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Verse Genesis 44:5. _WHEREBY - HE DIVINETH?_] Divination by cups has
been from time immemorial prevalent among the Asiatics; and for want
of knowing this, commentators have spent a profusion of learn...
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- The Ten Brothers Were Tested
Joseph has had the satisfaction of seeing his brother Benjamin safe
and well. He has heard his brothers acknowledging their guilt
concerning himself. He resolves to put...
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CHAPTER 44 THE FEIGNED DISMAY AND THE BRINGING BACK
_ 1. The cup concealed and the dismay (Genesis 44:1)_
2. The return to Joseph's house (Genesis 44:14)...
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GENESIS 44. BENJAMIN IS ACCUSED OF STEALING JOSEPH'S SILVER CUP, AND
JUDAH PLEADS WITH JOSEPH TO PUNISH HIM INSTEAD OF BENJAMIN. The
narrative is from J. Joseph arranges this final test that he may be...
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_whereby he indeed divineth_ "Divineth," Heb. _naḥash_: see Genesis
30:27; Deuteronomy 18:10, "useth divination"; 1 Kings 20:33 marg. The
word shews that the silver cup was a sacred one, by means of w...
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The Divining Cup
1. _with food, as much as they can carry_ The "food" means corn; and
by special favour the corn is not given them by price, but on a more
generous scale; as much as they could carry....
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WHEREBY INDEED HE DIVINETH— This cup, which the Septuagint call
κονδυ, _kondu,_ the AEgyptian name for _a cup,_ was a goblet or
bowl, it is thought, with a great belly. It is plain, this was a cup
use...
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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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_IS NOT THIS IT IN WHICH MY LORD DRINKETH, AND WHEREBY INDEED HE
DIVINETH? YE HAVE DONE EVIL IN SO DOING._
Is not this it - not only kept for the governor's personal use, but
whereby he divineth. Div...
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44:5 divines? (a-15) See ch. 30.27....
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THE FINAL TEST OF JOSEPH'S BRETHREN
2. Put my cup.. in the sack's mouth of the youngest] Joseph evidently
did this as an excuse for keeping Benjamin with him. Perhaps, too, it
was a test of the breth...
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WHEREBY INDEED HE divineth] Divination by means of bowls of water was
very prevalent among the ancients. They appear to have had a
superstitious fancy that if one gazed long into a cup, he would see
f...
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‘To find the truth by magic.’ Egyptians used to pour oil into
water that was in a cup. Then they looked at the pattern of the oil.
They thought that the pattern showed what was true. The *Hebrews did...
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GOD’S ANCIENT PEOPLE
GENESIS
_ALUN OWEN_
CHAPTER 44
JOSEPH’S PLOT AGAINST HIS BROTHERS
V1 Then Joseph *commanded the manager of his house. He said to him,
‘Fill the men’s bags with grain. Give t...
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הֲ לֹ֣וא זֶ֗ה אֲשֶׁ֨ר יִשְׁתֶּ֤ה
אֲדֹנִי֙ בֹּ
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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'S CUP IN BENJAMIN'S SACK
Genesis 44:1
It is a terrible revelation when our Benjamins are found possessed of
the cup. They have been so loved, so favored, so screened; they have
never been guil...
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Occasionally, criticism of Joseph's action in placing the money and
his cup in the sacks of his brethren has been made. To put the matter
in the mildest form, surely such criticism reveals a lack of h...
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A TEST FOR JOSEPH'S BROTHERS
Once again, Joseph told his steward to fill the sacks with grain and
place each man's money in his sack. However, he also told him to put
his silver cup in the mouth of B...
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[Is] not this [it] in which my lord drinketh, and (b) whereby indeed
he divineth? ye have done evil in so doing.
(b) Because the people thought he could divine, he attributes to
himself that knowledg...
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To divine. This was spoken by Joseph to his steward in jest; alluding
to the notion of the people, who took him to be a diviner. (Challoner)
--- St. Thomas Aquinas, [Summa Theologiae] 2, 2, q. 195, a....
