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Kretzmann's Popular Commentary

Genesis 44:15

And Joseph said unto them, in apparent indignation, What deed is this that ye have done? Wot ye not that such a man as I can certainly divine? He intimated that a man in his position and of his wisdom was able to discover the most carefully hidden things. Cf v. 5.

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See also Genesis 44:15 in other biblical comments:

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    - 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...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    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)...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _such a man as I_ The Grand Vizier, second only to Pharaoh (see Genesis 44:18), married into the family of the Priest of On, and one "in whom the spirit of God is" (Genesis 41:38)....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    The Divining Cup 1. _with food, as much as they can carry_ The "food" means corn; and by special favour the corn is not given them by price, but on a more generous scale; as much as they could carry....

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    WOT YE NOT— i.e.. _Knew ye not. Wot,_ is an old English word, the preterite of _weet, to know,_ though itself often used for the present. It is of Saxon original....

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    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,...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    _BEHOLD, THE MONEY, WHICH WE FOUND IN OUR SACKS' MOUTHS, WE BROUGHT AGAIN UNTO THEE OUT OF THE LAND OF CANAAN: HOW THEN SHOULD WE STEAL OUT OF THY LORD'S HOUSE SILVER OR GOLD?_ No JFB commentary on t...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    Probably Joseph did not believe that he could find the truth by magic. (See the comment on verse 5.) *Pharaoh believed in magic. (See Genesis 41:8.) Many wise men in Egypt believed in magic. So Joseph...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    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...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    וַ יֹּ֤אמֶר לָהֶם֙ יֹוסֵ֔ף מָֽה ־הַ מַּעֲשֶׂ֥

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    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."-...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    JOSEPH'S CUP IN BENJAMIN'S SACK Genesis 44:1 It is a terrible revelation when our Benjamins are found possessed of the cup. They have been so loved, so favored, so screened; they have never been guil...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    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...

  • Gary Hampton Commentaries

    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...

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    _The science of divining. He speaks of himself according to what he was esteemed in that kingdom. And, indeed, he being truly a prophet, knew more without comparison than any of the Egyptian sorcerers...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    Genesis 37:7 He whose name was Zaphnath-paaneah could not but know. Joseph did indeed know well their guilt concerning himself, and therefore the question was pointed: what deed is this for which GOD...

  • Introductory Lectures - Commentary by William Kelly

    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...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    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...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    AND JOSEPH SAID UNTO THEM, WHAT DEED IS THIS YE HAVE DONE?.... An action so wicked, base, and ungrateful, attended with such aggravated circumstances, that it can scarcely be said how bad a one it is,...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    And Joseph said unto them, What deed [is] this that ye have done? wot ye not that such a man as I can certainly divine? Ver. 15. _What deed is this that ye have done?_] As Joseph here, so Christ some...

  • KJV Original Language Details

    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...

  • Lange's Commentary on the Holy Scriptures

    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...

  • Leslie M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Marginal Notes in the King James Version (1611)

    DIVINE?: Or, make trial?...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    1-17 Joseph tried how his brethren felt towards Benjamin. Had they envied and hated the other son of Rachel as they had hated him, and if they had the same want of feeling towards their father Jacob...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    No text from Poole on this verse....

  • Notes on the Pentateuch by Charles Henry Mackintosh

    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...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Genesis 44:15 Joseph H3130 said H559 (H8799) deed H4639 done H6213 (H8804) know H3045 (H8804) man...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    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...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _The cup was found in Benjamin’s sack_ THE TRIALS OF THE INNOCENT I. That there is sorrow, and sorrow on a vast scale, is a great fact--a fact both too patent and too painful to be gainsaid. Joseph...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    GENESIS—NOTE ON GENESIS 44:14 DO YOU NOT KNOW THAT A MAN LIKE ME CAN INDEED PRACTICE DIVINATION? Building on what his steward had said earlier (see v. Genesis 44:5)

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    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...

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    CRITICAL NOTES.— Genesis 44:5. Whereby indeed he divineth.] “The ancient Egyptians, and still more the Persians, practised a mode of divination from goblets. Small pieces of gold and silver, together...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    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 _...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    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...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    What. Genesis 44:4 Genesis 44:5 Genesis 3:13 Genesis 4:10 wot ye not. Genesis

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