_MAIN HOMILETICS OF THE PARAGRAPH.— Genesis 42:1_ THE FAMINE IN THE HOUSE OF JACOB I. Considered in its bearing upon the Divine purposes concerning the chosen people. It had been long ago predicted that the covenant people should be afflicted in a strange land four hundred years. God used ordinary... [ Continue Reading ]
CRITICAL NOTES.— Genesis 42:6. Governor.] “The word rendered governor, _Shalit_, is, except here, said to be only found in the books contemporary with and following the Captivity. _Salatis_ is given by Josephus as the title of the first shepherd-king.”—(_Alford_.)— GENESIS 42:9. SPIES.] “This dynas... [ Continue Reading ]
CRITICAL NOTES.— Genesis 42:23. Interpreter.] Heb. _The interpreter_—of the court. This official was not necessarily employed in interpreting a foreign tongue. He was the medium through which the prime minister was wont to speak to others.— GENESIS 42:25. FILL THEIR SACKS WITH CORN.] Heb. _Vessels... [ Continue Reading ]
CRITICAL NOTES.— Genesis 42:27. In the Inn.] “A camping place for the night rather than a caravansera. The term is from a verb meaning to _lodge,_ and has the local prefix. These halting grounds are well understood by travellers, and are fixed according to the distance and the convenience of water... [ Continue Reading ]
_MAIN HOMILETICS OF THE PARAGRAPH.— Genesis 42:29_ THE INCREASING TROUBLES OF JACOB’S OLD AGE I. The causes which led to them. 1. _The strange perplexity into which his sons had been brought._ They related to their father the rough treatment they had received in Egypt, and how one of their brethre... [ Continue Reading ]