Genesis 42:23 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And they knew not that Joseph understood them; for he spake unto them by an interpreter. ”

• Genesis 42:23 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

  - 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...

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• Genesis 42:23 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

  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 ;...

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• Genesis 42:23 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  And they knew not that Joseph understood them ; for he spake unto them by an interpreter. For he spake unto them by an interpreter - Either there was a very great difference between the two language...

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• Genesis 42:23 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

  Spake unto them by an interpreter— Not only to keep up an air of majesty, and to strike an awe upon his brethren, but to prevent his being discovered.

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• Genesis 42:23 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

  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...

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• Genesis 42:23 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

  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.

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• Genesis 42:23 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

  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...

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• Genesis 42:23 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

  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...

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• Genesis 42:23 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

  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...

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• Genesis 42:23 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

  How sweet and refreshing the thought, that during all these soul transactions of mixed hope and fear, JESUS is looking on: he sees and knows all, however unconscious we are of it.

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• Genesis 42:23 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  And they knew not that Joseph understood [them] ,.... For what is above related they spoke in his presence and hearing; but speaking to one another in the Hebrew language, and he being an Egyptian,...

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• Genesis 42:23 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

  And they knew not that Joseph understood [them]; for he spake unto them by an interpreter. Ver. 23. Understood them. ] Heb., Heard them. See 1 Corinthians 14:2 , marg. So Isaiah 36:11 . So a hea...

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• Genesis 42:23 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  He spake by an interpreter Joseph's pretending not to understand their language was a wise piece of art, as by that means he discovered their real sentiments, as it appears they spoke to one anothe...

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• Genesis 42:23 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

  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...

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• Genesis 42:23 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

  Reflections of Joseph's Brethren. B. C. 1706.       21 And they said one to another, We are...

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• Genesis 42:23 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  No text from Poole on this verse.

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• Genesis 42:23 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

  ‘And they did not know that Joseph understood them for there was an interpreter between them.' Had it not been for this twist in the story we would never have known that Joseph had deliberately bee...

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• Genesis 42:23 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

  CRITICAL NOTES.— Genesis 42:23 . Interpreter.] Heb. The interpreter —of the court. This official was not necessarily employed in interpreting a foreign tongue. He was the medium through which th...

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• Genesis 42:23 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  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...

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• Genesis 42:23 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

  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...

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• Genesis 42:23 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

  Simeon Kept Back in Egypt

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• Genesis 42:23 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  he spake unto them by a interpreter. Heb. an interpreter was John 16:13 John 16:14 2 Corinthians 5:20

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• Genesis 42:23 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

  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...

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