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- The Ten Brothers Were Tested
Joseph has had the satisfaction of seeing his brother Benjamin safe
and well. He has heard his brothers acknowledging their guilt
concerning himself. He resolves to put...
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CHAPTER 44 THE FEIGNED DISMAY AND THE BRINGING BACK
_ 1. The cup concealed and the dismay (Genesis 44:1)_
2. The return to Joseph's house (Genesis 44:14)...
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GENESIS 44. BENJAMIN IS ACCUSED OF STEALING JOSEPH'S SILVER CUP, AND
JUDAH PLEADS WITH JOSEPH TO PUNISH HIM INSTEAD OF BENJAMIN. The
narrative is from J. Joseph arranges this final test that he may be...
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Judah's Intercession
This is one of the most beautiful and pathetic passages in Hebrew
narrative. Judah's speech falls into two unequal divisions: (1)
Genesis 44:18 a simple recapitulation of the sto...
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3. _Joseph as Prime Minister of Egypt_ (Genesis 41:46 to Genesis
47:31)
46 And Joseph was thirty years old when he stood before Pharaoh king
of Egypt. And Joseph went out from the presence of Pharaoh,...
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THE FINAL TEST OF JOSEPH'S BRETHREN
2. Put my cup.. in the sack's mouth of the youngest] Joseph evidently
did this as an excuse for keeping Benjamin with him. Perhaps, too, it
was a test of the breth...
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‘The evil thing that would happen to my father.’ Judah thought
that his father would die. His father had said that. (See Genesis
42:38.) And Judah had just told Joseph what his father had said. (See
v...
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GOD’S ANCIENT PEOPLE
GENESIS
_ALUN OWEN_
CHAPTER 44
JOSEPH’S PLOT AGAINST HIS BROTHERS
V1 Then Joseph *commanded the manager of his house. He said to him,
‘Fill the men’s bags with grain. Give t...
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כִּי ־אֵיךְ֙ אֶֽעֱלֶ֣ה אֶל ־אָבִ֔י וְ
הַ
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VISITS OF JOSEPH'S BRETHREN
Genesis 42:1; Genesis 43:1; Genesis 44:1
"Fear not: for am I in the place of God? But as for you, ye thought
evil against me; but God meant it unto good."-...
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JUDAH PLEADS FOR BENJAMIN
Genesis 44:18
No portion in Genesis could be more suitable for Good Friday. Judah's
proposal to give himself instead of Benjamin reminds us of Him who
freely gave Himself up...
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Occasionally, criticism of Joseph's action in placing the money and
his cup in the sacks of his brethren has been made. To put the matter
in the mildest form, surely such criticism reveals a lack of h...
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A TEST FOR JOSEPH'S BROTHERS
Once again, Joseph told his steward to fill the sacks with grain and
place each man's money in his sack. However, he also told him to put
his silver cup in the mouth of B...
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For (h) how shall I go up to my father, and the lad [be] not with me?
lest peradventure I see the evil that shall come on my father.
(h) Meaning, he would rather remain as their prisoner, than to ret...
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Here Judah was typical of him who became our surety. Isaiah 53:4....
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Exodus 18:8
REFLECTIONS
This Chapter opens to our view very profitable reflections. How soon
was the joy of the children of Israel turned into mourning. And yet in
the midst of both, their covenant G...
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Having already shown the position of Isaac, I resume briefly with the
remark that he stands before us clearly as the representative of the
Son, and this too as dead, risen, and in heaven. All will und...
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THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 42 THROUGH 47.
At the same time another scene presents itself. His brethren, who had
rejected him, forced by famine, are brought, by the path of repentance
an...
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FOR HOW SHALL I GO UP TO MY FATHER, AND THE LAD [BE] NOT WITH ME?....
Signifying that he must abide in Egypt, and chose to do it, and could
not go up to the land of Canaan any more or see his father's...
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For how shall I go up to my father, and the lad [be] not with me? lest
peradventure I see the evil that shall come on my father.
Ver. 34. _For how shall I go up, &c._] Here love ascends, as fit it
sh...
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_And Judah said_ We have here a most pathetic speech which Judah made
to Joseph on Benjamin's behalf. Either Judah was a better friend to
Benjamin than the rest, and more solicitous to bring him off;...
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1 Iosephs policie to stay his brethren.
14 Iudahs humble supplication to Ioseph.
1 AND hee commaunded the [NOTE: _Hebrew:_ him that was ouer his
house.] steward of his house, saying, Fill the mens s...
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For how shall I go up to my father, and the lad be not with me? Lest
peradventure I see the evil that shall come on (find or strike) MY
FATHER. This lofty and impressive, vivid and passionate prayer,...
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JUDAH'S HEROIC BEHAVIOR...
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SEVENTH SECTION
_The second journey. Benjamin accompanying. Joseph maketh himself
known to his brethren. Their return. Jacob’s joy._
GENESIS 43-45
A. The trial of the brethren. Their repentance and...
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BENJAMIN ACCUSED WRONGFULLY
The wisdom of Joseph is seen now in such a way as to lead his brothers
to repentance without accusing them. He instructed his steward to fill
the brothers' sacks with food...
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COME ON MY FATHER?:
_ Heb._ find my father...
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18-34 Had Joseph been, as Judah supposed him, an utter stranger to
the family, he could not but be wrought upon by his powerful
reasonings. But neither Jacob nor Benjamin need an intercessor with
Jos...
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No text from Poole on this verse....
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On which we shall dwell more particularly. There is not in scripture a
more perfect and beautiful type of Christ than Joseph. Whether we view
Christ as the object of the Father's love, the object of t...
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Genesis 44:34 how H349 up H5927 (H8799) father H1 lad H5288 see H7200
(H8799) evil H7451 come...
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CONTENTS: Joseph's brethren further tested. Arrest on charge of taking
a cup.
CHARACTERS: Joseph, Judah, Benjamin, steward.
CONCLUSION: Even in afflictions wherein the believer thinks himself
wronge...
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Genesis 44:2. _Put my cup._ A splendid cup decorated with devices; in
these cups the Egyptians fancied they could divine by the various
refractions of light on its mouldings. Sometimes they put polish...
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_And Judah said, What shall we say unto my lord?_
JUDAH’S INTERCESSION
I. IT WAS ABLE.
II. IT WAS NOBLE.
III. IT GAVE PROMISE OF FUTURE GREATNESS,
IV. IT SUGGESTS SOME FEATURES OF OUR LORD’S INTE...
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GENESIS—NOTE ON GENESIS 44:30 PLEASE LET YOUR SERVANT REMAIN INSTEAD
OF THE BOY. Judah’s selfless attitude is very different from his
previous behavior (see Genesis
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GENESIS—NOTE ON GENESIS 44:1 Still disguising his true identity from
his brothers, Joseph sends them away after the meal. But he gives
instructions that his silver cup should be placed in the sack of...
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CRITICAL NOTES.—
Genesis 44:21. That I may set mine eyes upon him.] An expression
meaning the exercising of a tender care towards him. Thus (Jeremiah
29:12.) “Take him, and _look well to him,_ and do...
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EXPOSITION
GENESIS 44:1, GENESIS 44:2
AND HE (_i.e._ Joseph) COMMANDED THE STEWARD OF HIS
HOUSE,—literally, _him that was over his hoarse _...
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And so he commanded the steward of his house, saying, Fill the men's
sacks (Genesis 44:1)
Well, let's see. "And he sat them before him according to birthright."
And he took and sent messes unto them...
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lest. 1 Samuel 2:33 1 Samuel 2:34 2 Chronicles 34:28 Esther 8:6...