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Verse Genesis 42:23. _FOR HE SPAKE UNTO THEM BY AN INTERPRETER._]
Either there was a very great difference between the two languages as
_then_ spoken, or Joseph, to prevent all suspicion, might affec...
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- Joseph and Ten of His Brethren
1. שׁבר _sheber_, “fragment, crumb, hence, grain.” בר _bar_
“pure,” “winnowed,” hence, “corn” (grain).
6. שׁליט _shallı̂yṭ_, “ruler, governor, hence,” Sultan.
Not e...
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CHAPTER 42 THE FIRST VISIT OF JOSEPH'S BRETHREN
_ 1. Joseph's brethren sent to Egypt (Genesis 42:1)_
2. Joseph meets his brethren (Genesis 42:6)
3. Put in prison for three days (Genesis 42:17)
4....
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GENESIS 42. JOSEPH'S BROTHERS COME TO EGYPT TO BUY CORN, AND
UNWITTINGLY ENCOUNTER JOSEPH. The greater part is taken from E, but
Genesis 42:2; Genesis 42:4_ b_, Genesis 42:5;...
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_an interpreter_ The services of interpreters would be necessary for
the maintenance of intercourse between Egyptian rulers and the
inhabitants of Canaan. The Tel el-Amarna tablets shew that between t...
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The second Interview
18. _for I fear God_ See notes on Genesis 20:3; Genesis 20:11; Genesis
22:12; Genesis 39:9. Cf....
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SPAKE UNTO THEM BY AN INTERPRETER— Not only to keep up an air of
majesty, and to strike an awe upon his brethren, but to prevent his
being discovered....
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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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_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...
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THE FIRST VISIT OF JOSEPH'S BRETHREN TO EGYPT
1. When Jacob saw] The caravans which travelled from Egypt to Syria
would bring the news to Hebron....
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GOD’S ANCIENT PEOPLE
GENESIS
_ALUN OWEN_
CHAPTER 42
JACOB SENDS HIS SONS TO EGYPT
V1 Jacob heard that there was grain in Egypt. So he said to his sons,
‘You look at each other and you do nothing...
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וְ הֵם֙ לֹ֣א יָֽדְע֔וּ כִּ֥י שֹׁמֵ֖עַ
יֹוסֵ֑ף
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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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SIMEON HELD; THE OTHERS SENT HOME
Genesis 42:18
The behavior of this great Egyptian official-for so the brethren
deemed him-must have seemed very hard and tyrannical to the trembling
shepherds from t...
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According to the foretelling of Joseph in interpreting Pharaoh's
dreams, the famine came; but through Joseph's executive ability Egypt
was provided with corn sufficient not only for its own needs, but...
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JOSEPH'S BROTHERS BOW BEFORE HIM
Jacob heard of the great supply of grain in Egypt. He sent the ten
older brothers to buy grain to sustain them. As the grand vizier,
Joseph had complete control over t...
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_Interpreter, to keep them at a greater distance. It does not appear
that the sons of Jacob were ignorant of the language of the country.
(Calmet)_...
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How sweet and refreshing the thought, that during all these soul
transactions of mixed hope and fear, JESUS is looking on: he sees and
knows all, however unconscious we are of it....
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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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AND THEY KNEW NOT THAT JOSEPH UNDERSTOOD [THEM],.... For what is above
related they spoke in his presence and hearing; but speaking to one
another in the Hebrew language, and he being an Egyptian, as...
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And they knew not that Joseph understood [them]; for he spake unto
them by an interpreter.
Ver. 23. _Understood them._] Heb., Heard them. See 1 Corinthians
14:2, marg. So Isaiah 36:11. So a hearing h...
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_He spake by an interpreter_ Joseph's pretending not to understand
their language was a wise piece of art, as by that means he discovered
their real sentiments, as it appears they spoke to one another...
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1 Iacob sendeth his ten sonnes to buy corne in Egypt.
6 They are imprisoned by Ioseph for spies.
18 They are set at libertie, on condition to bring Beniamin.
21 They haue remorse for Ioseph.
24 Si...
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SIXTH SECTION
_Retributive Discipline. The Famine and the First Journey to Egypt.
Joseph’s struggles with himself. The repentance of the Brethren.
Joseph and Simeon._
GENESIS 42:1-38.
1Now when Jaco...
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JACOB SENDS HIS SONS TO EGYPT
The famine reaches to Jacob's land. God makes him and his sons to feel
the distress of famine until they hear that Egypt has an abundance of
food that is available for s...
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HE SPAKE UNTO THEM BY AN INTERPRETER:
_ Heb._ an interpreter was between them...
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21-24 The office of conscience is to bring to mind things long since
said and done. When the guilt of this sin of Joseph's brethren was
fresh, they made light of it, and sat down to eat bread; but no...
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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 42:23 know H3045 (H8804) Joseph H3130 understood H8085 (H8802)
interpreter H3887 (H8688)
he spake unto them by an interpreter -...
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‘And they did not know that Joseph understood them for there was an
interpreter between them.'
Had it not been for this twist in the story we would never have known
that Joseph had deliberately been s...
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CONTENTS: Joseph preserves his brethren from the famine.
CHARACTERS: Jacob, Joseph, brothers.
CONCLUSION: Times of testing await those who are guilty and often
prove the effectual means of awakening...
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Genesis 42:4. _Benjamin._ Jacob wished to reserve him to be heir of
the blessing instead of Joseph, who he thought was dead. Hence he let
the ten go, for it is highly probable that the Egyptians would...
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GENESIS—NOTE ON GENESIS 42:1 Shortage of food in Canaan forces Jacob
to send his sons to Egypt, but Benjamin, Joseph’s younger brother,
remains at home, for Jacob fears losing him, too. When Joseph
en...
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CRITICAL NOTES.—
Genesis 42:23. Interpreter.] Heb. _The interpreter_—of the court.
This official was not necessarily employed in interpreting a foreign
tongue. He was the medium through which the pri...
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EXPOSITION
GENESIS 42:1
NOW WHEN JACOB SAW—literally, _and Jacob saw, i.e._ perceived by the
preparations of others for buying corn in Egypt (Lange), but more
probably learnt by the report which othe...
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The Pharaoh in Egypt had had two dreams with similarities because they
had one interpretation. The first dream involved the seven fat cows
grazing by the river and seven lean cows rising up and eating...
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he spake unto them by a interpreter. Heb. an interpreter was John
16:13 John 16:14 2 Corinthians 5:20...
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JOSEPH AND HIS BRETHREN
Genesis 42:1
INTRODUCTORY WORDS
As we enter the Genesis 42:1 of Genesis we find Jacob and Joseph's
brethren under the throes of the famine. As we see it from the Divine
view...