“ If thou wilt send our brother with us, we will go down and buy thee food: ”
- Joseph and His Eleven Brethren 11. דבשׁ d e bash , “honey,” from the bee, or sirup from the juice of the grape. בטנים bôṭ e n , “pistachio nuts.” שׁקד shâqêd , “almond tre...
Genesis 43. The Brothers Return to Egypt with Benjamin. It is generally held that this chapter is from J except for the references to Simeon in Genesis 43:14 and Genesis 43:23 b . According to...
If thou wilt send our brother with us, we will go down and buy thee food:
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. No JFB commentary on these verses.
The Second Visit to Egypt 11. Balm] or 'balsam,'with healing properties. Honey ] This was grape-honey, a syrup made of grapes and diluted with water for a drink. It is still exported from Hebron...
XLIII. THE SECOND VISIT TO EGYPT. (7) The man asked us straitly. — In Genesis 42:13 they appear rather as volunteering a statement of their family relations than as having it wrung from them b...
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...
the Brothers Return with Benjamin Genesis 43:1-15 Joseph, in giving corn to save his own brethren and the Egyptians from starvation, is a type of our Lord, who gives the bread of life to Jew an...
All the old characteristics of Jacob are manifest in this account of his proposed method of dealing with the governor of Egypt with whom his sons had had to do. If things were against him, he did not...
I detain the Reader to remark the character here assumed by Judah as a surety, in which he was an eminent type of JESUS. It was JESUS, who from everlasting undertook to answer for his people. And in...
If thou wilt send our brother with us ,.... Give orders for his going with us, and put him under our care: we will go down and buy thee food ; signifying, on the above condition, that they were re...
If thou wilt send our brother with us, we will go down and buy thee food: Ver. 4. And buy thee food, ] q.d., Thou art as much concerned as any of us, and more; because thou art master of the famil...
THE BROTHERS RETURN TO EGYPT The famine continued until Jacob and his family had eaten up all the provision they had gotten from Egypt. Then Jacob urged his sons to go again and bring more food fr...
Jacob Unwilling to Part with Benjamin. B. C. 1707. 1 And the famine was sore in the la...
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‘And Judah spoke to him, saying, “The Man did solemnly declare to us, saying, ‘You shall not see my face except your brother be with you.' If you will send our brother with us we will go down and buy...
CRITICAL NOTES.— Genesis 43:7 . The man asked us straitly.] Heb., “Asking, asked.” He earnestly enquired about us and our kindred.— Genesis 43:9 . Let me bear the blame for ever. ] Heb., “I sh...
Genesis 43:14 . If I be bereaved. The patriarch Jacob having at length consented to the second journey, discovered very great wisdom in the instructions he gave to his sons; nor were his piety and...
Go again, buy us a little food Jacob under the pressure of want I. His CHANGE OF RESOLUTION ( Genesis 43:11-14 ). II. His PIETY THROUGHOUT. 1. His faith in God. 2. His honest principle...
EXPOSITION Genesis 43:1 , Genesis 43:2 And the famine was sore (literally, was heavy ) in the land ( sc . of Canaan). And it came to pass , when they had eaten up—literally,...
The Preparations for the Journey
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Peace and Pardon Genesis 43:1-14 INTRODUCTORY WORDS By way of introduction we wish to present to you some succinct statements in Genesis 42:36 As the famine gripped the land, there was but...