commanded.

12 And Joseph nourished his father, and his brethren, and all his father's household, with bread, according to their families.

Joseph and the Famine

13 And there was no bread in all the land; for the famine was very sore, so that the land of Egypt and all the land of Canaan fainted by reason of the famine.

Gathered the money

14 And Joseph gathered up all the money^[11] that was found in the land of Egypt, and in the land of Canaan, for the corn which they bought: and Joseph brought the money^[11] into Pharaoh's house.

15 And when money^[11] failed in the land of Egypt, and in the land of Canaan, all the Egyptians came unto Joseph, and said, Give us bread: for why should we die in thy presence? for the money^[11] faileth.

Took the cattle

16 And Joseph said, Give your cattle; and I will give you for your cattle, if money^[11] fail.

17 And they brought their cattle unto Joseph: and Joseph gave them bread in exchange for horses, and for the flocks, and for the cattle of the herds, and for the asses: and he fed them with bread for all their cattle for that year.

18 When that year was ended, they came unto him the second year, and said unto him, We will not hide it from my lord, how that our money is spent; my lord also hath our herds of cattle; there is not ought left in the sight of my lord, but our bodies, and our lands:

Bought the land

19 Wherefore shall we die before thine eyes, both we and our land? buy us and our land for bread, and we and our land will be servants unto Pharaoh: and give us seed, that we may live, and not die, that the land be not desolate.

20 And Joseph bought all the land of Egypt for Pharaoh; for the Egyptians sold every man his field, because the famine prevailed over them: so the land became Pharaoh's.

To the city

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.

Only the priests

22 Only the land of the priests bought he not; for the priests had a portion assigned them of Pharaoh, and did eat their portion which Pharaoh gave them: wherefore they sold not their lands.

Fifth part

23 Then Joseph said unto the people, Behold, I have bought you this day and your land for Pharaoh: lo, here is seed for you, and ye shall sow the land.

24 And it shall come to pass in the increase, that ye shall give the fifth part^[13] unto Pharaoh, and four parts shall be your own, for seed of the field, and for your food, and for them of your households, and for food for your little ones.

25 And they said, Thou hast saved our lives: let us find grace in the sight of my lord, and we will be Pharaoh's servants.

26 And Joseph made it a law over the land of Egypt unto this day, that Pharaoh should have the fifth part; except the land of the priests only, which became not Pharaoh's.

27 And Israel dwelt in the land of Egypt, in the country of Goshen; and they had possessions therein, and grew, and multiplied exceedingly.

Jacob lived

28 And Jacob lived in the land of Egypt seventeen years: so the whole age of Jacob was an hundred forty and seven years.

29 And the time drew nigh that Israel must die: and he called his son Joseph, and said unto him, If now I have found grace in thy sight, put, I pray thee, thy hand under my thigh, and deal kindly and truly with me; bury me not, I pray thee, in Egypt:

30 But I will lie with my fathers, and thou shalt carry me out of Egypt, and bury me in their buryingplace.^[10] And he said, I will do as thou hast said.

↑ MacLaren's Expositions commentary
↑ ^{Jump up to: 2.0} ^2.1 04639 מַעֲשֶׂה‎ MemAyinShinHey ma‘aseh [mah-as-eh’] from 06213 עָשָׂה‎ ‘asah to do, produce; n m; [BDB-795b] [{See TWOT on 1708 @@ "1708a" }] AV-work 189, needlework + 07551 5, acts 4, labour 4, doing 4, art 3, deed 3, misc 23; 235
1) deed, work
1a) deed, thing done, act

1b) work, labour

1c) business, pursuit

1d) undertaking, enterprise

1e) achievement
1f) deeds, works (of deliverance and judgment) 1g) work, thing made 1h) work (of God) 1i) product
↑ ^{Jump up to: 3.0} ^3.1 ^3.2 ^3.3 ^3.4 ^3.5 ^3.6 ^3.7
05650 ^דבע^ ‘ebed AyinBeitDalet \@eh’- bed\@ from 05647 verb serve; n m; AV-servant 744, manservant 23, bondman 21, bondage 10, bondservant 1, on all sides 1; 800
1) slave, servant
1a) slave, servant, man-servant

1b) subjects; metaph., one who gives himself up to another’s will, those whose service is used by Christ in extending and advancing his cause
among men

