1 Joseph makes himself known to his brethren.
5 He comforts them in God's providence.
9 He sends for his father.
16 Pharaoh confirms it.
21 Joseph furnishes then for their journey, and exhorts them to concord.
25 Jacob is revived with the news.

could not. 43:30,31 Isa 42:14 Jer 20:9

Cause. 2Sa 1:20 Mt 18:15 Ac 10:41 1Co 13:5

2 And he wept aloud: and the Egyptians and the house of Pharaoh heard.

wept aloud. Heb. gave forth his voice in weeping. This, says Sir J. Chardin, is exactly the genius of the people of Asia; their sentiments of joy or grief are properly transports, and their transports are ungoverned, excessive, and truly outrageous. When anyone returns from a long journey or dies, his family burst into cries that may be heard twenty doors off; and this is renewed at different times, and continues many days, according to the vigour of the passion. Sometimes they cease all at once, and then begin as suddenly, with a greater shrillness and loudness than one could easily imagine.

Nu 14:1 Ru 1:9 2Ki 20:3 Ac 20:37

3 And Joseph said unto his brethren, I am Joseph; doth my father yet live? And his brethren could not answer him; for they were troubled at his presence.

I am Joseph. Mt 14:27 Ac 7:13 9:5

for they. Job 4:5 23:15 Zec 12:10 Mt 14:26 Mr 6:50 Lu 5:8 24:37,38 Re 1:7

troubled. or, terrified.

4 And Joseph said unto his brethren, Come near to me, I pray you. And they came near. And he said, I am Joseph your brother, whom ye sold into Egypt.

I am Joseph. 37:28 50:18 Mt 14:27 Ac 9:5

5 Now therefore be not grieved, nor angry with yourselves, that ye sold me hither: for God did send me before you to preserve life.

be not grieved. Isa 40:1,2 Lu 23:34 2Co 2:7,11

nor angry with yourselves. Heb. neither let there be anger in in your eyes.

God. 7,8 47:25 50:20 1Sa 1:19 2Sa 12:12 16:10-12 17:14 Job 1:21 Ps 105:16,17 Ac 2:23,24 4:24-28 7:9-15

6 For these two years hath the famine been in the land: and yet there are five years, in the which there shall neither be earing nor harvest.

two years. 41:29-31,54,56 47:18

earing. Earing means ploughing or seed-time from the Anglo-Saxon {erain,} probably from {aro,} to plough; and agrees with [aroo,] Greek, {charatha,} Arabic, and {charash,} Hebrew.

47:23 Ex 34:21 De 21:4 1Sa 8:12 Isa 30:24

7 And God sent me before you to preserve you a posterity in the earth, and to save your lives by a great deliverance.

to preserve you a posterity. Heb. to put for you a remnant.
to save. Jud 15:18 1Ch 11:14 Ps 18:50 44:4 Ac 7:35

8 So now it was not you that sent me hither, but God: and he hath made me a father to Pharaoh, and lord of all his house, and a ruler throughout all the land of Egypt.

it was not. 5 Joh 15:16 19:11 Ro 9:16

father. 41:39-48 Jud 17:10 Job 29:16 Ps 105:21,22

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:

Thus saith. 26-28

come. 13,19,20

10 And thou shalt dwell in the land of Goshen, and thou shalt be near unto me, thou, and thy children, and thy children's children, and thy flocks, and thy herds, and all that thou hast:

in the land. 46:29,34 47:1-6 Ex 8:22 9:26

Goshen. Goshen was the most eastern district of Lower Egypt, and the frontier of that country and Arabia, not far from the Arabian gulf, and lying next to Canaan; for Jacob went directly thither when he came into Egypt, from which it was about eighty miles distant, though Hebron was distant from the Egyptian capital about three hundred miles.

be near. Joh 14:2,3 17:24

11 And there will I nourish thee; for yet there are five years of famine; lest thou, and thy household, and all that thou hast, come to poverty.

