Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Genesis 41:56
And the famine was over all the face of the earth: And Joseph opened all the storehouses, and sold unto the Egyptians; and the famine waxed sore in the land of Egypt.
56. all the storehouses ] The Hebrew text is in error: lit. “all that was in them.” The versions have supplied the right meaning. LXX , Lat. universa horrea, i.e. “all the granaries.”
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
Verse 56. Over all the face of the earth] The original, col peney haarets, should be translated, all the face of that land, viz., Egypt, as it is explained at the end of the verse.
Fuente: Adam Clarke’s Commentary and Critical Notes on the Bible
And the famine was over all the face of the earth,…. Not over the whole world, but the land of Egypt; all the inhabitants of it were pinched with it, rich and poor; it reached all parts and all sorts of men:
and Joseph opened all the storehouses; in the several cities throughout the land where he had laid up corn:
and sold unto the Egyptians; for, as he had bought it with Pharaoh’s money, it was no injustice to sell it; and as it could be sold at a moderate price, and yet Pharaoh get enough by it, being bought cheap in a time of plenty, no doubt but Joseph, who was a kind and benevolent man, sold it at such a price:
and the famine waxed sore in the land of Egypt; there being no overflow of the Nile year after year, and nothing left of the old stock but what was in the storehouses.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
Gen 41:56 And the famine was over all the face of the earth: And Joseph opened all the storehouses, and sold unto the Egyptians; and the famine waxed sore in the land of Egypt.
Ver. 56. Sold. ] Heb., Brake, shivered, parcelled it out.
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
the face: Isa 23:17, Zec 5:3, Luk 21:35, Act 17:26
all the storehouses: Heb. all wherein was
sold: Gen 42:6, Gen 47:14-24
Reciprocal: Gen 41:35 – gather Gen 41:57 – in all lands Gen 42:19 – carry corn Gen 45:6 – two years