_JOSEPH COMMANDS HIS STEWARD TO HIDE HIS CUP IN THE SACK OF BENJAMIN,
AND THEN TO PURSUE HIS BRETHREN. HE DECLARES THAT HE WILL RETAIN
BENJAMIN WITH HIM FOR HIS SERVANT: JUDAH PLEADS WITH HIM, AND OFF...
PART THIRTY-SIX
RECAPITULATION: SURVEY OF THE PATRIARCHAL AGE
From _A Class-Book of Old Testament History,_ pp. 73-76
by G. F. Maclear, D.D.
Published by Macmillan, London, 1881,
now long out of pri...
1:1 God (a-4) Heb. _ Elohim_ , the plural of _ Eloah_ , 'the
Supreme'. It is Deity in the absolute sense. _ Elohim_ will, in the
text, appear only in the name of _ Jehovah Elohim_ ; moreover, when _...
XLIV.
THE CUP IS PLACED IN BENJAMIN’S RIDING-BAG.
(2) PUT MY CUP... — Rather _bowl,_ as it signifies a large round
vessel from which the wine was poured into the drinking cups.
Joseph’s purpose appare...
INTRODUCTION TO GENESIS 44
This chapter relates the policy of Joseph in making an experiment of
his brethren's regard and affection for Benjamin; he ordered his
steward to put every man's money into...
_A.M. 2297. B.C. 1707._
Joseph, having entertained his brethren, dismissed them: but here we
have them brought back in a greater fright than any they had been in
yet. Observe,
( 1,) What method he to...
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...