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Verse Genesis 42:24. _TOOK - SIMEON AND BOUND HIM BEFORE THEIR EYES._]
This was _retaliation_, if, as the rabbins suppose, it was Simeon who
bound Joseph, and put him into the pit. A recollection of t...
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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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_wept_ Cf. Genesis 43:30. Joseph's feelings are deeply stirred by
overhearing words that indicate his brethren's contrition for their
inhuman conduct towards himself.
_Simeon_ Simeon was selected to b...
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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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TURNED HIMSELF ABOUT FROM THEM, AND WEPT— If the conduct of Joseph's
brethren presents us with a striking proof of the power of conscience,
Joseph himself affords us as striking a proof of the power o...
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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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‘He bound Simeon.’ Joseph told his servants to tie Simeon with
strong strings. Probably he untied him when the brothers had gone.
Joseph had said that Simeon would be ‘in prison’. (See verse 19.)
He...
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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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HE TURNED... AND WEPT. — There was no bitterness in Joseph’s
heart, and at their first word of regret he melted. But lest he should
lose Benjamin he overcame his feelings, and commanded that Simeon
sh...
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וַ יִּסֹּ֥ב מֵֽ עֲלֵיהֶ֖ם וַ
יֵּ֑בְךְּ וַ
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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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And he turned himself about from them, and (h) wept; and returned to
them again, and communed with them, and took from them Simeon, and
bound him before their eyes.
(h) Though he acts harshly, yet hi...
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That is a blessed scripture, Isaiah 63:9. And who shall take upon him
to say to what extent those yearnings of JESUS over his people in
their sorrows are carried, before the time comes for his openly...
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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 TURNED HIMSELF ABOUT FROM THEM, AND WEPT,.... Hearing his
brethren confess their sin and guilt to one another in selling him,
and Reuben's affectionate concern for him, it wrought so much upon...
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And he turned himself about from them, and wept; and returned to them
again, and communed with them, and took from them Simeon, and bound
him before their eyes.
Ver. 24. _And wept; and returned, &c._...
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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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And he turned himself about from them, and wept at this evidence of
their complete change of heart; AND RETURNED TO THEM AGAIN, AND
COMMUNED WITH THEM, AND TOOK FROM THEM SIMEON, AND BOUND HIM BEFORE...
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Simeon Kept Back in Egypt...
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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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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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HE TURNED HIMSELF AND WEPT TEARS, partly of natural affection and
compassion towards his brethren, now in great distress and anguish;
and partly of joy, to see the happy success of his design and rigo...
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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 42:24 away H5437 (H8735) wept H1058 (H8799) returned H7725
(H8799) talked H1696 (H8762) took...
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‘And he turned himself away from them and wept, and he returned to
them and spoke to them and took Simeon from among them and bound him
before their eyes.'
Joseph overhears what they are saying and it...
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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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_He turned himself about from them and wept_
JOSEPH’S FEELINGS ON SEEING HIS BRETHREN
After the lapse of twenty years, Joseph on seeing his brethren wept.
Why, he might have been vengeful! It is eas...
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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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wept. Genesis 43:30 Isaiah 63:9 Luke 19:41 Romans 12:15 1 Corin
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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...