CONTENTS In this Chapter the Sacred Writer reassumes the history of Joseph The account is related of Joseph's being carried down into Egypt; and of the reception he met with there. He is sold to Potiphar, a captain under Pharaoh king of Egypt: Joseph is so blessed of the LORD, that his master commi... [ Continue Reading ]
1Sa_16:18; 1Sa_18:28; Acts 7:9. Read that scripture, Psalms 27:10.... [ Continue Reading ]
Deuteronomy 33:16. Separated from his brethren.... [ Continue Reading ]
Proverbs 16:7 Sweet argument this! It was a sin against himself. It was a sin even against his mistress! It was a sin against a kind master. But he passeth all these by as of lesser consideration, to argue the abominable nature of the sin against GOD: being particularly an Israelite, and in covenan... [ Continue Reading ]
Genesis 30:27.... [ Continue Reading ]
Proverbs 31:30.... [ Continue Reading ]
2 Peter 2:14.... [ Continue Reading ]
Proverbs 1:10.... [ Continue Reading ]
Proverbs 7:25 Observe, the pointed contempt on the religion of Joseph; first, the Hebrew, in order to heighten the offence she charged him with after. And is it not so now? Are not the blemishes, or the supposed blemishes of the LORD'S people, always magnified by the carnal world?... [ Continue Reading ]
Job 24:15.... [ Continue Reading ]
Observe that scripture, 1 Corinthians 10:13.... [ Continue Reading ]
2 Samuel 13:15.... [ Continue Reading ]
How sweet that scripture in point, 1 Peter 2:17. And again, 1 Peter 2:19. See also Psalms 105:17.... [ Continue Reading ]
Proverbs 6:34.... [ Continue Reading ]
Daniel 6:22.-It is a delightful thought, that no bars can shut out the presence of GOD from his people.... [ Continue Reading ]
That scripture hath been more than once verified, Psalms 106:46.... [ Continue Reading ]
REFLECTIONS Who doth not feel pity in the review of Joseph's unjust and cruel treatment! Behold the Patriarch a little before the object of his father's love. And now look at him as a bond slave and a prisoner in a strange land! To what a reverse of circumstances are even good men exposed, in this... [ Continue Reading ]