Genesis 45:1-15
Joseph Makes Himself Known... [ Continue Reading ]
Joseph Makes Himself Known... [ Continue Reading ]
Then Joseph could not refrain himself before all them that stood by him; and he cried, Cause every man to go out from me. Now that he had such unmistakable proof of the genuineness of his brothers' repentance, it was no longer possible for him to control his feelings. But he did not want his Egyptia... [ Continue Reading ]
And he wept aloud; his emotion, his agitation, so long repressed, broke forth like a flood carrying with it every obstruction. AND THE EGYPTIANS, THE SERVANTS OUTSIDE, AND THE HOUSE OF PHARAOH HEARD, either because the house of Joseph was near the royal palace or because the news was quickly carried... [ Continue Reading ]
And Joseph said unto his brethren, I am Joseph. The abruptness of the announcement was caused by the intensity of his emotion. DOTH MY FATHER YET LIVE? He had been given the information before, Genesis 43:28, but his loving anxiety demands assurance once more. AND HIS BRETHREN COULD NOT ANSWER HIM,... [ Continue Reading ]
And Joseph said unto his brethren, Come near to me, I pray you. He was obliged to coax and invite them. AND THEY CAME NEAR, more by reason of his invitation than by the power of their love. AND HE SAID, I AM JOSEPH, YOUR BROTHER, WHOM YE SOLD IN TO EGYPT. He says it not by way of reproach, but to as... [ Continue Reading ]
Now, therefore, be not grieved nor angry with yourselves that ye sold me hither. He saw, from the expression of their faces and eyes, that sorrow over their crime and anger over their miserable jealousy was struggling in their hearts. FOR GOD DID SEND ME BEFORE YOU TO PRESERVE LIFE; the entire matte... [ Continue Reading ]
For these two years hath the famine been in the land; and yet there are five years in the which there shall neither be earing nor harvest. The famine, as Joseph vividly states, was even then in the midst of the land, and for five more years there would be neither plowing nor reaping.... [ Continue Reading ]
And God sent me before you to preserve you a posterity in the earth and to save your lives by a great deliverance. The saving of the patriarchal family, the bearers of the Messianic promise, was of even greater importance than the preserving of the Egyptians. It was the will of God, as Joseph now re... [ Continue Reading ]
So now it was not you that sent me hither, but God; they were mere instruments in the hand of Providence; AND HE HATH MADE ME A FATHER TO PHARAOH, his confidential counselor and friend, AND LORD OF ALL HIS HOUSE, AND A RULER THROUGHOUT ALL THE LAND OF EGYPT. Thus Joseph, formerly apparently a tyrant... [ Continue Reading ]
Haste ye, and go up to my father, and say unto him, Thus saith thy son Joseph, God hath made me lord of all Egypt; come down unto me, tarry not;... [ Continue Reading ]
and thou shalt dwell in the land of Goshen, in the eastern Nile delta, AND THOU SHALT BE NEAR UNTO ME, THOU, AND THY CHILDREN, AND THY CHILDREN'S CHILDREN, AND THY FLOCKS, AND THY HERDS, AND ALL THAT THOU HAST;... [ Continue Reading ]
and there will I nourish thee; for yet there are five years of famine; lest thou, and thy household, and all that thou hast, come to poverty, be so greatly impoverished as to suffer actual want, his possessions being taken over by others. Toward this message and invitation the entire speech of Josep... [ Continue Reading ]
And, behold, your eyes see and the eyes of my brother Benjamin that it is my mouth that speaketh unto you, that the entire scene was not a dream and a delusion.... [ Continue Reading ]
And ye shall tell my father of all my glory in Egypt, and of all that ye have seen; and ye shall haste and bring down my father hither. The more complete the description of actual conditions, the sooner would Jacob believe; and what Joseph desired above all was haste.... [ Continue Reading ]
And he fell upon his brother Benjamin's neck and wept; and Benjamin wept upon his neck. Having relieved his heart of its pent-up emotion in this manner, Joseph now greeted, first of all, his brother Benjamin, as was to be expected after a separation of more than twenty years.... [ Continue Reading ]
