Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary
Genesis 45:28
I desire no more, no greater happiness in this world, than to see him; which when I have done, I am willing to die.
I desire no more, no greater happiness in this world, than to see him; which when I have done, I am willing to die.
Verse Genesis 45:28. It is _ENOUGH; JOSEPH MY SON_ IS _YET ALIVE_] It was not the state of _dignity_ to which Joseph had arisen that particularly affected Jacob, it was the consideration that he was...
- Joseph Made Himself Known to His Brethren 10. גשׁן _gôshen_, Goshen, Gesem (Arabias related perhaps to גשׁם _geshem_ “rain, shower”), a region on the borders of Egypt and Arabia, near the gulf of...
CHAPTER 45 JOSEPH REVEALS HIMSELF _ 1. He reveals himself (Genesis 45:1)_ 2. His address (Genesis 45:4) 3. He kissed his brethren (Genesis 45:14) 4. Pharaoh's command ...
_It is enough_ Lat. _sufficit mihi_. Jacob's conviction is expressed in brief simple words. It is left to our imagination to consider how his sons succeeded in satisfactorily explaining to Jacob Jose...
Joseph's Brethren bring the News to Jacob 16. _the fame_ Lit. "the voice." It is not the sound of Joseph's weeping, but the news of the discovery of his brethren....
DISCOURSE: 57 JACOB’S RESOLUTION TO VISIT JOSEPH IN EGYPT Genesis 45:27. _And they told him all the words of Joseph, which he had said unto them: and when he saw the waggons which Joseph had sent to...
ISRAEL SAID, IT IS ENOUGH— Two things his sons told him, says Bishop Kidder, viz. that Joseph was alive, and that he was governor of AEgypt; and the latter of the two Joseph required them to tell his...
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,...
JOSEPH MAKES HIMSELF KNOWN TO HIS BRETHREN. PHARAOH INVITES JACOB AND HIS FAMILY TO SETTLE IN EGYPT 5-7. Joseph declares that the events of the past all witnessed to the providential care of God....
GOD’S ANCIENT PEOPLE GENESIS _ALUN OWEN_ CHAPTER 45 JOSEPH TELLS HIS BROTHERS WHO HE IS V1 Then Joseph could not control himself in front of all those who stood by him. He cried, ‘Make every one...
Perhaps the brothers confessed to their father Jacob at this time what they had done 20 years before. They had dropped Joseph into a deep hole and they had put a goat’s blood on his coat. (See Genesis...
AND ISRAEL SAID. — We must not lay too much stress upon this change of name, as though it were a title appropriate to the patriarch only in his happier and triumphant hours; for in Genesis 45:6 it-is...
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THE RECONCILIATION Genesis 45:1 By faith Joseph, when he died, made mention of the departing of the children of Israel and gave commandment concerning his bones.- Hebrews 11:22 IT is generally by so...
JOSEPH SENDS FOR HIS FATHER Genesis 45:16 This is indeed an Easter lesson. It must have seemed to Jacob and his children as though Joseph were indeed risen from the dead. Hardly more startling were t...
In the account of Joseph's revelation of himself to his brethren, the chief value is in his recognition of the fact that his destiny had been in the hand of God: "It was not you that sent me hither, b...
Observe Jacob's name is changed to Israel. A believing soul is a true Israelite. Luke 1:45....
REFLECTIONS How grateful, after afflictions, are the renewals of joy! How refreshing the manifestations of JESUS after long, and dark seasons of his absence to the soul? Reader! let the perusal of thi...
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...
_ALIVE FROM THE DEAD!_ ‘Joseph my son is yet alive!’ Genesis 45:28 I. BUT FOR THE PROVISION JOSEPH SENT THEM FOR THE WAY, JACOB AND HIS SONS’ SONS AND DAUGHTERS COULD NEVER HAVE CROSSED THE HOT DES...
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...
AND ISRAEL SAID, [IT IS] ENOUGH, JOSEPH MY SON [IS] YET ALIVE,.... Or it is "much" or "great" m; he had much joy, as the Targums; this was the greatest blessing of all, and more to him than all the gl...
_And Israel said, [It is] enough; Joseph my son [is] yet alive: I will go and see him before I die._ Ver. 28. _It is enough; Joseph my son is yet alive._] Jacob rejoiceth more for his life than his h...
1 Ioseph maketh himselfe knowen to his brethren. 5 Hee comforteth them in Gods prouidence. 9 Hee sendeth for his father. 16 Pharaoh confirmeth it. 21 Ioseph furnisheth them for their iourney, and...
Jacob invited to Egypt...
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 soo...
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...
JOSEPH REVEALS HIMSELF Now that the grace of God has wrought genuine repentance in the hearts of the brothers, and Judah in particular, Joseph is free to reveal to them His own true identity. He was...
25-28 To hear that Joseph is alive, is too good news to be true; Jacob faints, for he believes it not. We faint, because we do not believe. At length, Jacob is convinced of the truth. Jacob was old,...
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...
Genesis 45:28 Israel H3478 said H559 (H8799) enough H7227 Joseph H3130 son H1121 alive H2416 go H3212 ...
‘And they went up out of the land of Egypt and came into the land of Canaan to Jacob their father. And they told him, saying, “Joseph is still alive and he is ruler over all the land of Egypt.” And he...
Genesis 45:28 Joseph is a type or figure of the Lord Jesus Christ. I. Joseph, in his younger days, was distinguished from his brethren by a purity of life which became the more observable in contrast...
Genesis 45:9. _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:_ Joseph, having made himself known to h...
CONTENTS: Joseph reveals himself to his brethren whom he blesses and sends back to Egypt. CHARACTERS: Joseph, brothers, Pharaoh, Jacob. CONCLUSION: «He worketh all things together for good to them t...
Genesis 45:5. _Be not grieved;_ that is, not with any farther grief and trouble; for ye have wept and suffered enough. It was God, who taking advantage of your fault, sent me before you to preserve li...
_And Israel said, It is enough; Joseph my son is yet alive_ JOSEPH A TYPE OF CHRIST Joseph is a type or figure of the Lord Jesus Christ. 1. Joseph, in his younger days, was distinguished from his br...
GENESIS—NOTE ON GENESIS 45:1 Moved by Judah’s speech, Joseph is unable to restrain his emotions. He reveals his true identity to his amazed brothers. In a long speech he attempts to lessen their sense...
CRITICAL NOTES.— Genesis 45:26. And Jacob’s heart fainted.] “_Fainted_ is perhaps literally, _remained cold._” He had too much experience of deceit to believe easily a strange tale like this. (_Alfor...
EXPOSITION GENESIS 45:16 AND THE FAME THEREOF—literally, _the voice, _hence rumor (cf. Jeremiah 3:9)—WAS HEARD IN PHARAOH'S HOUSE (having been brought thither doubtless by some of the Court officials...
Then Joseph could not refrain himself before them that stood by him; and he cried and he said, Cause every man to go out from me. And there stood no man with him, while Joseph made himself known to hi...
It is enough. Genesis 46:30 Luke 2:28 John 16:21 John 16:22...
JOSEPH MAKING HIMSELF KNOWN Genesis 45:1 INTRODUCTORY WORDS Chapter 44 of Genesis is introductory to 45. 1. DOING EVIL FOR GOOD. This is discussed in Genesis 44:1. Of course the sons of Jacob had n...