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Verse Genesis 42:38. _HE IS LEFT ALONE_] That is, _Benjamin_ is the
only remaining son of Rachel; for he supposed _Joseph_, who was the
other son, to be dead.
_SHALL YE BRING DOWN MY GRAY HAIRS WITH...
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- Joseph and Ten of His Brethren
1. שׁבר _sheber_, “fragment, crumb, hence, grain.” בר _bar_
“pure,” “winnowed,” hence, “corn” (grain).
6. שׁליט _shallı̂yṭ_, “ruler, governor, hence,” Sultan.
Not e...
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CHAPTER 42 THE FIRST VISIT OF JOSEPH'S BRETHREN
_ 1. Joseph's brethren sent to Egypt (Genesis 42:1)_
2. Joseph meets his brethren (Genesis 42:6)
3. Put in prison for three days (Genesis 42:17)
4....
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GENESIS 42. JOSEPH'S BROTHERS COME TO EGYPT TO BUY CORN, AND
UNWITTINGLY ENCOUNTER JOSEPH. The greater part is taken from E, but
Genesis 42:2; Genesis 42:4_ b_, Genesis 42:5;...
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_he only is left_ i.e. of the sons of Rachel.
_mischief_ Cf. Genesis 42:4; Exodus 21:22-23.
_bring down my gray hairs_, &c. See note on Genesis 37:35; cf....
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The Return to Canaan
27. _one of them_ Anticipating Genesis 42:35. Lit. "the one," i.e. the
others followed. This verse and Genesis 42:28 are from J, according to
which the money is found in the sacks...
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MY SON SHALL NOT— Nothing can be more tender and picturesque than
these words of the venerable old patriarch. Full of affection for his
beloved Rachel, he cannot think of parting with Benjamin, the on...
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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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42:38 Sheol. (b-46) See ch. 37.35....
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THE FIRST VISIT OF JOSEPH'S BRETHREN TO EGYPT
1. When Jacob saw] The caravans which travelled from Egypt to Syria
would bring the news to Hebron....
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GOD’S ANCIENT PEOPLE
GENESIS
_ALUN OWEN_
CHAPTER 42
JACOB SENDS HIS SONS TO EGYPT
V1 Jacob heard that there was grain in Egypt. So he said to his sons,
‘You look at each other and you do nothing...
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‘His brother is dead.’ Joseph was Benjamin’s only real brother.
The other 10 men were half-brothers. ‘Only he remains.’ Benjamin
was the only one whose mother was Rachel. (See the comment on verse
4.)...
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THEN SHALL YE BRING DOWN MY GRAY HAIRS WITH SORROW TO THE GRAVE. —
Heb., _to Sheol_ (See Note on Genesis 37:35). Jacob, both here and in
Genesis 47:9, speaks as one on whom sorrow had pressed very hea...
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וַ יֹּ֕אמֶר לֹֽא ־יֵרֵ֥ד בְּנִ֖י
עִמָּכֶ֑ם כּ
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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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SIMEON HELD; THE OTHERS SENT HOME
Genesis 42:18
The behavior of this great Egyptian official-for so the brethren
deemed him-must have seemed very hard and tyrannical to the trembling
shepherds from t...
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According to the foretelling of Joseph in interpreting Pharaoh's
dreams, the famine came; but through Joseph's executive ability Egypt
was provided with corn sufficient not only for its own needs, but...
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_Alone: the son of my beloved Rachel. (Haydock) --- To hell. That is,
to that place where the souls then remained, as above, chap. xxxvii.
ver. 35, (Challoner) though with respect to his grey hairs, a...
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REFLECTIONS
Learn, my soul, that gracious lesson to live above ordinances while
favoured in the use of them; that when the means fail, the LORD of the
means, who never faileth, may be thy portion for...
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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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38._My son shall not go down with you_. Again we see, as in a lively
picture, with what sorrow holy Jacob had been oppressed. He sees his
whole family famishing: he would rather be torn away from life...
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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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AND HE SAID, MY SON SHALL NOT GO DOWN WITH YOU,.... He gives a
peremptory denial; this was his then present resolution and
determination:
FOR HIS BROTHER IS DEAD; meaning Joseph, Benjamin's own broth...
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And he said, My son shall not go down with you; for his brother is
dead, and he is left alone: if mischief befall him by the way in the
which ye go, then shall ye bring down my gray hairs with sorrow...
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_My son shall not go down with you_ Nothing can be more tender than
this verse: it melts us while we read it, and is so expressive that it
sets the venerable old patriarch full before our eyes. _His b...
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1 Iacob sendeth his ten sonnes to buy corne in Egypt.
6 They are imprisoned by Ioseph for spies.
18 They are set at libertie, on condition to bring Beniamin.
21 They haue remorse for Ioseph.
24 Si...
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And he said, My son shall not go down with you; for his brother is
dead, and he is left alone; if mischief befall him by the way in the
which ye go, then shall ye bring down my gray hairs with sorrow...
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JACOB'S GRIEF...
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SIXTH SECTION
_Retributive Discipline. The Famine and the First Journey to Egypt.
Joseph’s struggles with himself. The repentance of the Brethren.
Joseph and Simeon._
GENESIS 42:1-38.
1Now when Jaco...
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JACOB SENDS HIS SONS TO EGYPT
The famine reaches to Jacob's land. God makes him and his sons to feel
the distress of famine until they hear that Egypt has an abundance of
food that is available for s...
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29-38 Here is the report Jacob's sons made to their father. It
troubled the good man. Even the bundles of money Joseph returned, in
kindness, to his father, frightened him. He laid the fault upon his...
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HE IS LEFT ALONE, to wit of his mother, my dear Rachel....
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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 42:38 said H559 (H8799) son H1121 down H3381 (H8799) brother
H251 dead H4191 (H8804) left...
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‘And he said, “My son shall not go down with you, for his brother
is dead and he alone is left. If mischief befalls him in the way in
which you go, then you will bring my grey hairs with sorrow to the...
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GRAVE
Hebrew, "Sheol,"
(_ See Scofield) - (Habakkuk 2:5). _...
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CONTENTS: Joseph preserves his brethren from the famine.
CHARACTERS: Jacob, Joseph, brothers.
CONCLUSION: Times of testing await those who are guilty and often
prove the effectual means of awakening...
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Genesis 42:4. _Benjamin._ Jacob wished to reserve him to be heir of
the blessing instead of Joseph, who he thought was dead. Hence he let
the ten go, for it is highly probable that the Egyptians would...
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_Bring down my gray hairs with sorrow_
GRACELESS CHILDREN
Some graceless children despise their fathers and their mothers when
they are old, and when their grey hairs claim reverence or compassion....
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_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...
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EXPOSITION
GENESIS 42:1
NOW WHEN JACOB SAW—literally, _and Jacob saw, i.e._ perceived by the
preparations of others for buying corn in Egypt (Lange), but more
probably learnt by the report which othe...
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The Pharaoh in Egypt had had two dreams with similarities because they
had one interpretation. The first dream involved the seven fat cows
grazing by the river and seven lean cows rising up and eating...
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his brother. Genesis 42:13 Genesis 30:22 Genesis 35:16 Genesis 37:33...
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My son shall not go down with you — He plainly intimates a distrust
of them, remembering that he never saw Joseph since he had been with
them; therefore Benjamin shall not go with you....