Genesis 47:10

10 Then Jacob blessed^[a] Pharaoh and went out from his presence.

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Genesis 47:10 in Other Translations

KJV

10 And Jacob blessed Pharaoh, and went out from before Pharaoh.

ESV

10 And Jacob blessed Pharaoh and went out from the presence of Pharaoh.

NLT

10 Then Jacob blessed Pharaoh again before leaving his court.

MSG

10 Then Jacob blessed Pharaoh and left.

CSB

10 So Jacob blessed Pharaoh and departed from Pharaoh's presence.

Genesis 47:10 Meaning and Commentary

Genesis 47:10

And Jacob blessed Pharaoh, and went out from before Pharaoh.
] When he took his leave of him, he blessed him, in like manner as when he came into his presence, by wishing all happiness to him, and giving him thanks for the honour he had done him, and the favours he had conferred on him and his.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

Genesis 47:10 In-Context

8 Pharaoh asked him, “How old are you?”

9 And Jacob said to Pharaoh, “The years of my pilgrimage are a hundred and thirty. My years have been few and difficult, and they do not equal the years of the pilgrimage of my fathers.”

10 Then Jacob blessed Pharaoh and went out from his presence.

11 So Joseph settled his father and his brothers in Egypt and gave them property in the best part of the land, the district of Rameses, as Pharaoh directed.

12 Joseph also provided his father and his brothers and all his father’s household with food, according to the number of their children.

Cross References 1

1. S ver 7

Footnotes 1

[a]. Or "said farewell to"