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Genesis Chapter 47 verse 2 Holy Bible

ASV Genesis 47:2

And from among his brethren he took five men, and presented them unto Pharaoh.
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BBE Genesis 47:2

And he took five of his brothers to Pharaoh.
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DARBY Genesis 47:2

And he took from the whole number of his brethren, five men, and set them before Pharaoh.
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KJV Genesis 47:2

And he took some of his brethren, even five men, and presented them unto Pharaoh.
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WBT Genesis 47:2

And he took some of his brethren, even five men, and presented them to Pharaoh.
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WEB Genesis 47:2

From among his brothers he took five men, and presented them to Pharaoh.
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YLT Genesis 47:2

And out of his brethren he hath taken five men, and setteth them before Pharaoh;
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Pulpit Commentary

Pulpit CommentaryVerse 2. - And he took some of his brethren, even five men, - literally, from the end, or extremity, of his brethren; not from the weakest, lest the king should select them for courtiers or soldiers (the Rabbis, Oleaster, Pererius, and others); or the strongest and most handsome, that the Egyptian monarch and his nobles might behold the dignity of Joseph s kindred (Lyre, Thostatus, and others); or the youngest and oldest, that the ages of the rest might be therefrom inferred (Calvin); but from the whole body of his brethren (Gesenius, Rosenmüller, Keil, Kalisch, et alii) he took five teen - and presented them unto Pharaoh (cf. Acts 7:13).

Ellicott's Commentary

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(2) Even five men.--As the number "five" appears again and again in this narrative (Genesis 43:34; Genesis 45:22), it may have had some special importance among the Egyptians, like the number seven among the Jews.