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Genesis 44:28

and I have not seen him since The unconscious pathos in the words which Judah uses must have struck Joseph to the heart.

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  • 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...

  • 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

    _AND HE SAID, GOD FORBID THAT I SHOULD DO SO: BUT THE MAN IN WHOSE HAND THE CUP IS FOUND, HE SHALL BE MY SERVANT; AND AS FOR YOU, GET YOU UP IN PEACE UNTO YOUR FATHER._ No JFB commentary on these ver...

  • 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

    The brothers had already mentioned Joseph. They had said, ‘One brother is dead.’ (See Genesis 42:13; Genesis 42:32.) But in this verse, Judah said more than that. However, Judah did not confess that t...

  • 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 יֵּצֵ֤א הָֽ אֶחָד֙ מֵֽ אִתִּ֔י וָ

  • 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

    JUDAH PLEADS FOR BENJAMIN Genesis 44:18 No portion in Genesis could be more suitable for Good Friday. Judah's proposal to give himself instead of Benjamin reminds us of Him who freely gave Himself up...

  • 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...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    Here Judah was typical of him who became our surety. Isaiah 53:4....

  • 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 THE ONE WENT OUT FROM, ME,.... Being sent by him to see how his brethren did, who were feeding his flocks at Shechem, and he had never returned to him to that day: AND I SAID, SURELY HE IS TORN I...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _And Judah said_ We have here a most pathetic speech which Judah made to Joseph on Benjamin's behalf. Either Judah was a better friend to Benjamin than the rest, and more solicitous to bring him off;...

  • 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...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    JUDAH'S HEROIC BEHAVIOR...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    and the one went out from me, he was taken from Jacob in a violent manner, AND I SAID, SURELY, HE IS TORN IN PIECES, that was the only conclusion he could reach from the evidence presented; AND I SAW...

  • 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...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    18-34 Had Joseph been, as Judah supposed him, an utter stranger to the family, he could not but be wrought upon by his powerful reasonings. But neither Jacob nor Benjamin need an intercessor with Jos...

  • 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 44:28 one H259 out H3318 (H8799) said H559 (H8799) Surely H2963 (H8800) pieces H2963 ...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    “And your servant my father said to us, ‘You know that my wife bore me two sons, and the one went out from me, and I said “Surely he is torn in pieces” and I have not seen him since. And if you take t...

  • 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

    _And Judah said, What shall we say unto my lord?_ JUDAH’S INTERCESSION I. IT WAS ABLE. II. IT WAS NOBLE. III. IT GAVE PROMISE OF FUTURE GREATNESS, IV. IT SUGGESTS SOME FEATURES OF OUR LORD’S INTE...

  • 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 44:21. That I may set mine eyes upon him.] An expression meaning the exercising of a tender care towards him. Thus (Jeremiah 29:12.) “Take him, and _look well to him,_ and do...

  • 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

    the one. Genesis 37:13 Genesis 37:14 Surely. Genesis 37:33 Genesis 42:36...

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