In this chapter we have instances, I. Of Joseph’s kindness and affection to his relations, presenting his brethren first and then his father to Pharaoh , settling them in Goshen, and providing for them there , and paying his respects to his father when he sent for him, Gen. 47:27–31. II.

Here is, I. The respect which Joseph, as a subject, showed to his prince. Though he was his favourite, and prime-minister of state, and had had particular orders from him to send for his father down to Egypt, yet he would not suffer him to settle till he had given notice of it to Pharaoh, Gen.

Care being taken of Jacob and his family, the preservation of which was especially designed by Providence in Joseph’s advancement, an account is now given of the saving of the kingdom of Egypt too from ruin; for God is King of nations as well as King of saints, and provideth food for all flesh.

Observe, 1. The comfort Jacob lived in ; while the Egyptians were impoverished in their own land, Jacob was replenished in a strange land. He lived seventeen years after he came into Egypt, far beyond his own expectation.