47:6,12 Mt 15:5,6 Mr 7:9-12 1Ti 5:4

12 And, behold, your eyes see, and the eyes of my brother Benjamin, that it is my mouth that speaketh unto you.

your eyes. 42:23 Lu 24:39 Joh 20:27

my mouth.
Not as ge 42:23

13 And ye shall tell my father of all my glory in Egypt, and of all that ye have seen; and ye shall haste and bring down my father hither.

my glory. Joh 17:24 1Pe 1:10-12 Re 21:23

bring. Ac 7:14

14 And he fell upon his brother Benjamin's neck, and wept; and Benjamin wept upon his neck.

29:11 33:4 46:29 Ro 1:31

15 Moreover he kissed all his brethren, and wept upon them: and after that his brethren talked with him.

Moreover. 2 29:11,13 33:4 Ex 4:27 Ru 1:9,14 1Sa 10:1 20:41 2Sa 14:33 Lu 15:20 Ac 20:37

talked. Ps 77:4

16 And the fame thereof was heard in Pharaoh's house, saying, Joseph's brethren are come: and it pleased Pharaoh well, and his servants.

it pleased Pharaoh well. Heb. was good in the eyes of Pharaoh. 16:6 20:15 34:18 41:33 De 1:33 2Sa 3:36 2Ch 30:4 Es 1:21 2:4 Es 5:14 Ac 6:5

17 And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, Say unto thy brethren, This do ye; lade your beasts, and go, get you unto the land of Canaan;

lade your. 42:25,26 44:1,2

18 And take your father and your households, and come unto me: and I will give you the good of the land of Egypt, and ye shall eat the fat of the land.

the fat. 27:28 47:6 Nu 18:12,29 De 32:14 Ps 81:16 147:14 Isa 28:1,4

19 Now thou art commanded, this do ye; take you wagons out of the land of Egypt for your little ones, and for your wives, and bring your father, and come.

commanded. Isa 49:1,23

waggons. 27 46:5

for your. 31:17,18

20 Also regard not your stuff; for the good of all the land of Egypt is yours.

regard not. Heb. let not your eye spare. De 7:16 19:13,21 Isa 13:18 Eze 7:4,9 9:5 20:17

stuff. Ex 22:7 Jos 7:11 1Sa 10:22 25:13 30:24 Eze 12:3,4 Mt 24:17 Lu 17:31

the good. 18 20:15 Ezr 9:12 Isa 1:19

21 And the children of Israel did so: and Joseph gave them wagons, according to the commandment of Pharaoh, and gave them provision for the way.

waggons. 19,27 46:5 Nu 7:3-9 Eze 23:24

commandment. Heb. mouth. 19 Ex 17:1 Nu 3:16 2Ch 8:13 35:16 Ec 8:2 La 1:18

22 To all of them he gave each man changes of raiment; but to Benjamin he gave three hundred pieces of silver, and five changes of raiment.

To all. It is a common custom with all the Asiatic sovereigns to give both garments and money to ambassadors and persons of distinction, whom they particularly wish to honour. De La Motraye says, `they then clothed them (the ambassadors) with caffetans (long vests of gold or silver brocade) with large silk flowers.'

each. Jud 14:12,19 2Ki 5:5,22,23 Re 6:11

to Benjamin. 43:34

23 And to his father he sent after this manner; ten asses laden with the good things of Egypt, and ten she asses laden with corn and bread and meat for his father by the way.

laden with. Heb. carrying.
meat As {mazon} is derived from {zoon}, to prepare, provide, Dr. A. Clarke thinks it may mean here {prepared meat}, some made up dish, delicacies, confectionaries, etc. In Asiatic countries they have several curious methods of preserving flesh by {potting}, by which it may be kept, for any length of time, sweet and wholesome. Some delicacy, similar to the savoury meat which Isaac loved, may here be intended; sent to Jacob in consideration of his age, and to testify the respect of his son; for of other kinds of meat he could have no need, as he had large flocks and herds, and could kill a lamb, kid, etc. when he pleased.

24 So he sent his brethren away, and they departed: and he said unto them, See that ye fall not out by the way.

See that. 37:22 42:21,22 Ps 133:1-3 Joh 13:34,35 Eph 4:31,32 Php 2:2-5 Col 3:12,13 1Th 5:13

25 And they went up out of Egypt, and came into the land of Canaan unto Jacob their father,

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26 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.

Joseph. Lu 24:34

and he is. 8,9 Ps 105:21

And Jacob's. Heb. and his. 37:35 42:36,38 44:28 Jon 2:7

he believed. Job 9:16 29:24 Ps 126:1 Lu 24:11,41

27 And they told him all the words of Joseph, which he had said unto them: and when he saw the wagons which Joseph had sent to carry him, the spirit of Jacob their father revived:

the spirit. Jud 15:19 1Sa 30:12 Ps 85:6 Isa 57:15 Ho 6:2

28 And Israel said, It is enough; Joseph my son is yet alive: I will go and see him before I die.

It is enough. 46:30 Lu 2:28-30 Joh 16:21,22