Then Joseph could not refrain himself before all them that stood by him; and he cried, Cause every man to go out from me. And there stood no man with him, while Joseph made himself known unto his brethren. Ver. 1. _Then Joseph could not refrain._] No more can Jesus, in the extreme afflictions of hi... [ Continue Reading ]
And he wept aloud: and the Egyptians and the house of Pharaoh heard. Ver. 2. _He wept aloud._] And so gave vent to his passion, which else would have burst him. As hinds by calving, so men by weeping, "cast out their sorrows." Job 39:3... [ Continue Reading ]
And Joseph said unto his brethren, I [am] Joseph; doth my father yet live? And his brethren could not answer him; for they were troubled at his presence. Ver. 3. _I am Joseph._] What a word was that! At the hearing thereof, what a strange conflict of contrary passions fell out in the hearts of the... [ Continue Reading ]
And Joseph said unto his brethren, Come near to me, I pray you. And they came near. And he said, I [am] Joseph your brother, whom ye sold into Egypt. Ver. 4. _I am Joseph your brother._] Therefore you are to expect no hard sentence from a brother's mouth. Christ "is not ashamed," nor will be at the... [ Continue Reading ]
_Now therefore be not grieved, nor angry with yourselves, that ye sold me hither: for God did send me before you to preserve life._ Ver. 5. _Now therefore be not grieved, &c._] See here a lively image of Christ's love toward his enemies, for whom he prayed and died, "to give them repentance and rem... [ Continue Reading ]
For these two years [hath] the famine [been] in the land: and yet [there are] five years, in the which [there shall] neither [be] earing nor harvest. Ver. 6. _See Trapp on "_ Gen 41:54 _"_... [ Continue Reading ]
And God sent me before you to preserve you a posterity in the earth, and to save your lives by a great deliverance. Ver. 7. _God sent me before you._] He it is that by a powerful providence orders all the disorders of the world, by a certain counsel, to his own ends, and at length to his own glory.... [ Continue Reading ]
So now [it was] not you [that] sent me hither, but God: and he hath made me a father to Pharaoh, and lord of all his house, and a ruler throughout all the land of Egypt. Ver. 8. _It was not you that sent me._] Joseph makes the best of an ill matter, that they may not be overwhelmed with grief, and... [ Continue Reading ]
_Haste ye, and go up to my father, and say unto him, Thus saith thy son Joseph, God hath made me lord of all Egypt: come down unto me, tarry not:_ Ver. 9. _Come down unto me, tarry not._] Christ seems to send from heaven, and say unto us in like sort, God hath made me Lord of all; come up unto me,... [ Continue Reading ]
And thou shalt dwell in the land of Goshen, and thou shalt be near unto me, thou, and thy children, and thy children's children, and thy flocks, and thy herds, and all that thou hast: _Ver. 10 Thou shalt be near unto me._] So sweet a comfort to friends, that death itself is called but a departure.... [ Continue Reading ]
And there will I nourish thee; for yet [there are] five years of famine; lest thou, and thy household, and all that thou hast, come to poverty. Ver. 11. _And there will I nourish thee._] To requite parents is "good and acceptable before God." 1Ti 5:4 At Athens, _a_ it was death not to be kind to pa... [ Continue Reading ]
And, behold, your eyes see, and the eyes of my brother Benjamin, that [it is] my mouth that speaketh unto you. Ver. 12. _That it is my mouth._] I speak not now, as before I did, by an interpreter: I speak Hebrew also. God seems to say the same to us concerning the whole word; those "ten words" espe... [ Continue Reading ]
And ye shall tell my father of all my glory in Egypt, and of all that ye have seen; and ye shall haste and bring down my father hither. Ver. 13. _And ye shall tell my father._] So the Lord Christ bade Mary Magdalene tell his "disciples and _Peter,_ " because he was most dejected for denying his Mas... [ Continue Reading ]
And he fell upon his brother Benjamin's neck, and wept; and Benjamin wept upon his neck. Ver. 14. _And he fell upon his brother, &c._] God's people are not senseless stoics or flinty Nabals; but have natural affections in them, as others; yea, above others, that have banished good nature, and can w... [ Continue Reading ]
