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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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_took us for spies_ Lit. "put us as spies." Probably the words "in
ward" should be supplied, as LXX ἔθετο ἡμᾶς ἐν
φυλακῇ; the Lat. _putavit nos_renders as the English versions....
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The Return to Canaan
27. _one of them_ Anticipating Genesis 42:35. Lit. "the one," i.e. the
others followed. This verse and Genesis 42:28 are from J, according to
which the money is found in the sacks...
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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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_THE MAN, WHO IS THE LORD OF THE LAND, SPAKE ROUGHLY TO US, AND TOOK
US FOR SPIES OF THE COUNTRY._
The man who is the lord of the land, х_ 'ªDONEEY_ (H113) _
HAA'AARETS_ (H776)]. The word in the plur...
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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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For the meaning of ‘spies’, see the comment on verse 9.
V35 The brothers emptied their sacks. Then they saw that every
man’s bundle of money was in his sack. They and their father saw
their bundles o...
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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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דִּ֠בֶּר הָ אִ֨ישׁ אֲדֹנֵ֥י הָ אָ֛רֶץ
אִתָּ֖נ
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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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Observe how low the actings of faith were m the Patriarch's experience
at this time. He had lost sight of that promise, Genesis 28:15. Under
bereaving providences how sweet and sure is that scripture,...
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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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_ROUGH TONGUE AND TENDER HEART_
‘The lord of the land spake roughly unto us.’
Genesis 42:30
There may be immeasurable kindness hiding behind a rough exterior.
Joseph made himself strange to his bre...
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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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THE MAN, [WHO IS] THE LORD OF THE LAND,.... Of Egypt; not the king,
but the deputy governor of it, whose authority under Pharaoh was very
great, and reached to the whole land, and all political affair...
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The man, [who is] the lord of the land, spake roughly to us, and took
us for spies of the country.
Ver. 30. See Genesis 42:9; Genesis 42:11; Genesis 42:13;...
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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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The man who is the lord of the land spake roughly to us, and took us
for spies of the country....
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The Return to Canaan...
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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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ROUGHLY TO US:
_ Heb._ with us hard things...
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29-38 Here is the report Jacob's sons made to their father. It
troubled the good man. Even the bundles of money Joseph returned, in
kindness, to his father, frightened him. He laid the fault upon his...
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No text from Poole on this verse....
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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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‘And they came to Jacob their father to the land of Canaan, and told
him all that had befallen them, saying, “The Man, the lord of the
land, spoke roughly to us and took us for spies of the country. A...
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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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_They came unto Jacob_
LESSONS
1.
Providence carrieth guilty souls in, through, and out of temporal
dangers at His will.
2. Gracious fathers are gratified sometimes from God by safe return of
sinf...
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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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_MAIN HOMILETICS OF THE PARAGRAPH.— Genesis 42:29_
THE INCREASING TROUBLES OF JACOB’S OLD AGE
I. The causes which led to them.
1. _The strange perplexity into which his sons had been brought._ They...
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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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roughly to us. Heb. with us hard things. Genesis 42:7...