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Verse Genesis 43:34. _BENJAMIN'S MESS WAS FIVE TIMES SO MUCH AS ANY
OF_ _THEIRS._] Sir John Chardin observes that "in Persia, Arabia, and
the Indies, there are several houses where they place several...
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- Joseph and His Eleven Brethren
11. דבשׁ _d__e__bash_, “honey,” from the bee, or sirup from
the juice of the grape. בטנים _bôṭ__e__n_, “pistachio
nuts.” שׁקד _shâqêd_, “almond tree;” related:
“aw...
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CHAPTER 43 THE SECOND VISIT TO JOSEPH
_ 1. The journey to Egypt with Benjamin (Genesis 43:1)_
2. The kindness of Joseph (Genesis 43:16)...
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GENESIS 43. THE BROTHERS RETURN TO EGYPT WITH BENJAMIN. It is
generally held that this chapter is from J except for the references
to Simeon in Genesis 43:14 and Genesis 43:23_ b_. According to J,
Sim...
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_he took_and sent _messes_ R.V. marg. _messes were taken_. The word
"mess" is used here in the sense of "portion" of food. Cf. 2 Samuel
11:8, "and there followed him a mess _of meat_from [marg. _prese...
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The Reception in Joseph's House
15. _stood before Joseph_ The story is condensed. The men on arrival
in Egypt are required to present themselves for purposes of trade
before Joseph....
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AND HE TOOK, AND SENT MESSES— In ancient times it was the custom,
when all the meat was set upon the table, for the master of the feast
to distribute their portion to every one. Joseph not only ranged...
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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 JOSEPH MADE HASTE; FOR HIS BOWELS DID YEARN UPON HIS BROTHER: AND
HE SOUGHT WHERE TO WEEP; AND HE ENTERED INTO HIS CHAMBER, AND WEPT
THERE._
Joseph said, Set on bread - equivalent to-have dinner...
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THE SECOND VISIT TO EGYPT
11. Balm] or 'balsam,'with healing properties. HONEY] This was
grape-honey, a syrup made of grapes and diluted with water for a
drink. It is still exported from Hebron to Eg...
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HE _sent_ MESSES] 'Mess' is derived from Lat. _missum,_ 'sent': so a
dish of meat sent. To do this is an Eastern mark of honour: 2 Samuel
11:8. Sometimes the host personally puts a particularly choice...
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These shares were not the main part of the meal. Joseph ate at a
separate table from them. He sent small shares from his own table to
his brothers. That showed that they were eating the meal together....
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GOD’S ANCIENT PEOPLE
GENESIS
_ALUN OWEN_
CHAPTER 43
JACOB SENDS HIS SONS TO EGYPT AGAIN
V1 Now there was an extreme lack of food in the region. V2 And they
had eaten the grain that the brothers...
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MESSES. — A portion of food from that prepared for the chief is
regarded in the East as a mark both of honour and friendship, and the
largeness of Benjamin’s mess marked him out as the especial object...
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וַ יִּשָּׂ֨א מַשְׂאֹ֜ת מֵ אֵ֣ת
פָּנָיו֮ אֲלֵה
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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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JOSEPH FEASTS HIS BROTHERS
Genesis 43:16
Our Savior, of whom Joseph was such a striking emblem, knows all about
us. Though we may fear Him with a great fear, He is providing for us
with a thoughtful...
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All the old characteristics of Jacob are manifest in this account of
his proposed method of dealing with the governor of Egypt with whom
his sons had had to do. If things were against him, he did not...
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JOSEPH GETS TO SEE BENJAMIN
All of their sacks were filled with grain along with their money.
Having already been accused of being spies, they were horrified when
one brother discovered their money wa...
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And he took [and sent] messes unto them from before him: but
Benjamin's mess was five times so much as any of theirs. And they
drank, (k) and were merry with him.
(k) Sometimes this word means "to be...
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Of him. Joseph, the master of the feast, sends a portion to each of
his guests, according to the ancient custom. (Plut.[Plutarch,?]
Sympos. ii.) --- Five parts: in order to distinguish Benjamin the
mo...
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John 2:10
REFLECTIONS
Reader! let you and I turn from the table of Joseph amidst his
brethren, while they are thus merry and happy with him, to consider
the spiritual interest which we have in these...
