_NOW WHEN JACOB SAW THAT THERE WAS CORN IN EGYPT, JACOB SAID UNTO HIS
SONS, WHY DO YE LOOK ONE UPON ANOTHER?_
Now when Jacob saw - learned from common rumour. It is evident from
Jacob's language that his own and his sons' families had suffered
greatly from the scarcity; and through the increasing s... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND HE SAID, BEHOLD, I HAVE HEARD THAT THERE IS CORN IN EGYPT: GET
YOU DOWN THITHER, AND BUY FOR US FROM THENCE; THAT WE MAY LIVE, AND
NOT DIE._
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_AND THE SONS OF ISRAEL CAME TO BUY CORN AMONG THOSE THAT CAME: FOR
THE FAMINE WAS IN THE LAND OF CANAAN._
The famine was in the land of Canaan. The tropical rains which,
annually falling, swell the Nile, are those of Palestine also; and
their failure would produce the same disastrous effects in Ca... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND JOSEPH WAS THE GOVERNOR OVER THE LAND, AND HE IT WAS THAT SOLD TO
ALL THE PEOPLE OF THE LAND: AND JOSEPH'S BRETHREN CAME, AND BOWED DOWN
THEMSELVES BEFORE HIM WITH THEIR FACES TO THE EARTH._
Joseph was the governor - in the zenith of his power and influence.
HE IT WAS THAT SOLD - i:e., direc... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND JOSEPH SAW HIS BRETHREN, AND HE KNEW THEM, BUT MADE HIMSELF
STRANGE UNTO THEM, AND SPAKE ROUGHLY UNTO THEM; AND HE SAID UNTO THEM,
WHENCE COME YE? AND THEY SAID, FROM THE LAND OF CANAAN TO BUY FOOD._
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_AND JOSEPH KNEW HIS BRETHREN, BUT THEY KNEW NOT HIM._
Joseph saw his brethren ... they knew not him. This is not wonderful.
They were full-grown men-he was but a lad at parting. They were in
their usual garb-he was in his official robes. They never dreamt of
him as governor of Egypt, while he had... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND JOSEPH REMEMBERED THE DREAMS WHICH HE DREAMED OF THEM, AND SAID
UNTO THEM, YE ARE SPIES; TO SEE THE NAKEDNESS OF THE LAND YE ARE
COME._
Ye are spies, х_ MªRAGªLIYM_ (H7270)] - ye are footing it; ye are
traversing the country. The Egyptians, like Orientals generally, are
not accustomed to walk... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND HE PUT THEM ALL TOGETHER INTO WARD THREE DAYS._
Put them all together into ward three days. Their confinement had been
designed to bring them to salutary reflection. And this object was
attained; because they looked upon the retributive justice of God as
now pursuing them in that foreign land.... [ Continue Reading ]
_THEN JOSEPH COMMANDED TO FILL THEIR SACKS WITH CORN, AND TO RESTORE
EVERY MAN'S MONEY INTO HIS SACK, AND TO GIVE THEM PROVISION FOR THE
WAY: AND THUS DID HE UNTO THEM._
Joseph commanded to fill their sacks with corn, х_ KªLEEYHEM_
(H3627)] - utensils, vessels.
AND TO RESTORE EVERY MAN'S MONEY INT... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THEY CAME UNTO JACOB THEIR FATHER UNTO THE LAND OF CANAAN, AND
TOLD HIM ALL THAT BEFELL UNTO THEM; SAYING,_
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_THE MAN, WHO IS THE LORD OF THE LAND, SPAKE ROUGHLY TO US, AND TOOK
US FOR SPIES OF THE COUNTRY._
The man who is the lord of the land, х_ 'ªDONEEY_ (H113) _
HAA'AARETS_ (H776)]. The word in the plural is used intensitively when
only one person is meant (cf. Genesis 42:33; 2 Kings 2:3; 2 Kings 2:5;... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND WE SAID UNTO HIM, WE ARE TRUE MEN; WE ARE NO SPIES:_
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_AND IT CAME TO PASS AS THEY EMPTIED THEIR SACKS, THAT, BEHOLD, EVERY
MAN'S BUNDLE OF MONEY WAS IN HIS SACK: AND WHEN BOTH THEY AND THEIR
FATHER SAW THE BUNDLES OF MONEY, THEY WERE AFRAID._
As they emptied their sacks. It appears that they had been silent
about the money discovery at the resting-pl... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND JACOB THEIR FATHER SAID UNTO THEM, ME HAVE YE BEREAVED OF MY
CHILDREN: JOSEPH IS NOT, AND SIMEON IS NOT, AND YE WILL TAKE BENJAMIN
AWAY: ALL THESE THINGS ARE AGAINST ME._
Me have ye bereaved. This exclamation indicates a painfully excited
state of feeling, and it shows how difficult it is for... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND REUBEN SPAKE UNTO HIS FATHER, SAYING, SLAY MY TWO SONS, IF I
BRING HIM NOT TO THEE: DELIVER HIM INTO MY HAND, AND I WILL BRING HIM
TO THEE AGAIN._
Reuben ... Slay my two sons - (see the note at Genesis 37:22; Genesis
37:30.) This was a thoughtless and unwarrantable condition-one that he
never... [ Continue Reading ]