Genesis 47

For one sweet ingredient there were two bitter; for the cinnamon there was myrrh and aloes. A man's grace will not exempt him from troubles (Genesis 47:9). Few and evil have the days of the years of my life been.

(3.) Honor is to be shown to parents in relieving their wants. Joseph cherished his father in his old age (Genesis 47:12). It is but the paying a just debt.

Now to come to the fact itself: in Jacob's worship, three circumstances are to be considered: 1. The occasion: 2. The time: 3. The manner of it. The occasion of Jacob's worship here spoken of (as we may read, Genesis 47) was this: when the time drew near that Jacob must die, he…

Genesis 23:4: Abraham told the people of the Land of Canaan, that he was a stranger and a foreigner among them. And when Jacob came before Pharaoh, he confessed, that both his days & the days of his Fathers, were days of Pilgrimage: Genesis 47:9. Now, affirming so openly that th…

So Jacob swore with Laban (Genesis 31:52). And Joseph swore to his father (Genesis 47:31). And these had no respect to any legal institution, so that their practice should be thought to be reproved in those passages of the Gospel which shall be mentioned afterwards.

3. 'Tis an happy life, not subjected to the necessities of meat and drink, we have then spiritual bodies (1 Corinthians 15:45). 'Tis not encumbered with miseries, as the present life is (Genesis 47:9); 'tis a life which we are never weary of; in deep distresses life it self may…

And in his epistle to Paula and Eustochium, or his Preface to Isaiah, he affirms that this prophecy "is written among the Hebrews in cola and commata." In Quaest. Heb. on Genesis 47:31: "And in this place some vainly pretend that Jacob worshiped the top of the scepter of Joseph,…

V. I will add a single passage, and that a well-known one. From the words of Moses in Genesis 47:31 — the Hebrew text of which is heavily damaged in the source — the apostle shows that Jacob worshipped, leaning upon the top of his staff; that is, he was strong in faith, though n…

1 Kings 2:19. And when Bathsheba came to the king, that she might speak to him for Adonijah, the King rose to meet her, and bowed himself to her; sitting in his throne, he commanded a throne to be placed for the mother of the king, which sat at his right hand. Genesis 47:29. And…

Thus he sets forth the greatness of the benefit, which shall be renowned for the time to come, and shall remain engraved in the memories of all, even after Hezekiah shall be dead: so as it shall be called a kind of resurrection. The word to sleep, signifies to die; according to…

Thirdly, others interpret Benedicere by Valedicere, blessing by departing. Thus, it may be my sons have sinned and departed from God in their hearts: and they bring some texts of Scripture wherein the word [Barach] signifies to depart, or to take leave, and go away: as (Genesis…

The day has enough with his own griefe that is, every day by reason of mans sinnes, has trouble and griefe enough, through that care and labour for prouision which God thereon requirs at our hands: and therefore wee should let every day content it selfe with his own care, and no…

Having made peace through the blood of his Cross. As Joseph being so great at Court, made way for all his brethren to draw near into the king's presence (Genesis 47:2). So Jesus Christ is our Joseph, that does make way for us by his blood, that we may now come near [reconstructe…

The Soul and Body, like to Ezekiel's Roll, are written full with sorrows, both within and without. So that we make the same report of our lives, when we come to die, that old Jacob made before Pharaoh, Genesis 47:9. Few and evil have the days of the years of our lives been. For…

And God usually puts words into sinners' mouths; Hosea 11:2: "Take with you words, and say to him, Receive us graciously." Look as Joseph is said to feed his father and his brethren — as a little child is nourished, as it is in the margin (there is not only food provided, but it…

1. Sometimes in a literal sense: thus the patriarchs that had a wandering life, and were forced to move from place to place without any certain abode; they confessed themselves to be strangers. Jacob says (Genesis 47:9), Few and evil have the years of my life been. 2. Morally al…

Ecclesiastes 9:7: Go your way, eat your bread with joy, and drink your wine with a merry heart, for God now accepts your works. As Joseph presented his brothers before Pharaoh and brought them into favor with the king (Genesis 47:2), so the Lord Jesus carries the names of the sa…

First of the first, That ye may be able to withstand in the evil day; But what is this evil day? Some take this evil day to comprehend the whole life of a Christian here below in this vale of tears; and then the argument runs thus: Take to your selves the whole Armour of God, th…

For in the Apostle's times, and long after, magistrates were persecutors of the Church of God, and hindered the members of Christ to live in peace and godliness (1 Timothy 2:1-2). (9) Because, Moses cried to the Lord in behalf of Pharaoh (Exodus 8:12), Abraham prayed to God for…