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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge: Genesis 43

Chapter 43

And the famine was sore in the land.

18:13 41:54-57 42:5 Ecclesiastes 9:1,2 Lamentations 5:10 Acts 7:11-13

And it came to pass, when they had eaten up the corn which they had brought out of Egypt, their father said unto them, Go again, buy us a little food.

4,20 42:1,2 Proverbs 15:16 16:18 31:16 1 Timothy 5:8 6:6-8

And Judah spake unto him, saying, The man did solemnly protest unto us, saying, Ye shall not see my face, except your brother be with you.

man

42:15-20,33,34 44:23

did solemnly protest

Heb. protesting, protested.

Acts 7:34

see my face

5 2 Samuel 3:13 14:24,28,32 Acts 20:25,38

But if thou wilt not send him, we will not go down: for the man said unto us, Ye shall not see my face, except your brother be with you.

will not

42:38 44:26 Exodus 20:12

And they said, The man asked us straitly of our state, and of our kindred, saying, Is your father yet alive? have ye another brother? and we told him according to the tenor of these words: could we certainly know that he would say, Bring your brother down?

asked us straitly

Heb. asking asked us.

3 *marg:

tenor

Heb. mouth. could we certainly know. knowing could we know.

3 *marg:

And Judah said unto Israel his father, Send the lad with me, and we will arise and go; that we may live, and not die, both we, and thou, and also our little ones.

lad with me

42:38 44:26 Exodus 20:12

that we

42:2 Deuteronomy 33:6 2 Kings 7:4,13 Psalms 118:17

also our

45:19 50:8,21 Numbers 14:31 Ezra 8:21

I will be surety for him; of my hand shalt thou require him: if I bring him not unto thee, and set him before thee, then let me bear the blame for ever:

will be

42:37 44:32,33 1 Kings 1:21 Job 17:3 Psalms 119:122 Philemon 1:18,19 Hebrews 7:22

of my hand

9:5 31:39 Ezekiel 3:18,20 33:6,8 Luke 11:50

For except we had lingered, surely now we had returned this second time.

19:16

this second time

or, twice by this.

And their father Israel said unto them, If it must be so now, do this; take of the best fruits in the land in your vessels, and carry down the man a present, a little balm, and a little honey, spices, and myrrh, nuts, and almonds:

If it must be

14 Esther 4:16 Acts 21:14

carry down

32:13-21 33:10 37:25 Deuteronomy 33:14 1 Samuel 9:7 25:27 1 Kings 4:21 10:25 1 Kings 15:19 2 Kings 8:8 16:8 20:12 Psalms 68:29 72:10 76:11 Proverbs 17:18 Proverbs 18:16 19:6 21:14 Ezekiel 27:17

a little balm

37:25 Jeremiah 8:22 Ezekiel 27:15

balm

For an explanation of the words tzori, nechoth, and lot, here rendered respectively balm, spices, and myrrh, see on ch. 37:25. Devash, honey, is supposed by some not to have been that produced by bees, but a syrup produced from ripe dates. The Jewish doctors observe, that the word in 2 Ch 31:5 signifies dates; and the Arabians, at this day, call the choicest dates preserved with butter, dabous, and the honey obtained from them, dibs, or dabs. Benanim, nuts signifies pistachio nuts, the finest thing found in Syria; but, according to the others, a small nut, the produce of a species of the turpentine tree. Shekaidim is certainly almonds.

honey

Leviticus 20:24

spices

1 Kings 10:15 Song of Solomon 4:10,14-16 5:1 8:14

And take double money in your hand; and the money that was brought again in the mouth of your sacks, carry it again in your hand; peradventure it was an oversight:

double

Romans 12:17 13:8 2 Corinthians 8:21 Philippians 4:8 1 Thessalonians 4:6 5:21 Hebrews 13:8

mouth

42:25,35

Take also your brother, and arise, go again unto the man:

42:38

And God Almighty give you mercy before the man, that he may send away your other brother, and Benjamin. If I be bereaved of my children, I am bereaved.

And God

17:1 22:14 32:11-28 39:21 Ezra 7:27 Nehemiah 1:11 Esther 4:16 Psalms 37:5-7 Psalms 85:7 100:5 119:41 Proverbs 1:1 16:7 21:1 Isaiah 49:13 Luke 1:50 Acts 7:10 21:14 1 Timothy 1:2,16 Titus 1:4 2 John 1:3

If I be, etc

or, and I, as I have been, etc.

Esther 4:16

See on ver

Verse 16

And when Joseph saw Benjamin with them, he said to the ruler of his house, Bring these men home, and slay, and make ready; for these men shall dine with me at noon.

the ruler

19 15:2 24:2-10 39:4,5 44:1

slay

Heb. kill a killing.

21:8 26:30 31:54 1 Samuel 25:11 taivach,}:; 1 Samuel 25:11 Proverbs 9:2

dine with

Heb. eat.

And the men were afraid, because they were brought into Joseph's house; and they said, Because of the money that was returned in our sacks at the first time are we brought in; that he may seek occasion against us, and fall upon us, and take us for bondmen, and our asses.

the men

42:21,28,35 Judges 13:22 Job 15:21 Psalms 53:5 73:16 Isaiah 7:2 Matthew 14:26,27 Mark 6:16

seek occasion against us

Heb. Roll himself upon us.

