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Verse Genesis 43:9. _LET ME BEAR THE BLAME FOR EVER_] וחטאתי
לך כל הימים _vechatathi lecha col haiyamim, then shall I sin
against thee all_ _my days_, and consequently be liable to punishment
for viol...
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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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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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_I will be surety_ i.e. I will guarantee to bring him back. In Genesis
42:37 Reuben had been ready to pledge the lives of his two sons for
Benjamin's safety. Here Judah is ready to pledge his own life...
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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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Reuben had made a promise like this. (See Genesis 42:37 and the
comment.) And now Judah promised that he would bring Benjamin back.
However, he knew that he might not be able to do that. But he still...
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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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THEN LET ME BEAR THE BLAME FOR EVER. — This is much more manly and
therefore more persuasive than Reuben’s talk about pledging the
lives of his children. For it was real, nor would it be a slight
matt...
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אָֽנֹכִי֙ אֶֽעֶרְבֶ֔נּוּ מִ יָּדִ֖י
תְּבַקְשֶׁ֑נּוּ אִם...
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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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_For ever. Always lay the blame on me, and punish me as you think fit.
(Menochius)_...
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I detain the Reader to remark the character here assumed by Judah as a
surety, in which he was an eminent type of JESUS. It was JESUS, who
from everlasting undertook to answer for his people. And in t...
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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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_SURETY FOR A BROTHER_
‘I will be surety for him.’
Genesis 43:9
I. I WILL BE SURETY FOR HIM,’ SAID JUDAH; and so he became, in a
faint and far-off way, the forerunner of Jesus.
II. ‘I AM SURETY F...
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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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I WILL BE SURETY FOR HIM,.... Engage for his safe return:
OF MY HAND SHALL THOU REQUIRE HIM; I will be answerable for him:
IF I BRING HIM NOT TO THEE, AND SET HIM BEFORE THEE: do not return him
from...
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I will be surety for him; of my hand shalt thou require him: if I
bring him not unto thee, and set him before thee, then let me bear the
blame for ever:
Ver. 9. _I will be surety for him._] Herein he...
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_Let me bear the blame for ever_ Hebrew, _Be an offender to thee:_ let
me bear the guilt, and shame, and punishment due to so great an
offender Judah's conscience had lately smitten him for what he ha...
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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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The Preparations for the Journey...
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I will be surety for him: of my hand shalt thou require him; if I
bring him not unto thee, and set him before thee, then let me bear the
blame forever. As his forefather did here, thus did the great
d...
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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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LET ME BEAR THE BLAME; Heb. _be an offender to thee._ Let me bear the
guilt, and shame, and punishment due to so great an offence....
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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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will be. Genesis 42:37 Genesis 44:32 Genesis 44:33 1 Kings 1:21 Job
17:3...
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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...
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Judah's conscience had lately smitten him for what he had done a great
while ago against Joseph; and as an evidence of the truth of his
repentance, he is ready to undertake, as far as a man could do i...