Moreover he kissed all his brethren, and wept upon them: and after that his brethren talked with him. Ver. 15. _Kissed all his brethren._] _See Trapp on "_ Gen 39:11 _"_... [ Continue Reading ]
And the fame thereof was heard in Pharaoh's house, saying, Joseph's brethren are come: and it pleased Pharaoh well, and his servants. Ver. 6. _It pleased Pharaoh well, and his servants._] And therefore his servants, because Pharaoh. For, _Aulici sunt instar speculi,_ saith Pareus. Courtiers are the... [ Continue Reading ]
_And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, Say unto thy brethren, This do ye; lade your beasts, and go, get you unto the land of Canaan;_ Ver. 17. _And Pharaoh said unto Joseph._] Pharaoh is good to Jacob and his house, for Joseph's sake; so is God to us and ours, for Jesus' sake. As any man was intimate with... [ Continue Reading ]
_And take your father and your households, and come unto me: and I will give you the good of the land of Egypt, and ye shall eat the fat of the land._ Ver. 18. Come unto me: and I will give your, &c.] So saith Christ, "Come unto me, and ye shall find rest to your souls," Mat 11:28 health to your bo... [ Continue Reading ]
Now thou art commanded, this do ye; take you wagons out of the land of Egypt for your little ones, and for your wives, and bring your father, and come. Ver. 19. _Take you wagons out of the land of Egypt._] Christ also will send his wagons for us, his cherubims, and clouds to fetch us up to heaven,... [ Continue Reading ]
Also regard not your stuff; for the good of all the land of Egypt [is] yours. Ver. 20. _Also regard not your stuff._] The same saith God to his; Care not for your lumber and trumpery; suffer with joy the loss of your goods: Come, come away in your affections; I have far better things for you above:... [ Continue Reading ]
And the children of Israel did so: and Joseph gave them wagons, according to the commandment of Pharaoh, and gave them provision for the way. Ver. 21. _And gave them provision for the way._] So doth God give all his; meat that the world knows not of; joy that the natural heart never tasted of; the... [ Continue Reading ]
To all of them he gave each man changes of raiment; but to Benjamin he gave three hundred [pieces] of silver, and five changes of raiment. Ver. 22. _But to Benjamin he gave, &c._] God gives his best blessings to his Benjamins. "He is the Saviour of all men, but specially of them that believe." 1Ti... [ Continue Reading ]
And to his father he sent after this [manner]; ten asses laden with the good things of Egypt, and ten she asses laden with corn and bread and meat for his father by the way. Ver. 23. _After this manner._] Not the same that he gave Benjamin, as some sense it; but as followeth in the text.... [ Continue Reading ]
So he sent his brethren away, and they departed: and he said unto them, See that ye fall not out by the way. Ver. 24. _Fall not out by the way._] Such a charge layeth Christ upon all his, to love one another, and to "keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace." _Si collidimur, frangimur; _ I... [ Continue Reading ]
And they went up out of Egypt, and came into the land of Canaan unto Jacob their father, Ver. 25. _They came unto Jacob their father._] Who had looked many a long look for them: and now had far more joy of their return than before. Gen 42:29... [ Continue Reading ]
And told him, saying, Joseph [is] yet alive, and he [is] governor over all the land of Egypt. And Jacob's heart fainted, for he believed them not. Ver. 26. _Joseph is yet alive._] This was the most joyful news that ever Jacob heard, and the sincerest pleasure that ever he had; which therefore God r... [ Continue Reading ]
And they told him all the words of Joseph, which he had said unto them: and when he saw the wagons which Joseph had sent to carry him, the spirit of Jacob their father revived: Ver. 27. _When he saw the wagons._] Such assurance have deeds above words, _a_ _Nos non eloquitour magna, sed vivimus,_ sa... [ Continue Reading ]
_And Israel said, [It is] enough; Joseph my son [is] yet alive: I will go and see him before I die._ Ver. 28. _It is enough; Joseph my son is yet alive._] Jacob rejoiceth more for his life than his honour. "Why is living man sorrowful?." Lam 3:39 Yet he is alive; that is a mercy, amidst all his mis... [ Continue Reading ]