Deuteronomy 22:14,17 Judges 14:4 Job 30:14 Romans 7:8

And said, O sir, we came indeed down at the first time to buy food:

we came indeed down

Heb. coming down we came down.

3,7 42:3,10,27,35

And it came to pass, when we came to the inn, that we opened our sacks, and, behold, every man's money was in the mouth of his sack, our money in full weight: and we have brought it again in our hand.

we came

42:27-35

we have

12 Romans 12:17 13:8 Hebrews 13:5,18 1 Peter 2:12 3:16

And he said, Peace be to you, fear not: your God, and the God of your father, hath given you treasure in your sacks: I had your money. And he brought Simeon out unto them.

Peace

Judges 6:23 19:20 1 Samuel 25:6 1 Chronicles 12:18 Ezra 4:17 Luke 10:5 24:36 John 14:27 20:19,21,26

I had your money

Heb. Your money came to me. Caspechem ba ailai, "your money comes to me:" as I am the steward, the cash for the corn belongs to me. Ye have no occasion to be apprehensive of any evil; the whole transaction is between myself and you; receive therefore the money as a present from "the God of your father," no matter whose hands he employs to convey it.

Simeon

14 42:24,36

And the man brought the men into Joseph's house, and gave them water, and they washed their feet; and he gave their asses provender.

18:4 19:2 24:32 Luke 7:44 John 13:4-17

And they made ready the present against Joseph came at noon: for they heard that they should eat bread there.

11,16

And when Joseph came home, they brought him the present which was in their hand into the house, and bowed themselves to him to the earth.

bowed

28 27:29 37:7-10,19,20 42:6 Psalms 72:9 Romans 14:11 Philippians 2:10,11

And he asked them of their welfare, and said, Is your father well, the old man of whom ye spake? Is he yet alive?

welfare

Heb. peace.

37:14 41:16 Exodus 18:7 Judges 18:15 1 Samuel 17:22 25:5 1 Chronicles 18:10

Is your father well

Heb. Is there peace to your father? the old.

42:11,13

And they answered, Thy servant our father is in good health, he is yet alive. And they bowed down their heads, and made obeisance.

bowed

26 37:7,9,10

made obeisance

Exodus 18:7 2 Samuel 1:2 14:4 1 Kings 1:16 2 Chronicles 24:17

And he lifted up his eyes, and saw his brother Benjamin, his mother's son, and said, Is this your younger brother, of whom ye spake unto me? And he said, God be gracious unto thee, my son.

mother's son

30:22-24 35:17,18

of whom

42:11,13

God

45:8 Joshua 7:19 2 Chronicles 29:11 Psalms 133:1,2 Matthew 9:2,22 Mark 10:24 1 Timothy 1:2 Hebrews 13:1

my son

Numbers 6:25 Psalms 111:4 112:4 Isaiah 30:19 33:2 Malachi 1:9

And Joseph made haste; for his bowels did yearn upon his brother: and he sought where to weep; and he entered into his chamber, and wept there.

his bowels

1 Kings 3:26 Jeremiah 31:20 Hosea 11:8 Philippians 1:8 2:1 Colossians 3:12 1 John 3:17

wept there

42:24 John 11:33-38 Acts 20:19,31,37 2 Timothy 1:4

And he washed his face, and went out, and refrained himself, and said, Set on bread.

refrained

45:1 Isaiah 42:14 Jeremiah 31:16 1 Peter 3:10

bread

Verse 32

And they set on for him by himself, and for them by themselves, and for the Egyptians, which did eat with him, by themselves: because the Egyptians might not eat bread with the Hebrews; for that is an abomination unto the Egyptians.

eat bread

16 31:54

for that is an abomination

The Chaldee Paraphrast renders this clause, "Because the Hebrews eat the cattle which the Egyptians worship." But, as we learn from ver. 16, compared with this verse, that the provision for the entertainment of the Egyptians themselves was animal food, this reason cannot be just. The true reason seems to be that assigned by the LXX., [Bedlyma gar estin tois Aigyptiois pas poimÈn probaton:] "For every shepherd is an abomination to the Egyptians."

46:34 Exodus 8:26

And they sat before him, the firstborn according to his birthright, and the youngest according to his youth: and the men marvelled one at another.

44

&12

And he took and sent messes unto them from before him: but Benjamin's mess was five times so much as any of theirs. And they drank, and were merry with him.

messes

2 Samuel 11:8

was five times

Sir John Chardin observes, that "in Persia, Arabia, and the Indies, there are some houses where they place several plates in large salvers, and set one of these before each person, or before two or three, according to the magnificence of each house. The great men of the state are always served by themselves, in the feasts that are made for them; and with great profusion, their part of each kind of provision being always double, treble, or a larger proportion of each kind of meat."

45:22 1 Samuel 1:5 9:22-24

were merry

Heb. drank largely.

Proverbs 31:6 Ecclesiastes 9:7 10:19 Song of Solomon 5:1 Habakkuk 1:6 Matthew 11:19 John 2:10