The KJV Holy Bible

 

Genesis Chapter Forty Seven

 

1 Then Joseph came and told Pharaoh, and said, My father and my brethren, and their flocks, and their herds, and all that they have, are come out of the land of Canaan; and, behold, they are in the land of Goshen.

2 And he took some of his brethren, even five men, and presented them unto Pharaoh.

3 And Pharaoh said unto his brethren, What is your occupation? And they said unto Pharaoh, Thy servants are shepherds, both we, and also our fathers.

4 They said moreover unto Pharaoh, For to sojourn in the land are we come; for thy servants have no pasture for their flocks; for the famine is sore in the land of Canaan: now therefore, we pray thee, let thy servants dwell in the land of Goshen.

5 And Pharaoh spake unto Joseph, saying, Thy father and thy brethren are come unto thee:

6 The land of Egypt is before thee; in the best of the land make thy father and brethren to dwell; in the land of Goshen let them dwell: and if thou knowest any men of activity among them, then make them rulers over my cattle.

7 And Joseph brought in Jacob his father, and set him before Pharaoh: and Jacob blessed Pharaoh.

8 And Pharaoh said unto Jacob, How old art thou?

9 And Jacob said unto Pharaoh, The days of the years of my pilgrimage are an hundred and thirty years: few and evil have the days of the years of my life been, and have not attained unto the days of the years of the life of my fathers in the days of their pilgrimage.

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

11 And Joseph placed his father and his brethren, and gave them a possession in the land of Egypt, in the best of the land, in the land of Rameses, as Pharaoh had commanded.

12 And Joseph nourished his father, and his brethren, and all his father's household, with bread, according to their families.

13 And there was no bread in all the land; for the famine was very sore, so that the land of Egypt and all the land of Canaan fainted by reason of the famine.

14 And Joseph gathered up all the money that was found in the land of Egypt, and in the land of Canaan, for the corn which they bought: and Joseph brought the money into Pharaoh's house.

15 And when money failed in the land of Egypt, and in the land of Canaan, all the Egyptians came unto Joseph, and said, Give us bread: for why should we die in thy presence? for the money faileth.

16 And Joseph said, Give your cattle; and I will give you for your cattle, if money fail.

17 And they brought their cattle unto Joseph: and Joseph gave them bread in exchange for horses, and for the flocks, and for the cattle of the herds, and for the asses: and he fed them with bread for all their cattle for that year.

18 When that year was ended, they came unto him the second year, and said unto him, We will not hide it from my lord, how that our money is spent; my lord also hath our herds of cattle; there is not ought left in the sight of my lord, but our bodies, and our lands:

19 Wherefore shall we die before thine eyes, both we and our land? buy us and our land for bread, and we and our land will be servants unto Pharaoh: and give us seed, that we may live, and not die, that the land be not desolate.

20 And Joseph bought all the land of Egypt for Pharaoh; for the Egyptians sold every man his field, because the famine prevailed over them: so the land became Pharaoh's.

21 And as for the people, he removed them to cities from one end of the borders of Egypt even to the other end thereof.

22 Only the land of the priests bought he not; for the priests had a portion assigned them of Pharaoh, and did eat their portion which Pharaoh gave them: wherefore they sold not their lands.

23 Then Joseph said unto the people, Behold, I have bought you this day and your land for Pharaoh: lo, here is seed for you, and ye shall sow the land.

24 And it shall come to pass in the increase, that ye shall give the fifth part unto Pharaoh, and four parts shall be your own, for seed of the field, and for your food, and for them of your households, and for food for your little ones.

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.

26 And Joseph made it a law over the land of Egypt unto this day, that Pharaoh should have the fifth part, except the land of the priests only, which became not Pharaoh's.

27 And Israel dwelt in the land of Egypt, in the country of Goshen; and they had possessions therein, and grew, and multiplied exceedingly.

28 And Jacob lived in the land of Egypt seventeen years: so the whole age of Jacob was an hundred forty and seven years.

29 And the time drew nigh that Israel must die: and he called his son Joseph, and said unto him, If now I have found grace in thy sight, put, I pray thee, thy hand under my thigh, and deal kindly and truly with me; bury me not, I pray thee, in Egypt:

30 But I will lie with my fathers, and thou shalt carry me out of Egypt, and bury me in their burying place. And he said, I will do as thou hast said.

31 And he said, Swear unto me. And he sware unto him. And Israel bowed himself upon the bed's head.

 

 

Esoteric Interpretation & Commentary

 

The Hermetic Blueprint of Genesis: The Absolute Sovereignty of Intuition and the Blessing of the Matrix

"Genesis Chapter Forty-Seven reveals the Perfect, Harmonious operation of a Fully Integrated Consciousness. With the Spiritual faculties safely anchored in the protected sanctuary of Goshen, the Divine Intuition (Joseph) takes total administrative control over the physical and Subconscious matrix (Egypt). This chapter is a profound study in alchemical economics: the systematic surrender of all lower material attachments, earthly currencies, and base animal instincts in exchange for Pure Vital Energy. It also demonstrates the Ultimate Esoteric Truth that Awakened Spirit does not destroy the physical body; rather, it Blesses, Sustains, and Elevates it."