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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 HE TOOK [AND SENT] MESSES UNTO THERE FROM BEFORE HIM,.... The
several dishes were brought before him, who cut them up, and sent to
everyone their part and portion, as was usual in those times and...
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And he took [and sent] messes unto them from before him: but
Benjamin's mess was five times so much as any of theirs. And they
drank, and were merry with him.
Ver. 34. _And he took and sent messes._]...
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Gen. 43:34. Thus he that is last is first, and the first last; the
last is the greatest. He that is but as a little child, is most
exalted; so he that is spiritually least, and most like a little
chil...
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1 Iacob is hardly perswaded to send Beniamin.
15 Ioseph entertaineth his brethren.
31 Hee maketh them a feast.
[BENIAMIN GOETH WITH HIS BRETHREN.]
1 AND the famine was sore in the land.
2 And it...
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And he took and sent messes unto them from before him, portions from
his own table, which was a mark of special distinction; BUT BENJAMIN'S
MESS WAS FIVE TIMES SO MUCH AS ANY OF THEIRS. This, in a way...
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THE MEAL IN JOSEPH'S HOUSE...
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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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THE BROTHERS RETURN TO EGYPT
The famine continued until Jacob and his family had eaten up all the
provision they had gotten from Egypt. Then Jacob urged his sons to go
again and bring more food from...
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WERE MERRY:
_ Heb._ they drank largely...
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26-34 Observe the great respect Joseph's brethren paid to him. Thus
were Joseph's dreams more and more fulfilled. Joseph showed great
kindness to them. He treated them nobly; but see here the early
d...
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It was the ancient custom of Egypt and other countries in their
feasts, that either all the meat, or at least some eminent parts and
parcels of it, were not promiscuously set before all the guests, bu...
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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 43:34 took H5375 (H8799) servings H4864 before H6440 Benjamins
H1144 serving H4864 five H2568 times H3027
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BUT BENJAMIN'S MESS
(_ See Scofield) - (Genesis 35:18). _
It is important to observe that Benjamin now becomes prominent.
Joseph is peculiarly the type of Christ in His first advent,
rejection, deat...
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CONTENTS: Second visit of Joseph's brethren to Egypt in their
necessity.
CHARACTERS: Jacob, Benjamin, Joseph, Simeon, Judah, steward.
CONCLUSION: The way to find mercy with men is to seek it of God...
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Genesis 43:14. _If I be bereaved._ The patriarch Jacob having at
length consented to the second journey, discovered very great wisdom
in the instructions he gave to his sons; nor were his piety and
su...
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_And he took and sent messes unto them from before him._
JOSEPH AND HIS BRETHREN AT THE BANQUET
Consider this incident--
I. As IT ILLUSTRATES SOME USEFUL PRINCIPLES OF SOCIAL LIFE.
1. That we shoul...
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GENESIS—NOTE ON GENESIS 43:1 The ongoing famine eventually forces
Jacob to send his sons back to Egypt with Benjamin. When the brothers
return, they are unexpectedly invited to dine at Joseph’s house....
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CRITICAL NOTES.—
Genesis 43:27. Is your father well?] Heb. “Is there peace to your
father?”—
GENESIS 43:28. THY SERVANT, OUR FATHER, IS IN GOOD HEALTH, HE IS YET
ALIVE?] Heb., “Peace to thy servant...
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EXPOSITION
GENESIS 43:1, GENESIS 43:2
AND THE FAMINE WAS SORE (literally, _was heavy_)_ _IN THE LAND (_sc_._
_of Canaan). AND IT CAME TO PASS, when they had eaten up—lite
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So that was it. But time went on. The famine continued and they used
up all of the grain that they had purchased in Egypt.
And so it came to pass, when they had eaten up the wheat which they
had bough...
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messes. 2 Samuel 11:8 was five times. Genesis 45:22 1 Samuel 1:5 1
Samuel 9:22 were merry. Heb. drank largely....
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JOSEPH A TYPE OF GRACE
Genesis 43:16
INTRODUCTORY WORDS
1. Grace defined. There is a verse in Romans which reads: "While we
were yet sinners, Christ died for us." There is a verse in Revelation
whic...
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They drank and were merry — Their cares and fears were now over, and
they eat their bread with joy, concluding they were now upon good
terms with the man, the lord of the land. If God accept our works...