The Final Test of Joseph's Brethren
2. Put my cup.. in the sack's mouth of the youngest] Joseph evidently did this as an excuse for keeping Benjamin with him. Perhaps, too, it was a test of the brethren whether they would act as cruelly in deserting their youngest brother as they had dealt with himself. However, they came nobly out of the trial, and a complete reconciliation took place.
CHAPTER XLIV _Joseph commands his steward to put his cup secretly into_ _Benjamin's sack_, 1, 2. _The sons of Jacob depart with the corn they had purchased_, 3. _Joseph commands his steward to pur...
- The Ten Brothers Were Tested Joseph has had the satisfaction of seeing his brother Benjamin safe and well. He has heard his brothers acknowledging their guilt concerning himself. He resolves to put...
CHAPTER 44 THE FEIGNED DISMAY AND THE BRINGING BACK _ 1. The cup concealed and the dismay (Genesis 44:1)_ 2. The return to Joseph's house (Genesis 44:14)...
GENESIS 44. BENJAMIN IS ACCUSED OF STEALING JOSEPH'S SILVER CUP, AND JUDAH PLEADS WITH JOSEPH TO PUNISH HIM INSTEAD OF BENJAMIN. The narrative is from J. Joseph arranges this final test that he may be...
The Divining Cup 1. _with food, as much as they can carry_ The "food" means corn; and by special favour the corn is not given them by price, but on a more generous scale; as much as they could carry....
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,...
_AND HE COMMANDED THE STEWARD OF HIS HOUSE, SAYING, FILL THE MEN'S SACKS WITH FOOD, AS MUCH AS THEY CAN CARRY, AND PUT EVERY MAN'S MONEY IN HIS SACK'S MOUTH._ And he commanded the steward. The design...
GOD’S ANCIENT PEOPLE GENESIS _ALUN OWEN_ CHAPTER 44 JOSEPH’S PLOT AGAINST HIS BROTHERS V1 Then Joseph *commanded the manager of his house. He said to him, ‘Fill the men’s bags with grain. Give t...
וַ יְצַ֞ו אֶת ־אֲשֶׁ֣ר עַל ־בֵּיתֹו֮ לֵ
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."-...
JOSEPH'S CUP IN BENJAMIN'S SACK Genesis 44:1 It is a terrible revelation when our Benjamins are found possessed of the cup. They have been so loved, so favored, so screened; they have never been guil...
Occasionally, criticism of Joseph's action in placing the money and his cup in the sacks of his brethren has been made. To put the matter in the mildest form, surely such criticism reveals a lack of h...
A TEST FOR JOSEPH'S BROTHERS Once again, Joseph told his steward to fill the sacks with grain and place each man's money in his sack. However, he also told him to put his silver cup in the mouth of B...
CONTENTS The interesting narrative of the Patriarchal history is still prosecuted through this Chapter. The brethren of Joseph having purchased corn and laden their cattle, take their leave of Joseph...
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...
1._And he commanded the steward of his house_. Here Moses relates how skillfully Joseph had contrived to try the dispositions of his brethren. We have said elsewhere that, whereas God has commanded us...
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 HE COMMANDED THE STEWARD OF HIS HOUSE,.... Whom the Targum of Jonathan again calls Manasseh, the eldest son of Joseph: SAYING, FILL THE MEN'S SACKS [WITH] FOOD, AS MUCH AS THEY CAN CARRY; this he...
And he commanded the steward of his house, saying, Fill the men's sacks [with] food, as much as they can carry, and put every man's money in his sack's mouth. Ver. 1. _And he commanded the steward._]...
1 Iosephs policie to stay his brethren. 14 Iudahs humble supplication to Ioseph. 1 AND hee commaunded the [NOTE: _Hebrew:_ him that was ouer his house.] steward of his house, saying, Fill the mens s...
The Test...
And he commanded the steward of his house, saying, Fill the men's sacks with food, as much as they can carry, and put every man's money in his sack's mouth. The feast which Joseph had arranged may hav...
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...
BENJAMIN ACCUSED WRONGFULLY The wisdom of Joseph is seen now in such a way as to lead his brothers to repentance without accusing them. He instructed his steward to fill the brothers' sacks with food...
STEWARD OF HIS HOUSE: _ Heb._ him that was over his house...
1-17 Joseph tried how his brethren felt towards Benjamin. Had they envied and hated the other son of Rachel as they had hated him, and if they had the same want of feeling towards their father Jacob...
GENESIS CHAPTER 44 Joseph commands his steward to fill their sacks, restore every man's money, and put his silver cup into Benjamin's sack; sends them away, GENESIS 44:1; thereby contriving to bring t...
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 44:1 commanded H6680 (H8762) house H1004 saying H559 (H8800) Fill H4390 (H8761) mens H582 sacks...
THE BROKEN JOURNEY - SEEMING CATASTROPHE - THE FINAL TEST (GENESIS 44:1) Genesis 44:1 ‘And he commanded the steward of his house saying, “Fill the men's sacks with food, as much as they can carry, a...
Genesis 44:1 I. There had been a strong combination, designed and undesigned, to keep Joseph down. But it was in vain. "Light is sown for the righteous." It is sometimes late in springing, but God's h...
CONTENTS: Joseph's brethren further tested. Arrest on charge of taking a cup. CHARACTERS: Joseph, Judah, Benjamin, steward. CONCLUSION: Even in afflictions wherein the believer thinks himself wronge...
Genesis 44:2. _Put my cup._ A splendid cup decorated with devices; in these cups the Egyptians fancied they could divine by the various refractions of light on its mouldings. Sometimes they put polish...
_The cup was found in Benjamin’s sack_ THE TRIALS OF THE INNOCENT I. That there is sorrow, and sorrow on a vast scale, is a great fact--a fact both too patent and too painful to be gainsaid. Joseph...
GENESIS—NOTE ON GENESIS 44:1 Still disguising his true identity from his brothers, Joseph sends them away after the meal. But he gives instructions that his silver cup should be placed in the sack of...
CRITICAL NOTES.— Genesis 44:5. Whereby indeed he divineth.] “The ancient Egyptians, and still more the Persians, practised a mode of divination from goblets. Small pieces of gold and silver, together...
EXPOSITION GENESIS 44:1, GENESIS 44:2 AND HE (_i.e._ Joseph) COMMANDED THE STEWARD OF HIS HOUSE,—literally, _him that was over his hoarse _...
And so he commanded the steward of his house, saying, Fill the men's sacks (Genesis 44:1) Well, let's see. "And he sat them before him according to birthright." And he took and sent messes unto them...
the steward. Heb. him that was over his house. Genesis 24:2 Genesis 43:16 Genesis 43:19 Fill the. Genesis 42:25...