1c) servants, worshippers (of God)

1d) servant (in special sense as prophets, Levites etc)

1e) servant (of Israel)

1f) servant (as form of address between equals)

The word worshipper does not appear in the Old Testament except as a translation of abad which clearly means to serve. The word for worship is often shachah. Study Aboda
- ע Ayin also U. Divine Providence "eye" or "fountain" of five states of kindness or severity. AlefYodNun or nothingness as opposed to AlefShin something [eye, watch] (Numeric value: 70)
- ב Beit Purpose: God's Dwelling Place Below - a house or God's house here. [household, in, into] (Numeric value: 2)
- ד Dalet Selflessness – Charity, back and forth or through a door or pathway, to enter like a fish (Numeric value: 4)
- עֲבָדִ֣ים AlefBeitDaletYod Mem ‘ăḇāḏîm Slavery, bondage
↑ ^{Jump up to: 4.0} ^4.1 01 אָב‎ ‘ab [awb] a root; n m; [BDB-3a] [{See TWOT on 4 @@ "4a" }] AV-father 1205, chief 2, families 2, desire 1, fatherless + 0369 1, forefathers + 07223 1, patrimony 1, prince 1, principal 1; 1215
1) father of an individual

2) of God as father of his people

3) head or founder of a household, group, family, or clan

4) ancestor
4a) grandfather, forefathers — of person

4b) of people

5) originator or patron of a class, profession, or art

6) of producer, generator (fig.)

7) of benevolence and protection (fig.)

8) term of respect and honour

9) ruler or chief (spec.)
↑ 04994 נָא‎ na’ [naw] a primitive particle of incitement and entreaty, which may usually be rendered: "I pray," "now," or "then," Greek 5614 ωσαννα; part of entreaty; [BDB-609a] [{See TWOT on 1269 }] AV-now, I beseech … , I pray … , Oh, go to; 9
1) I (we) pray, now, please
1a) used in entreaty or exhortation
↑ ^{Jump up to: 6.0} ^6.1 ^6.2 01288 ^ךרב^ barak \@baw-rak’\@ a primitive root; v; AV-bless 302, salute 5, curse 4, blaspheme 2, blessing 2, praised 2, kneel down 2, congratulate 1, kneel 1, make to kneel 1, misc 8; 330
1) to bless, kneel
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to kneel

1a2) to bless

1b) (Niphal) to be blessed, bless oneself

1c) (Piel) to bless

1d) (Pual) to be blessed, be adored

1e) (Hiphil) to cause to kneel

1f) (Hithpael) to bless oneself

2) (TWOT) to praise, salute, curse
↑ ^{Jump up to: 7.0} ^7.1
05414 נָתַן‎ nathan [naw-than’] a primitive root NunTavNun; v; [BDB-678a] [{See TWOT on 1443 }] AV-give 1078, put 191, deliver 174, made 107, set 99, up 26, lay 22, grant 21, suffer 18, yield 15, bring 15, cause 13, utter 12, laid 11, send 11, recompense 11, appoint 10, shew 7, misc 167; 2008
1) to give, put, set
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to give, bestow, grant, permit, ascribe, employ, devote, consecrate, dedicate, pay wages, sell, exchange, lend, commit, entrust, give over, deliver up, yield produce, occasion, produce, requite to, report, mention, utter, stretch out, extend

1a2) to put, set, put on, put upon, set, appoint, assign, designate

1a3) to make, constitute

1b) (Niphal)
1b1) to be given, be bestowed, be provided, be entrusted to, be granted to, be permitted, be issued, be published, be uttered, be assigned

