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- Joseph and His Eleven Brethren
11. דבשׁ _d__e__bash_, “honey,” from the bee, or sirup from
the juice of the grape. בטנים _bôṭ__e__n_, “pistachio
nuts.” שׁקד _shâqêd_, “almond tree;” related:
“aw...
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CHAPTER 43 THE SECOND VISIT TO JOSEPH
_ 1. The journey to Egypt with Benjamin (Genesis 43:1)_
2. The kindness of Joseph (Genesis 43:16)...
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GENESIS 43. THE BROTHERS RETURN TO EGYPT WITH BENJAMIN. It is
generally held that this chapter is from J except for the references
to Simeon in Genesis 43:14 and Genesis 43:23_ b_. According to J,
Sim...
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_lingered_ Judah implies that, if it had not been for their father's
feelings, by this time they would have gone down to Egypt, and
returned....
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The Return to Egypt
2. _Go again_ That Jacob seems to forget about Simeon, is due to the
change from the E to the J narrative....
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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 JUDAH SPAKE UNTO HIM, SAYING, THE MAN DID SOLEMNLY PROTEST UNTO
US, SAYING, YE SHALL NOT SEE MY FACE, EXCEPT YOUR BROTHER BE WITH
YOU._
No JFB commentary on these verses....
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THE SECOND VISIT TO EGYPT
11. Balm] or 'balsam,'with healing properties. HONEY] This was
grape-honey, a syrup made of grapes and diluted with water for a
drink. It is still exported from Hebron to Eg...
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GOD’S ANCIENT PEOPLE
GENESIS
_ALUN OWEN_
CHAPTER 43
JACOB SENDS HIS SONS TO EGYPT AGAIN
V1 Now there was an extreme lack of food in the region. V2 And they
had eaten the grain that the brothers...
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כִּ֖י לוּלֵ֣א הִתְמַהְמָ֑הְנוּ כִּֽי
־עַתָּ֥ה שַׁ֖בְנוּ...
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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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THE BROTHERS RETURN WITH BENJAMIN
Genesis 43:1
Joseph, in giving corn to save his own brethren and the Egyptians from
starvation, is a type of our Lord, who gives the bread of life to Jew
and Gentile...
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All the old characteristics of Jacob are manifest in this account of
his proposed method of dealing with the governor of Egypt with whom
his sons had had to do. If things were against him, he did not...
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JOSEPH GETS TO SEE BENJAMIN
All of their sacks were filled with grain along with their money.
Having already been accused of being spies, they were horrified when
one brother discovered their money wa...
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Observe, though Canaan wanted corn, yet it abounded with honey.
Reader! there are many parts of the earth which are blessed with the
gifts of common providence: but what are these without the special...
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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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FOR EXCEPT WE HAD LINGERED,.... Delayed going down to Egypt, through
the demur Jacob made of tending Benjamin with them:
SURELY NOW WE HAD RETURNED THIS SECOND TIME; they would have made
their journe...
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For except we had lingered, surely now we had returned this second
time.
Ver. 10. _For except we had lingered, &c._] In the words of God there
is not any hyperbole to be found. In the words of men, r...
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1 Iacob is hardly perswaded to send Beniamin.
15 Ioseph entertaineth his brethren.
31 Hee maketh them a feast.
[BENIAMIN GOETH WITH HIS BRETHREN.]
1 AND the famine was sore in the land.
2 And it...
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For except we had lingered, surely now we had returned this second
time. The delay occasioned by the father's stubborn hesitation was
threatening them all with starvation. There was need for quick,
en...
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The Preparations for the Journey...
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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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THE BROTHERS RETURN TO EGYPT
The famine continued until Jacob and his family had eaten up all the
provision they had gotten from Egypt. Then Jacob urged his sons to go
again and bring more food from...
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1-14 Jacob urges his sons to go and buy a little food; now, in time
of dearth, a little must suffice. Judah urges that Benjamin should go
with them. It is not against the honour and duty children owe...
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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 Judah said to Israel his father, “Send the lad with me, and
we will arise and go, that we may live and not die, both we and you
and also our little ones. I will be surety for him. At my hand you...
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CONTENTS: Second visit of Joseph's brethren to Egypt in their
necessity.
CHARACTERS: Jacob, Benjamin, Joseph, Simeon, Judah, steward.
CONCLUSION: The way to find mercy with men is to seek it of God...
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Genesis 43:14. _If I be bereaved._ The patriarch Jacob having at
length consented to the second journey, discovered very great wisdom
in the instructions he gave to his sons; nor were his piety and
su...
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_Go again, buy us a little food_
JACOB UNDER THE PRESSURE OF WANT
I. His CHANGE OF RESOLUTION (Genesis 43:11).
II. His PIETY THROUGHOUT.
1. His faith in God.
2. His honest principle.
3. It is no...
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GENESIS—NOTE ON GENESIS 43:1 The ongoing famine eventually forces
Jacob to send his sons back to Egypt with Benjamin. When the brothers
return, they are unexpectedly invited to dine at Joseph’s house....
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CRITICAL NOTES.—
Genesis 43:7. The man asked us straitly.] Heb., “Asking, asked.”
He earnestly enquired about us and our kindred.—
GENESIS 43:9. LET ME BEAR THE BLAME FOR EVER.] Heb., “I shall be a
s...
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EXPOSITION
GENESIS 43:1, GENESIS 43:2
AND THE FAMINE WAS SORE (literally, _was heavy_)_ _IN THE LAND (_sc_._
_of Canaan). AND IT CAME TO PASS, when they had eaten up—lite
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So that was it. But time went on. The famine continued and they used
up all of the grain that they had purchased in Egypt.
And so it came to pass, when they had eaten up the wheat which they
had bough...
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Genesis 19:16 this second time. or, twice by this....
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PEACE AND PARDON
Genesis 43:1
INTRODUCTORY WORDS
By way of introduction we wish to present to you some succinct
statements in Genesis 42:36
As the famine gripped the land, there was but one recours...