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Verse Genesis 45:26. _JACOB'S HEART FAINTED_] Probably the good news
so overpowered him as to cast him into a swoon. _He believed them_
_not_-he thought it was _too good news to be true_; and though...
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- 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...
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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 ...
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_his heart fainted_ Lit. "became numb or cold"; as we should say, "his
heart stood still" at the news. It was too good to be true....
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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....
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JACOB'S HEART FAINTED— The Vulgate, and some others, render this
passage, _Jacob awoke, as it were, out of a dead sleep,_ yet _he
believed them not._ The particle כי _ki,_ rendered _for_ in our
versio...
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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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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....
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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...
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JACOB’S HEART FAINTED. — Heb., _grew cold._ This was not the
effect of incredulity or suspicion, but of surprise. Jacob, crushed by
the loss of the child who had taken the place of his beloved Rachel...
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וַ יַּגִּ֨דוּ לֹ֜ו לֵ אמֹ֗ר עֹ֚וד
יֹוסֵ֣ף
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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...
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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...
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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...
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And told him, saying, Joseph [is] yet alive, and he [is] governor over
all the land of Egypt. And Jacob's heart (h) fainted, for he believed
them not.
(h) As one between hope and fear....
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_He awaked, &c. His heart was overpowered between hope and distrust.
He seemed to himself to be dreaming. Septuagint, "in an ecstacy." Such
a sudden transition has oftentimes caused death. (Haydock)_...
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Psalms 27:3; Psalms 27:3....
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Observe Jacob's name is changed to Israel. A believing soul is a true
Israelite. Luke 1:45....
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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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26._And Jacob’s heart fainted_. We know that some persons have
fainted with sudden and unexpected joy. Therefore, certain
interpreters suppose that the heart of Jacob was, in a sense,
suffocated, as i...
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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 TOLD HIM,.... What had happened to them in Egypt:
SAYING, JOSEPH [IS] YET ALIVE; who was thought by him and them to have
been dead long ago:
AND HE [IS] GOVERNOR OVER ALL THE LAND OF EGYPT; depu...
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And told him, saying, Joseph [is] yet alive, and he [is] governor over
all the land of Egypt. And Jacob's heart fainted, for he believed them
not.
Ver. 26. _Joseph is yet alive._] This was the most j...
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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...
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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, i...
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Jacob invited to Egypt...
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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...
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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...
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JACOB'S:
_ Heb._ his...
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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,...
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JACOB'S HEART FAINTED, or, _was weakened, _ or _failed, _ he fell into
a swoon, as it is ordinary, because of the greatness and suddenness of
the news, and the conflict of contrary and violent passion...
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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 45:26 told H5046 (H8686) saying H559 (H8800) Joseph H3130
alive H2416 governor H4910 (H8802) land...
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‘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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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Joseph. Luke 24:34 and he is. Genesis 45:8 Genesis 45:9 Psalms 105:21
And Jacob's. Heb. and his....
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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...
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We have here the good news brought to Jacob. When, without any
preamble, his sons came in crying Joseph is yet alive. The very
mention of Joseph's name revived his sorrow, so that his heart
fainted. I...