- In Genesis 47:4, it is made clear that the migrants were (a) to settle permanently or (b) to remain until the famine and its impact are over?
- In Genesis 47:7–10, how does Jacob describe his life – and how does this compare to the description of Abraham’s and Isaac’s lives. If different, why might that be?
- Is the land of Raamses the same as the land of Goshen? (Genesis 47:11)
- How does Genesis 47:13 follow the account for the economic control in Egypt by the royal family?
- Which group in Egypt retains (comparative) economic independence? (Genesis 47:22)
- Genesis 47:27 ends the chapter on what note?
- Save for the message (vision) at night in Genesis 46, has God communicated at any point in the entire Joseph story – and has God ever communicated with Joseph himself?
- What is Jacob’s final request of Joseph?
- Is the word “mitah” (Genesis 47:31) possibly to be pointed in text as “mateh” – i.e. holding his staff as clan head for an “official pronouncement” – rather than “bowing on the head of the bed”?