1b2) to be set, be put, be made, be inflicted

1c) (Hophal)
1c1) to be given, be bestowed, be given up, be delivered up

1c2) to be put upon
Over hundred variations of this root word.
- נ ן Nun Heir to the Throne, Aramaic fish in the Mem (fish moving in flowing waters) or in the Hebrew the Nun may mean the kingdom with a double Nun suggesting spiritual insight in two realms. [fish moving... Activity life] (Numeric value: 50)
- ת Tav is a Seal of a Higher kingdom or realm through faith. The paradigm keter–malchut “The Crown of Sovereignty” from the Tree of Life spiritually linking worlds or realms through an unseen doorway of faith. The Aleph & Tav are the first and last letters. [door sign cross seal] (Numeric value: 400)
- נ ן Nun Heir to the Throne, Aramaic fish in the Mem (fish moving in flowing waters) or in the Hebrew the Nun may mean the kingdom with a double Nun suggesting spiritual insight in two realms. [fish moving... Activity life] (Numeric value: 50)
↑ ^{Jump up to: 8.0} ^8.1
0272 אֲחֻזָּה‎ ‘achuzzah [akh-ooz-zaw’] AlefChetZayinHey from passive participle from 0270 אָחַז‎ ‘achaz grasp, take hold, AlefChetZayin; n f; [BDB-28b] [{See TWOT on 64 @@ "64a" }] AV-possession(s) 66; 66
1) possession, property
1a) land

1b) possession by inheritance
- Not the same as 07069 קָנָה‎ qanah to get, acquire, create, buy, possess
↑ 06680 ^הוצ^ tsavah \@tsaw-vaw’\@ a primitive root Hebrew letters Tzadik Vav Hey; if you add a Mem 04687 ^הוצמ^ mitsvah v; AV-command 514, charge 39, commandment 9, appoint 5, bade 3, order 3, commander 1, misc 4; 494
1) to command, charge, give orders, lay charge, give charge to, order
1a) (Piel)
1a1) to lay charge upon

1a2) to give charge to, give command to

1a3) to give charge unto

1a4) to give charge over, appoint

1a5) to give charge, command

1a6) to charge, command

1a7) to charge, commission

1a8) to command, appoint, ordain (of divine act)

1b) (Pual) to be commanded
↑ ^{Jump up to: 10.0} ^10.1 Paying substance
Genesis 13:2 And Abram [was] very rich in cattle, in silver, and in gold.

Genesis 24:35 And the LORD hath blessed my master greatly; and he is become great: and he hath given him flocks, and herds, and silver, and gold, and menservants, and maidservants, and camels, and asses.

Genesis 23:16 And Abraham hearkened unto Ephron; and Abraham weighed to Ephron the silver, which he had named in the audience of the sons of Heth, four hundred shekels of silver, current [money] with the merchant.

Ezra 8:25 And weighed unto them the silver, and the gold, and the vessels, [even] the offering of the house of our God, which the king, and his counsellors, and his lords, and all Israel [there] present, had offered:

Exodus 20:23 Ye shall not make with me gods of silver, neither shall ye make unto you gods of gold.

Exodus 32:3 And all the people brake off the golden earrings which [were] in their ears, and brought [them] unto Aaron.

Proverbs 1:14 Cast in thy lot among us; let us all have one purse:

Proverbs 3:9 Honour the LORD with thy substance, and with the firstfruits of all thine increase:
↑ ^{Jump up to: 11.0} ^11.1 ^11.2 ^11.3 ^11.4 ^11.5 03701 כֶּסֶף‎ keceph [keh’-sef] from 03700; n m; [BDB-494a] [{See TWOT on 1015 @@ "1015a" }] AV-silver 287, money 112, price 3, silverlings 1; 403
1) silver, money
1a) silver
1a1) as metal

1a2) as ornament

1a3) as colour

1b) money, shekels, talents
↑
02428 חַיִל‎ chayil [khah’-yil] from 02342 חוּל‎ chuwl to twist, writhe,; n m; [BDB-298b] [{See TWOT on 624 @@ "624a" }] AV-army 56, man of valour 37, host 29, forces 14, valiant 13, strength 12, riches 11, wealth 10, power 9, substance 8, might 6, strong 5, misc 33; 243
1) strength, might, efficiency, wealth, army
1a) strength

1b) ability, efficiency

1c) wealth

1d) force, army
- 02426 חֵיל‎ cheyl wall; 02427 חִיל‎ chiyl, pain; 02428 חַיִל‎ chayil strength; Aramaic 02429 חַיִל‎ chayil strength.
↑ Fifth part
Genesis 47:24 "And it shall come to pass in the increase, that ye shall give the fifth [part] unto Pharaoh, and four parts shall be your own, for seed of the field, and for your food, and for them of your households, and for food for your little ones. 25 And they said, Thou hast saved our lives: let us find grace in the sight of my lord, and we will be Pharaoh’s servants. 26 And Joseph made it a law over the land of Egypt unto this day, [that] Pharaoh should have the fifth [part]; except the land of the priests only, [which] became not Pharaoh’s."
It should also be noted this was the beginning of the bondage of Egypt but in verse 22 "Only the land of the priests bought he not; for the priests had a portion assigned them of Pharaoh, and did eat their portion which Pharaoh gave them: wherefore they sold not their lands."

