Genesis 45:7 NIV

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Genesis 45:1-15

10. Joseph’s reconciliation with his brothers 45:1-15Joseph emotionally revealed his identity to his brothers. He assured them of God’s sovereign control of his life and directed them to bring Jacob to Egypt. He then demonstrated his love for his brothers warmly. This is one of the most dramatic recognition scenes in all literature.Judah so impressed Joseph with the sincerity of his repentance and the tenderness of his affection that Joseph broke down completely. He wept tears of joy... read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 45:1-28

Joseph makes Himself known to his Brethren. Pharaoh invites Jacob and his Family to Settle in Egypt5-7. Joseph declares that the events of the past all witnessed to the providential care of God. 6. Earing] i.e. ploughing, cognate with Lat. aro, ’I plough.’ The word is now obsolete. 8. A father to Pharaoh] a title of honour and respect: cp. Isaiah 22:21.10. The land of Goshen] This was a fertile district of N. Egypt, lying to the E. of the Nile between Zagazig and Tel-el Kebir, 40m. NE. of... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Genesis 45:7

(7) To preserve you a posterity in the earth.—Heb., To put for you a remnant in the land, that is, to preserve a remainder for you, as the word is translated in 2 Samuel 14:7. During the seven years’ famine many races probably dwindled away, and the Hebrews, as mere sojourners in Canaan, would have been in danger of total extinction.By a great deliverance.—That is, by a signal interference on your behalf. But the word rendered “deliverance,” more exactly signifies that which escapes (see 2... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Dictionary of Texts - Genesis 45:1-28

Genesis 45:5 'The case of Themistocles was almost like that of Joseph; on being banished into Egypt he also grew in favour with the king, and told his wife "he had been undone, unless he had been undone". For God esteems it one of His glories that He brings good out of evil; and therefore it were but reason we should trust God to goven His own world as He pleases; and that we should patiently wait till the change cometh, or the reason be discovered.' Jeremy Taylor, Holy Living. References.... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Bible Commentary - Genesis 45:1-28

THE RECONCILIATIONGenesis 45:1-28By faith Joseph, when he died, made mention of the departing of the children of Israel and gave commandment concerning his bones.-{; Hebrews 11:22}IT is generally by some circumstance or event which perplexes, troubles, or gladdens us, that new thoughts regarding conduct are presented to us, and new impulses communicated to our life. And the circumstances through which Joseph’s brethren passed during the famine not only subdued and softened them to a genuine... read more

Arno Clemens Gaebelein

Arno Gaebelein's Annotated Bible - Genesis 45:1-28

CHAPTER 45 Joseph Reveals Himself 1. He reveals himself (Genesis 45:1-3 ) 2. His address (Genesis 45:4-13 ) 3. He kissed his brethren (Genesis 45:14-15 ) 4. Pharaoh’s command (Genesis 45:16-20 ) 5. His brethren sent away and their return to Jacob (Genesis 45:21-28 ) These three chapters belong together because they lead up to the great climax in the story of Joseph. The nobility of the character of Joseph is here fully brought out. Besides being a wise man, the great statesman of... read more

L.M. Grant

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 45:1-28

JOSEPH REVEALS HIMSELF Now that the grace of God has wrought genuine repentance in the hearts of the brothers, and Judah in particular, Joseph is free to reveal to them His own true identity. He was so deeply affected that he could not restrain himself; and called upon all his servants to leave the room. Only his brothers were with him as he broke down and wept so loudly that the Egyptians heard it outside the room, including the household servants of Pharaoh (vs.1-2) "I am Joseph," he tells... read more

James Gray

James Gray's Concise Bible Commentary - Genesis 45:1-28

JOSEPH ’S HISTORY DISPENSATIONAL ASPECT OF JACOB’S HISTORY Following F.W. Grant in the Numerical Bible, the life of Jacob gives as its lesson the story of that discipline by which the Spirit of God brings us from weakness to power, from nature’s strength to that wholesome weakness in which alone is strength. But for this, natural strength must be crippled, which is provided for in two ways: in allowing us to realize the power of another nature (Esau) and in the direct dealing of God with our... read more

Joseph Parker

The People's Bible by Joseph Parker - Genesis 45:1-28

Joseph's Death Gen 45:9-11 Joseph was still a son, though lord of all Egypt. He had still an affectionate heart, though pomp and circumstance conspired to give him great eminence and wonderful power in the whole land of his enforced adoption. A man should never forget his father. Twenty years afterwards and more, Joseph's heart yearned after his father with all a child's clinging trustfulness and unsophisticated trembling pathos. A man should always be a boy when his father is at hand. Did I... read more

Robert Hawker

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary - Genesis 45:5-8

Genesis 50:20 ; Psalms 105:16-17 . Observe how piety and charity are blended. Reader! while we behold the LORD'S hand in all the appointments of life, we shall never be disposed to feel much anger at the instruments of his work. Read, on a much higher concern, that scripture: Acts 2:23 . read more