GENESIS CHAPTER 43 The famine continuing, and their provision being spent, Jacob commands them to go again to Egypt, GENESIS 43:1,2. They prevail with their father to send Benjamin: Judah undertakes for him, GENESIS 43:3. He gives them presents, double money, and his blessing, GENESIS 43:11. They go... [ Continue Reading ]
He saith a LITTLE, either to show that he took no thought to satisfy his or their curiosity or luxury, but only their necessity, for which a little would suffice, and that they must all moderate their appetites, especially in a time of such scarcity; or to encourage them to the journey, by suggestin... [ Continue Reading ]
YE SHALL NOT SEE MY FACE. See the same expression, 2 SAMUEL 14:24,32 AC 20:25,38. Ye shall not be admitted into my presence, nor to the purchasing of any corn here.... [ Continue Reading ]
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WE WILL NOT GO DOWN, because we shall both lose the end of our journey, viz. the getting of corn, and run the utmost hazard of all our lives.... [ Continue Reading ]
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WE TOLD HIM ACCORDING TO THE TENOR OF THESE WORDS; we gave answers suitable to his questions, or such as his words required.... [ Continue Reading ]
JUDAH, for his age and prudence, and penitent carriage for his youthful follies, was most beloved and regarded by his father. THE LAD; so he calls him, because he was the youngest of all, though he was now thirty years old, and a father of divers children. See GENESIS 30:22, GENESIS 35:18 41:46 46:2... [ Continue Reading ]
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.... [ Continue Reading ]
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Of all which see GENESIS 37:25. The NUTS were of that kind which we call pistaches, as some Hebrew and other expositors render the word; for that was both an excellent fruit, and peculiar to Judea and Syria, and well agreeing with the ALMONDS which here follow.... [ Continue Reading ]
TAKE DOUBLE MONEY, double to what you carried last, either to procure more corn, which may prevent the frequency of such perilous journeys; or because the continuance and increase of the scarcity had advanced the price. CARRY IT AGAIN, for it is their money, not ours, and therefore must be restored.... [ Continue Reading ]
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An expression whereby he submits himself and children to God's will and providence, whatever the issue shall be. Compare ESTHER 4:16. Or thus, _As I have been_ already BEREAVED of some of my dearest children, so _I shall be bereaved_ of the rest, and I shall be left solitary; and if this be my porti... [ Continue Reading ]
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The usual time for the more solemn meal in the east countries, as the evening was the time, and the supper the great meal, among the Romans.... [ Continue Reading ]
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TAKE US FOR BONDMEN, the proper punishment for thieves.... [ Continue Reading ]
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PEACE BE TO YOU; no harm shall come to you for that matter. YOUR GOD, AND THE GOD OF YOUR FATHER: thus he speaks, because Joseph had instructed him, as well as others of his family, in the true religion. HATH GIVEN YOU TREASURE, by his power and providence secretly putting it there.... [ Continue Reading ]
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THY SERVANT; by which expression delivered in Jacob's name, and by his order, Jacob himself _made obeisance to him, _ as was foretold, GENESIS 37:9.... [ Continue Reading ]
SAW HIS BROTHER, i.e. more narrowly observed him, having now more leisure than he seems to have had when he saw him first, GENESIS 43:16. MY SON; so he calls him, not from special affection, which he intended not yet to discover; but because this compellation is commonly used when a man speaks to an... [ Continue Reading ]
HIS BOWELS DID YEARN; his heart and inward parts were vehemently moved, as they commonly are upon occasion of any excessive passion, of love, pity, grief, or joy, &c.... [ Continue Reading ]
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THEY SET ON FOR HIM BY HIMSELF; partly because the dignity of his place, and the custom of princes, required this state; and partly for the reason here following. THAT IS AN ABOMINATION UNTO THE EGYPTIANS; not so much from their pride and disdain of other people, as from their superstition and idola... [ Continue Reading ]
THE YOUNGEST ACCORDING TO HIS YOUTH; being so placed either by Joseph's appointment; or rather by their own choice, and according to their custom; by which the elder, though the handmaidens children, took place of the younger, who by that order were taught what veneration they owe to the aged, and h... [ Continue Reading ]
It was the ancient custom of Egypt and other countries in their feasts, that either all the meat, or at least some eminent parts and parcels of it, were not promiscuously set before all the guests, but peculiarly distributed by the master of the feast to the several guests, and that differently, acc... [ Continue Reading ]