Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Genesis 47:25
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.
Without thy care and providence we had all been dead men; and therefore if thou hadst kept us to the first bargain, thou hadst done us more kindness than wrong, much more when thou hast used us with so much equity and clemency. Be thou our friend with Pharaoh in this and upon all other occasions.
We will be Pharaohs servants, to manage his land for him upon the terms which thou hast proposed.
Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole
And they said, thou hast saved our lives,…. Preserved them from death through famine, by laying up stores of corn, which he had sold out to them for their money, cattle, and land, or otherwise they must have perished, they and theirs, and this favour they thankfully acknowledge:
let us find grace in the sight of my lord, and we will be Pharaoh’s servants; signifying, that they esteemed it a great favour to be so on the foot of the bargain made with them, and they desired a continuance in it.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
(25) Thou hast saved our lives.The people were more than satisfied with Josephs regulations; and if he had made them dependent upon the Pharaoh, apparently he had broken the yoke of the smaller lords, the hereditary princes of the districts into which Egypt was parcelled out; and they were more likely to be well-treated by the ruler of the whole land than by men of inferior rank. On these hereditary principalities at the period of the twelfth dynasty, see Maspero, Hist. Anc, p. 121.
Fuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)
‘And they said, “You have saved our lives. Let us find favour in the eyes of my lord and we will be servants to Pharaoh.” ’
The people are profoundly grateful. They do not look on Joseph’s measures as harsh. They rather think of him as the one who has delivered them from disaster. He has well served Pharaoh. And in their gratitude they pledge themselves anew to the service of Pharaoh.
We must remember that they still have their lands, they still have their cattle, they still have their social standings, only they are in pledge to Pharaoh. It is only the most influential who are really affected for they have lost something of their independence. And even they are grateful to have survived the famine.
Fuente: Commentary Series on the Bible by Peter Pett
Gen 47:25 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.
Ver. 25. Let us find grace. ] That is, Do us the favour to intercede for us to Pharaoh, that we may be his perpetual farmers, and hold of him. It seems that Pharaoh was no proper name, but common to the kings of Egypt; as Caesar, to the emperors of Rome; a title of honour, as His Majesty amongst us. Otherwise these poor people had been too bold with his name.
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
Thou hast: Gen 6:19, Gen 41:45, *marg. Gen 45:6-8, Gen 50:20, Pro 11:26, Pro 11:27
let us: Gen 18:3, Gen 33:15, Rth 2:13
Reciprocal: Gen 30:27 – favour Gen 32:5 – may find Gen 45:5 – God Gen 47:24 – the fifth part