[1] MacLaren's Expositions commentary

[maaseh39-2] {Jump up to: 2.0} ^2.1 04639 מַעֲשֶׂה‎ MemAyinShinHey ma‘aseh [mah-as-eh’] from 06213 עָשָׂה‎ ‘asah to do, produce; n m; [BDB-795b] [{See TWOT on 1708 @@ "1708a" }] AV-work 189, needlework + 07551 5, acts 4, labour 4, doing 4, art 3, deed 3, misc 23; 235
1) deed, work
1a) deed, thing done, act

1b) work, labour

1c) business, pursuit

1d) undertaking, enterprise

1e) achievement
1f) deeds, works (of deliverance and judgment) 1g) work, thing made 1h) work (of God) 1i) product

[ebed50-3] {Jump up to: 3.0} ^3.1 ^3.2 ^3.3 ^3.4 ^3.5 ^3.6 ^3.7 05650 ^דבע^ ‘ebed AyinBeitDalet \@eh’- bed\@ from 05647 verb serve; n m; AV-servant 744, manservant 23, bondman 21, bondage 10, bondservant 1, on all sides 1; 800
1) slave, servant
1a) slave, servant, man-servant

1b) subjects; metaph., one who gives himself up to another’s will, those whose service is used by Christ in extending and advancing his cause
among men

1c) servants, worshippers (of God)

1d) servant (in special sense as prophets, Levites etc)

1e) servant (of Israel)

1f) servant (as form of address between equals)

The word worshipper does not appear in the Old Testament except as a translation of abad which clearly means to serve. The word for worship is often shachah. Study Aboda

ע Ayin also U. Divine Providence "eye" or "fountain" of five states of kindness or severity. AlefYodNun or nothingness as opposed to AlefShin something [eye, watch] (Numeric value: 70)

ב Beit Purpose: God's Dwelling Place Below - a house or God's house here. [household, in, into] (Numeric value: 2)

ד Dalet Selflessness – Charity, back and forth or through a door or pathway, to enter like a fish (Numeric value: 4)

עֲבָדִ֣ים AlefBeitDaletYod Mem ‘ăḇāḏîm Slavery, bondage

[4] ע Ayin also U. Divine Providence "eye" or "fountain" of five states of kindness or severity. AlefYodNun or nothingness as opposed to AlefShin something [eye, watch] (Numeric value: 70)

[5] ב Beit Purpose: God's Dwelling Place Below - a house or God's house here. [household, in, into] (Numeric value: 2)

[6] ד Dalet Selflessness – Charity, back and forth or through a door or pathway, to enter like a fish (Numeric value: 4)

[7] עֲבָדִ֣ים AlefBeitDaletYod Mem ‘ăḇāḏîm Slavery, bondage

[ab01-4] {Jump up to: 4.0} ^4.1 01 אָב‎ ‘ab [awb] a root; n m; [BDB-3a] [{See TWOT on 4 @@ "4a" }] AV-father 1205, chief 2, families 2, desire 1, fatherless + 0369 1, forefathers + 07223 1, patrimony 1, prince 1, principal 1; 1215
1) father of an individual

2) of God as father of his people

3) head or founder of a household, group, family, or clan

4) ancestor
4a) grandfather, forefathers — of person

4b) of people

5) originator or patron of a class, profession, or art

6) of producer, generator (fig.)

7) of benevolence and protection (fig.)

8) term of respect and honour

9) ruler or chief (spec.)