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The Egyptians were much given to the use of divination. Perhaps the
steward had such ideas of his master....
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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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5._Whereby indeed, he divineth _(171) This clause is variously
expounded. For some take it as if Joseph pretended that he consulted
soothsayers in order to find out the thief. Others translate it, “by...
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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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[IS] NOT THIS [IT], IN WHICH MY LORD DRINKETH,.... Which was for his
own particular use, and so the more ungrateful in them to take it,
AND WHEREBY INDEED HE DIVINETH? according to our version and ot...
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Genesis 44:5 _[Is] not this [it] in which my lord drinketh, and
whereby indeed he divineth? ye have done evil in so doing._
Ver. 5. _And whereby indeed he divineth._] Junius reads it thus - _Et
n...
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_Whereby indeed he divineth_ The original word may be rendered, _For
which he would search thoroughly_, or, _Concerning which he would
certainly divine_, or _make trial_ and discovery. As if he had sa...
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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...
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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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BENJAMIN ACCUSED WRONGFULLY
The wisdom of Joseph is seen now in such a way as to lead his brothers
to repentance without accusing them. He instructed his steward to fill
the brothers' sacks with food...
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DIVINETH?:
Or, maketh trial...
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1-17 Joseph tried how his brethren felt towards Benjamin. Had they
envied and hated the other son of Rachel as they had hated him, and if
they had the same want of feeling towards their father Jacob...
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Amongst the several kinds of divination in use among the Egyptians and
other heathens, this was one, to do it by a cup or bason, which they
filled with water, and put in them plates of silver, or prec...
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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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Genesis 44:5 lord H113 drinks H8354 (H8799) indeed H5172 (H8763)
divination H5172 (H8762) evil H7489 ...
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‘And when they had left the city and were as yet no great distance
Joseph said to his steward, “Up, follow after the men, and when you
overtake them say to them, “Why have you rewarded evil for good?...
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CONTENTS: Joseph's brethren further tested. Arrest on charge of taking
a cup.
CHARACTERS: Joseph, Judah, Benjamin, steward.
CONCLUSION: Even in afflictions wherein the believer thinks himself
wronge...
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Genesis 44:2. _Put my cup._ A splendid cup decorated with devices; in
these cups the Egyptians fancied they could divine by the various
refractions of light on its mouldings. Sometimes they put polish...
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_The cup was found in Benjamin’s sack_
THE TRIALS OF THE INNOCENT
I. That there is sorrow, and sorrow on a vast scale, is a great
fact--a fact both too patent and too painful to be gainsaid. Joseph...
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GENESIS—NOTE ON GENESIS 44:3 MY LORD... PRACTICES DIVINATION. Since
the steward’s remarks are in the context of deliberate deception, it
is impossible to know whether he was saying that Joseph actuall...
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GENESIS—NOTE ON GENESIS 44:1 Still disguising his true identity from
his brothers, Joseph sends them away after the meal. But he gives
instructions that his silver cup should be placed in the sack of...
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CRITICAL NOTES.—
Genesis 44:5. Whereby indeed he divineth.] “The ancient Egyptians,
and still more the Persians, practised a mode of divination from
goblets. Small pieces of gold and silver, together...
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EXPOSITION
GENESIS 44:1, GENESIS 44:2
AND HE (_i.e._ Joseph) COMMANDED THE STEWARD OF HIS
HOUSE,—literally, _him that was over his hoarse _...
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And so he commanded the steward of his house, saying, Fill the men's
sacks (Genesis 44:1)
Well, let's see. "And he sat them before him according to birthright."
And he took and sent messes unto them...
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divineth. or, maketh trial. Genesis 44:15 Genesis 30:27 Leviticus
19:26 1 Kings 20:33...
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Is not this it in which my lord drinketh? And for which he would
search thoroughly — So it may be rendered....