Moreover, he kissed all his brethren, and wept upon them, while they were in his embrace; AND AFTER THAT HIS BRETHREN TALKED WITH HIM, having now gained the assurance that Joseph did not intend to take revenge upon them, but that his love had forgotten all the wrong committed by them.... [ Continue Reading ]
And the fame thereof was heard in Pharaoh's house, saying, Joseph's brethren are come. The news reached the royal palace very soon. AND IT PLEASED PHARAOH WELL AND HIS SERVANTS, which shows the high regard that Joseph enjoyed; for all nomadic tribes, including the Hebrews, were despised by the Egypt... [ Continue Reading ]
Jacob invited to Egypt... [ Continue Reading ]
And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, Say unto thy brethren, This do ye; lade your beasts and go; get you unto the land of Canaan;... [ Continue Reading ]
and take your father and your households, and come unto me; and I will give you the good of the land of Egypt, and ye shall eat the fat of the land. The best, the richest products of the country should be at their disposal, just as if they were truly the relatives of royalty.... [ Continue Reading ]
Now thou art commanded, this do ye, the language of authoritative courtesy: TAKE YOU WAGONS OUT OF THE LAND OF EGYPT FOR YOUR LITTLE ONES, AND FOR YOUR WIVES, AND BRING YOUR FATHER, AND COME. They were to be provided with all the conveniences of travel, especially with the two-wheeled wagons of Egyp... [ Continue Reading ]
Also regard not your stuff, they should not mind the loss of some articles of furniture which could not well be transported for such a long distance; FOR THE GOOD OF ALL THE LAND OF EGYPT IS YOURS.... [ Continue Reading ]
And the children of Israel did so; and Joseph gave them wagons, according to the commandment of Pharaoh, and gave them provision for the way; he took care of all their needs for the journey.... [ Continue Reading ]
To all of them he gave each man changes of raiment; every one of the brothers was fitted out with a new suit of clothes; BUT TO BENJAMIN HE GAVE THREE HUNDRED PIECES OF SILVER AND FIVE CHANGES OF RAIMENT, holiday clothing, as a change for the usual dress.... [ Continue Reading ]
And to his father he sent after this manner: ten asses laden with the good things of Egypt, presents to indicate what Jacob might expect in the land whose king had invited him, AND TEN SHE-ASSES LADEN WITH CORN AND BREAD AND MEAT FOR HIS FATHER BY THE WAY. The grain, the bread, and the other food wa... [ Continue Reading ]
So he sent his brethren away, and they departed; and he said unto them, See that ye fall not out by the way. They should not be tempted to hark back to the old crime, as to who had really instigated the wrong, and thus sin again. It is a warning which has its value even today, in similar circumstanc... [ Continue Reading ]
And they went up out of Egypt, and came into the land of Canaan unto Jacob, their father,... [ Continue Reading ]
and told him, saying, Joseph is yet alive, and he is governor over all the land of Egypt. Their extreme joy makes them almost too abrupt in the announcement of their news. AND JACOB'S HEART FAINTED, it stopped in chill and amazement, FOR HE BELIEVED THEM NOT. The news was too wonderful to be true, a... [ Continue Reading ]
And they told him all the words of Joseph which he had said unto them; and when he saw the wagons which Joseph had sent to carry him, concrete evidence of Joseph's love and of the truth of the account concerning him, THE SPIRIT OF JACOB, THEIR FATHER, REVIVED; he was filled with new life and vigor.... [ Continue Reading ]
And Israel said, It is enough; Joseph, my son, is yet alive; I will go and see him before I die. He no longer doubted; he was convinced; and he had only one great desire, namely, to see his son as soon as possible. The Lord may cause His children to bear many heavy crosses for many years, but eventu... [ Continue Reading ]