 

 

Verses 1-6: The Presentation to the Ego and the Securing of the Sanctuary - "Then Joseph came and told Pharaoh... and, behold, they are in the land of Goshen... And Pharaoh spake unto Joseph, saying... in the best of the land make thy father and brethren to dwell;"

The integration is formalized. Joseph (the Intuition) presents five of his brothers (representing the Five Purified physical senses) to Pharaoh (the ruling ego of the physical body). Because the Spiritual faculties have openly declared their nature as Shepherds (Masters of the animal forces), the physical ego recognizes their superior function. Pharaoh willingly grants them the "best of the land" (Goshen). In the architecture of the Adept, the Highest Spiritual functions do not battle the physical body; they are given the finest, most Protected Energetic Centers (often the Heart or the Higher glandular systems) from which to peacefully operate and manage the entire vehicle.

 

 

Verses 7-10: The Spirit Blesses Matter - "And Joseph brought in Jacob his father, and set him before Pharaoh: and Jacob blessed Pharaoh... And Jacob said unto Pharaoh, The days of the years of my pilgrimage are an hundred and thirty years: few and evil have the days of the years of my life been..."

This is a stunning reversal of worldly power dynamics. The absolute monarch of the material world (Pharaoh) bows to receive a blessing from the wandering Spiritual patriarch (Jacob/Israel). Esoterically, this proves that Spirit is always Superior to Matter. Jacob describes his Life as a "pilgrimage" of 130 years, calling them "few and evil"—a Hermetic acknowledgment that the Soul's Journey through the heavy, dense, and resistant lower dimensions (the physical plane) is an Arduous, agonizing crucible of Purification. Yet, having conquered this crucible, the Awakened Spiritual Consciousness now possesses the authority to infuse the physical matrix with divine grace.

 

 

Verses 13-22: The Alchemical Exchange and the Subjugation of the Lower Nature - "And there was no bread in all the land... And Joseph gathered up all the money... And they brought their cattle unto Joseph... and he fed them with bread for all their horses, and for the flocks..."

As the Cosmic famine (Energy depletion) reaches its absolute peak, Joseph executes the final phase of the Great Work within the Subconscious. To receive the Vital Life Force (bread) necessary for survival, the unrefined aspects of the physical matrix (the Egyptians) must systematically surrender everything to the Divine Intuition. First, they surrender their money (worldly commerce and physical transactional logic). Next, they surrender their cattle and horses (their lower animal passions, base drives, and unchecked physical momentum). The Intuition gladly takes control of these wild forces, exchanging them for Pure Spiritual sustenance. The lower nature is systematically stripped of its independent, chaotic power.

 

 

Verses 23-26: The Ultimate Surrender and the Law of Conservation - "Then Joseph said unto the people, Behold, I have bought you this day and your land for Pharaoh: lo, here is seed for you... And it shall come to pass in the increase, that ye shall give the fifth part unto Pharaoh, and four parts shall be your own..."

When the money and cattle are gone, the physical matrix finally surrenders its own body and its lands. The entire material structure is now completely owned and governed by the ruling ego (Pharaoh) under the direct guidance of the Spiritual Intuition (Joseph). Joseph establishes a permanent Alchemical Law: the Law of the Fifth (20%). For every increase in energy, one-Fifth (representing the Quintessence, or Spirit) must be returned to the Highest Center, while four parts (the four material elements) are retained to sustain the biological form. This ensures a perpetual, balanced conservation of Vital Energy, preventing the body from ever starving again.

 

 

Verses 27-31: The Final Oath and the Rejection of the Material Tomb - "And Israel dwelt in the land of Egypt, in the country of Goshen; and they had possessions therein, and grew, and multiplied exceedingly... and he called his son Joseph, and said unto him... bury me not in Egypt:"

The Spiritual faculties thrive and multiply exceedingly within the physical body. However, as Jacob (the Conscious Mind) nears the end of his cycle, he recognizes the Ultimate Hermetic Truth: the physical body (Egypt) is a temporary vehicle, not the eternal home. He demands that Joseph place his hand under his thigh (the ancient oath of generative, unbroken lineage) and swear not to bury him in Egypt. The Awakened Consciousness refuses to let its foundational Spiritual achievements be permanently entombed in matter. When the time comes, it must be drawn back up to the Higher Planes (Canaan) to rest with its Divine Ancestors.