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Verse Genesis 43:18. _AND THE MEN WERE AFRAID_] _A guilty conscience
needs no_ _accuser_. Every thing alarms them; they now feel that God
is exacting _retribution_, and they know not what the degrees...
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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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_seek occasion_ Heb. _roll himself upon us_. Cf. Job 30:14. Joseph's
brethren suspect that this act of favour is part of a trap to put them
off their guard, and then suddenly seize them on a false cha...
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The Reception in Joseph's House
15. _stood before Joseph_ The story is condensed. The men on arrival
in Egypt are required to present themselves for purposes of trade
before Joseph....
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THE MEN WERE AFRAID— Here again, as in ch. Genesis 42:28. we see how
conscience operates; they who had shewn no mercy are prone to believe
that none will be shewn to them. The phrase, _May seek occasi...
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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 THE MEN WERE AFRAID, BECAUSE THEY WERE BROUGHT INTO JOSEPH'S
HOUSE; AND THEY SAID, BECAUSE OF THE MONEY THAT WAS RETURNED IN OUR
SACKS AT THE FIRST TIME ARE WE BROUGHT IN; THAT HE MAY SEEK OCCASI...
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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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Again the guilty conscience which dreads every fresh event....
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The brothers did not know why they were going to Joseph’s house.
They could not guess that they would eat a meal with Joseph. They made
the only guess that they could make. And they were very much afr...
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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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וַ יִּֽירְא֣וּ הָֽ אֲנָשִׁ֗ים כִּ֣י
הֽוּבְאוּ֮...
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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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JOSEPH FEASTS HIS BROTHERS
Genesis 43:16
Our Savior, of whom Joseph was such a striking emblem, knows all about
us. Though we may fear Him with a great fear, He is providing for us
with a thoughtful...
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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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And the men were (e) afraid, because they were brought into Joseph's
house; and they said, Because of the money that was returned in our
sacks at the first time are we brought in; that he may seek occ...
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Is there not a spiritual illustration here! Are not awakened souls
alarmed when first brought into JESUS'S house and presence? Read that
scripture: Revelation 1:17....
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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 THE MEN WERE AFRAID, BECAUSE THEY WERE BROUGHT INTO JOSEPH'S
HOUSE,.... It not being usual, as Jarchi observes, for those that came
to buy corn to lodge there, but at an inn in the city:
AND THEY...
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And the men were afraid, because they were brought into Joseph's
house; and they said, Because of the money that was returned in our
sacks at the first time are we brought in; that he may seek occasio...
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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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And the men were afraid because they were brought in to Joseph's
house; their former treatment caused them to suspect that they might
again be thrown into prison. AND THEY SAID, BECAUSE OF THE MONEY T...
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The Brothers before Joseph...
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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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SEEK OCCASION AGAINST US:
_ Heb._ roll himself upon us...
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15-25 Jacob's sons went down the second time into Egypt to buy corn.
If we should ever know what a famine of the word means, let us not
think it much to travel as far for spiritual food, as they did...
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TAKE US FOR BONDMEN, the proper punishment for thieves....
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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 when Joseph saw Benjamin with them he said to the steward of
his house, “Bring the men into the house, and kill and make ready,
for the men will dine with me at noon.” And the men were afraid
bec...
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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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_The men were afraid, because they were brought into Joseph’s house_
JOSEPH’S BRETHREN UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF A GUILTY FEAR
I. THEY DREAD SOME GREAT MISFORTUNE. They are driven to Egypt by a
dire ne...
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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 43:16. Slay, and make ready.] “The objection which has been
here found, that the higher castes of the Egyptians ate no animal
food, only shows the ignorance of the objectors....
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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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the men. Genesis 42:21 Genesis 42:28 Genesis 42:35 Judges 13:22 Job
15:21
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JOSEPH A TYPE OF GRACE
Genesis 43:16
INTRODUCTORY WORDS
1. Grace defined. There is a verse in Romans which reads: "While we
were yet sinners, Christ died for us." There is a verse in Revelation
whic...