[na94-5] 04994 נָא‎ na’ [naw] a primitive particle of incitement and entreaty, which may usually be rendered: "I pray," "now," or "then," Greek 5614 ωσαννα; part of entreaty; [BDB-609a] [{See TWOT on 1269 }] AV-now, I beseech … , I pray … , Oh, go to; 9
1) I (we) pray, now, please
1a) used in entreaty or exhortation

[barak88-6] {Jump up to: 6.0} ^6.1 ^6.2 01288 ^ךרב^ barak \@baw-rak’\@ a primitive root; v; AV-bless 302, salute 5, curse 4, blaspheme 2, blessing 2, praised 2, kneel down 2, congratulate 1, kneel 1, make to kneel 1, misc 8; 330
1) to bless, kneel
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to kneel

1a2) to bless

1b) (Niphal) to be blessed, bless oneself

1c) (Piel) to bless

1d) (Pual) to be blessed, be adored

1e) (Hiphil) to cause to kneel

1f) (Hithpael) to bless oneself

2) (TWOT) to praise, salute, curse

[nathan-7] {Jump up to: 7.0} ^7.1 05414 נָתַן‎ nathan [naw-than’] a primitive root NunTavNun; v; [BDB-678a] [{See TWOT on 1443 }] AV-give 1078, put 191, deliver 174, made 107, set 99, up 26, lay 22, grant 21, suffer 18, yield 15, bring 15, cause 13, utter 12, laid 11, send 11, recompense 11, appoint 10, shew 7, misc 167; 2008
1) to give, put, set
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to give, bestow, grant, permit, ascribe, employ, devote, consecrate, dedicate, pay wages, sell, exchange, lend, commit, entrust, give over, deliver up, yield produce, occasion, produce, requite to, report, mention, utter, stretch out, extend

1a2) to put, set, put on, put upon, set, appoint, assign, designate

1a3) to make, constitute

1b) (Niphal)
1b1) to be given, be bestowed, be provided, be entrusted to, be granted to, be permitted, be issued, be published, be uttered, be assigned

1b2) to be set, be put, be made, be inflicted

1c) (Hophal)
1c1) to be given, be bestowed, be given up, be delivered up

1c2) to be put upon
Over hundred variations of this root word.
נ ן Nun Heir to the Throne, Aramaic fish in the Mem (fish moving in flowing waters) or in the Hebrew the Nun may mean the kingdom with a double Nun suggesting spiritual insight in two realms. [fish moving... Activity life] (Numeric value: 50)

ת Tav is a Seal of a Higher kingdom or realm through faith. The paradigm keter–malchut “The Crown of Sovereignty” from the Tree of Life spiritually linking worlds or realms through an unseen doorway of faith. The Aleph & Tav are the first and last letters. [door sign cross seal] (Numeric value: 400)

נ ן Nun Heir to the Throne, Aramaic fish in the Mem (fish moving in flowing waters) or in the Hebrew the Nun may mean the kingdom with a double Nun suggesting spiritual insight in two realms. [fish moving... Activity life] (Numeric value: 50)

[12] נ ן Nun Heir to the Throne, Aramaic fish in the Mem (fish moving in flowing waters) or in the Hebrew the Nun may mean the kingdom with a double Nun suggesting spiritual insight in two realms. [fish moving... Activity life] (Numeric value: 50)

[13] ת Tav is a Seal of a Higher kingdom or realm through faith. The paradigm keter–malchut “The Crown of Sovereignty” from the Tree of Life spiritually linking worlds or realms through an unseen doorway of faith. The Aleph & Tav are the first and last letters. [door sign cross seal] (Numeric value: 400)

[14] נ ן Nun Heir to the Throne, Aramaic fish in the Mem (fish moving in flowing waters) or in the Hebrew the Nun may mean the kingdom with a double Nun suggesting spiritual insight in two realms. [fish moving... Activity life] (Numeric value: 50)

[achuzzah-8] {Jump up to: 8.0} ^8.1 0272 אֲחֻזָּה‎ ‘achuzzah [akh-ooz-zaw’] Alef Chet Zayin Hey from passive participle from 0270 אָחַז‎ ‘achaz grasp, take hold, Alef Chet Zayin; n f; [BDB-28b] [{See TWOT on 64 @@ "64a" }] AV-possession(s) 66; 66
1) possession, property
1a) land

1b) possession by inheritance

Not the same as 07069 קָנָה‎ qanah to get, acquire, create, buy, possess

[16] Not the same as 07069 קָנָה‎ qanah to get, acquire, create, buy, possess

[tsavah-9] 06680 ^הוצ^ tsavah \@tsaw-vaw’\@ a primitive root Hebrew letters Tzadik Vav Hey; if you add a Mem 04687 ^הוצמ^ mitsvah v; AV-command 514, charge 39, commandment 9, appoint 5, bade 3, order 3, commander 1, misc 4; 494
1) to command, charge, give orders, lay charge, give charge to, order
1a) (Piel)
1a1) to lay charge upon

1a2) to give charge to, give command to

1a3) to give charge unto

1a4) to give charge over, appoint

1a5) to give charge, command

1a6) to charge, command

1a7) to charge, commission

1a8) to command, appoint, ordain (of divine act)

1b) (Pual) to be commanded

[Paysilv-10] {Jump up to: 10.0} ^10.1 Paying substance
Genesis 13:2 And Abram [was] very rich in cattle, in silver, and in gold.

