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- 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...
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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)...
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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...
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_rent their clothes_ See Genesis 37:29....
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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....
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RENT THEIR CLOTHES— Loniginus lays it down in his Treatise on the
Sublime, that one of the first means to attain it, is an accurate and
judicious choice of the most suitable circumstances. We cannot h...
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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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_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...
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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...
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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...
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וַֽ יִּקְרְע֖וּ שִׂמְלֹתָ֑ם וַֽ
יַּעֲמֹס֙ אִ֣ישׁ...
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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'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...
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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...
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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...
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Then they (c) rent their clothes, and laded every man his ass, and
returned to the city.
(c) To show how greatly the thing displeased them and how sorry they
were for it....
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_The town, with heavy hearts, of which their torn garments were signs
(Haydock): yet they say not a word in condemnation of Benjamin. They
are determined either to clear him, or never to return home....
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Renting the garment is an eastern token of great distress. Genesis
37:29....
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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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THEN THEY RENT THEIR CLOTHES,.... In token of sorrow and distress,
being at their wits' end, like distracted persons, not knowing what to
do: this was usually done in the eastern countries when any ev...
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Then they rent their clothes, and laded every man his ass, and
returned to the city.
Ver. 13. _Then they rent their clothes._] In token of the rending of
their hearts for their sins, which now had fo...
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_They rent their clothes, and laded every man his ass_, &c. Nothing
can be more moving than this verse. Never was there a more striking
picture drawn in words. Whole passages on the subject would not...
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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...
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The Test...
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Then they rent their clothes, and laded every man his ass, and
returned to the city. They were overcome with terror, fear, and grief,
and it was with a feeling of the greatest dejection that they turn...
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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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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...
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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...
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Being afraid and ashamed to go to their father without Benjamin,
concerning whom they had received so severe a charge, and made such
solemn promises and imprecations....
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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 44:13 tore H7167 (H8799) clothes H8071 man H376 loaded H6006
(H8799) donkey H2543 returned H7725 ...
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‘Then they tore their clothes and every man loaded his ass and
returned to the city.'
The joy of freedom and success has gone. They accepted that the
verdict of guilty was a foregone conclusion. ‘They...
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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...
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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...
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_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...
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GENESIS—NOTE ON GENESIS 44:11 THEY TORE THEIR CLOTHES. See Genesis
37:29....
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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...
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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...
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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 _...
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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...