George Haydock's Catholic Commentary
Genesis 44:34
CHAPTER XLIV.
My father; who will drop down dead, oppressed with grief. How eloquent and pathetic was this address! Joseph could bear no more.
CHAPTER XLIV.
My father; who will drop down dead, oppressed with grief. How eloquent and pathetic was this address! Joseph could bear no more.
- 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...
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)...
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...
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...
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,...
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...
‘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...
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...
כִּי ־אֵיךְ֙ אֶֽעֱלֶ֣ה אֶל ־אָבִ֔י וְ הַ
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."-...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Here Judah was typical of him who became our surety. Isaiah 53:4....
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
_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;...
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...
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,...
JUDAH'S HEROIC BEHAVIOR...
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...
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...
COME ON MY FATHER?: _ Heb._ find my father...
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...
No text from Poole on this verse....
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...
Genesis 44:34 how H349 up H5927 (H8799) father H1 lad H5288 see H7200 (H8799) evil H7451 come...
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...
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...
_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...
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
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...
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...
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 _...
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...
lest. 1 Samuel 2:33 1 Samuel 2:34 2 Chronicles 34:28 Esther 8:6...