Genesis 24:35 And the LORD hath blessed my master greatly; and he is become great: and he hath given him flocks, and herds, and silver, and gold, and menservants, and maidservants, and camels, and asses.

Genesis 23:16 And Abraham hearkened unto Ephron; and Abraham weighed to Ephron the silver, which he had named in the audience of the sons of Heth, four hundred shekels of silver, current [money] with the merchant.

Ezra 8:25 And weighed unto them the silver, and the gold, and the vessels, [even] the offering of the house of our God, which the king, and his counsellors, and his lords, and all Israel [there] present, had offered:

Exodus 20:23 Ye shall not make with me gods of silver, neither shall ye make unto you gods of gold.

Exodus 32:3 And all the people brake off the golden earrings which [were] in their ears, and brought [them] unto Aaron.

Proverbs 1:14 Cast in thy lot among us; let us all have one purse:

Proverbs 3:9 Honour the LORD with thy substance, and with the firstfruits of all thine increase:

[keceph-11] {Jump up to: 11.0} ^11.1 ^11.2 ^11.3 ^11.4 ^11.5 03701 כֶּסֶף‎ keceph [keh’-sef] from 03700; n m; [BDB-494a] [{See TWOT on 1015 @@ "1015a" }] AV-silver 287, money 112, price 3, silverlings 1; 403
1) silver, money
1a) silver
1a1) as metal

1a2) as ornament

1a3) as colour

1b) money, shekels, talents

[chayil-12] 02428 חַיִל‎ chayil [khah’-yil] from 02342 חוּל‎ chuwl to twist, writhe,; n m; [BDB-298b] [{See TWOT on 624 @@ "624a" }] AV-army 56, man of valour 37, host 29, forces 14, valiant 13, strength 12, riches 11, wealth 10, power 9, substance 8, might 6, strong 5, misc 33; 243
1) strength, might, efficiency, wealth, army
1a) strength

1b) ability, efficiency

1c) wealth

1d) force, army

02426 חֵיל‎ cheyl wall; 02427 חִיל‎ chiyl, pain; 02428 חַיִל‎ chayil strength; Aramaic 02429 חַיִל‎ chayil strength.

[21] 02426 חֵיל‎ cheyl wall; 02427 חִיל‎ chiyl, pain; 02428 חַיִל‎ chayil strength; Aramaic 02429 חַיִל‎ chayil strength.

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Genesis 47:24 "And it shall come to pass in the increase, that ye shall give the fifth [part] unto Pharaoh, and four parts shall be your own, for seed of the field, and for your food, and for them of your households, and for food for your little ones. 25 And they said, Thou hast saved our lives: let us find grace in the sight of my lord, and we will be Pharaoh’s servants. 26 And Joseph made it a law over the land of Egypt unto this day, [that] Pharaoh should have the fifth [part]; except the land of the priests only, [which] became not Pharaoh’s."
It should also be noted this was the beginning of the bondage of Egypt but in verse 22 "Only the land of the priests bought he not; for the priests had a portion assigned them of Pharaoh, and did eat their portion which Pharaoh gave them: wherefore they sold not their lands."

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Genesis 47

Contents

Jacob's Family Settles in Goshen

Pharaoh said

Jacob blessed Pharaoh

Possession in the land

Joseph and the Famine

Gathered the money

Took the cattle

Bought the land

To the city

Only the priests

Fifth part

Jacob lived

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Genesis 47

Jacob's Family Settles in Goshen

Pharaoh said

Jacob blessed Pharaoh

Possession in the land

Joseph and the Famine

Gathered the money

Took the cattle

Bought the land

To the city

Only the priests

Fifth part

Jacob lived

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