Genesis 45:1-28
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.... [ Continue Reading ]
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.... [ Continue Reading ]
EARING] i.e. ploughing, cognate with Lat. _aro,_ 'I plough.' The word is now obsolete.... [ Continue Reading ]
A FATHER TO PHARAOH] a title of honour and respect: cp. Isaiah 22:21.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE LAND OF GOSHEN] This was a fertile district of N. Egypt, lying to the E. of the Nile between Zagazig and Tel-el Kebir, 40m. NE. of Cairo. The railway from Alexandria to Suez now runs through it. There have been discovered in this neighbourhood the remains of a town, called on its monuments Gesem... [ Continue Reading ]
WAGONS] Those depicted on the monuments had two wheels and were drawn by oxen.... [ Continue Reading ]
REGARD NOT YOUR STUFF] Do not trouble to bring all your belongings with you.... [ Continue Reading ]
SEE THAT YE FALL NOT OAT BY THE WAY] Joseph perhaps feared that his brothers might reproach one another for their treatment of him, and so quarrels might arise.... [ Continue Reading ]