“ And Joseph said unto them the third day, This do, and live; for I fear God: ”
- Joseph and Ten of His Brethren 1. שׁבר sheber , “fragment, crumb, hence, grain.” בר bar “pure,” “winnowed,” hence, “corn” (grain). 6. שׁליט shallı̂yṭ , “ruler, governor, hence,” S...
And Joseph said unto them the third day, This do, and live; [for] I (e) fear God: (e) And therefore am true and just.
Genesis 42. Joseph's Brothers Come to Egypt to Buy Corn, and unwittingly Encounter Joseph. The greater part is taken from E, but Genesis 42:2 ; Genesis 42:4 b , Genesis 42:5 ; Genesis 42:7 ;...
And Joseph said unto them the third day, This do, and live; for I fear God: I fear God - את האלהים אני ירא eth haelohim ani yare, literally translated the passage runs thus, I also fear the gods; b...
For I fear God— As much as to say, I am influenced by a religious principle, though you might not expect it, in my place and station; and, as so influenced, cannot be guilty either of injustice or...
And he put them all together into ward three days. Put them all together into ward three days. Their confinement had been designed to bring them to salutary reflection. And this object was at...
The First Visit of Joseph's Brethren to Egypt 1. When Jacob saw] The caravans which travelled from Egypt to Syria would bring the news to Hebron.
I fear God (Elohim). — By the use of the name Elohim they would understand that he worshipped the same God as they did. For though he may himself have used the Egyptian word for the supreme Deity,...
VISITS OF JOSEPH'S BRETHREN Genesis 42:1-38 ; Genesis 43:1-34 ; Genesis 44:1-34 "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...
Simeon Held; the Others Sent Home Genesis 42:18-38 The behavior of this great Egyptian official-for so the brethren deemed him-must have seemed very hard and tyrannical to the trembling shepher...
According to the foretelling of Joseph in interpreting Pharaoh's dreams, the famine came; but through Joseph's executive ability Egypt was provided with corn sufficient not only for its own needs, bu...
Observe, in this verse, the effects of conscience: see that scripture: Romans 2:15 . Observe the conscious sense of merited punishment also: therefore (say they) is this distress come upon us. Sinne...
And Joseph said unto them the third day ,.... His heart yearning towards them, though he put on such an appearance; finding they could not come to an agreement among themselves who should go on the...
And Joseph said unto them the third day, This do, and live; [for] I fear God: Ver. 18. And Joseph said unto them the third day. ] So God, "after two days, will receive his; in the third day he wil...
For I fear God This was a very encouraging word unto them. It is as if he had said, You may assure yourselves I will do you no wrong; I dare not, for I know that, as high as I am, there is one high...
JACOB SENDS HIS SONS TO EGYPT The famine reaches to Jacob's land. God makes him and his sons to feel the distress of famine until they hear that Egypt has an abundance of food that is available fo...
Joseph Speaks Roughly to His Brethren. B. C. 1706. 7 And Joseph saw his brethren, and...
I will spare your lives, and not punish you with death as spies, and you shall carry provisions, that your family also may live; for I fear God, and therefore will not be cruel to you, nor to your...
‘And the third day Joseph said to them, “Do this, and live, for I fear God. If you are true men let one of your brothers be put in custody in your prison house, but you go and carry corn for the fami...
CRITICAL NOTES.— Genesis 42:6 . Governor.] “The word rendered governor, Shalit , is, except here, said to be only found in the books contemporary with and following the Captivity. Salatis is g...
fear ( See Scofield) - ( Psalms 19:9 ).
Genesis 42:4 . Benjamin. Jacob wished to reserve him to be heir of the blessing instead of Joseph, who he thought was dead. Hence he let the ten go, for it is highly probable that the Egyptians wo...
Joseph’s ten brethren went down to buy corn in Egypt Providence working in men’s lives I. The story of Joseph is a good example of what is meant by Providence working for the best in the lives...
EXPOSITION Genesis 42:1 Now when Jacob saw —literally, and Jacob saw, i.e. perceived by the preparations of others for buying corn in Egypt (Lange), but more probably learnt by the repor...
In Prison as Spies
I fear God. Genesis 20:11 Leviticus 25:43 Nehemiah 5:9 Nehemiah 5:15 Luke 18:2 Luke 18:4
Joseph and His Brethren Genesis 42:1-26 INTRODUCTORY WORDS As we enter the Genesis 42:1-38 of Genesis we find Jacob and Joseph's brethren under the throes of the famine. As we see it from th...