Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary - Genesis 45:10-12
That's a sweet promise of a spiritual sight: Isaiah 52:8 . read more
That's a sweet promise of a spiritual sight: Isaiah 52:8 . read more
My mouth. You now recognize my features and my speech; particularly you, my dear Benjamin. (Haydock) --- I speak no longer by an interpreter. (Menochius) read more
1-15 Joseph let Judah go on, and heard all he had to say. He found his brethren humbled for their sins, mindful of himself, for Judah had mentioned him twice in his speech, respectful to their father, and very tender of their brother Benjamin. Now they were ripe for the comfort he designed, by making himself known. Joseph ordered all his attendants to withdraw. Thus Christ makes himself and his loving-kindness known to his people, out of the sight and hearing of the world. Joseph shed tears of... read more
Joseph Makes Himself Known v. 1. Then Joseph could not refrain himself before all them that stood by him; and he cried, Cause every man to go out from me. Now that he had such unmistakable proof of the genuineness of his brothers' repentance, it was no longer possible for him to control his feelings. But he did not want his Egyptian servants to witness his reconciliation with his brothers. And there stood no man with him while Joseph made himself known unto his brethren, all of the attendants... read more
SEVENTH SECTIONThe second journey. Benjamin accompanying. Joseph maketh himself known to his brethren. Their return. Jacob’s joy. Genesis 43-45A. The trial of the brethren. Their repentance and Joseph’s reconcilableness. Joseph and Benjamin. Genesis 43:1 to Genesis 44:171And the famine was sore in the land. 2And 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. 3And Judah spake unto him, saying, The... read more
Genesis RECOGNITION AND RECONCILIATION Gen_45:1 - Gen_45:15 . I If the writer of this inimitable scene of Joseph’s reconciliation with his brethren was not simply an historian, he was one of the great dramatic geniuses of the world, master of a vivid minuteness like Defoe’s, and able to touch the springs of tears by a pathetic simplicity like his who painted the death of Lear. Surely theories of legend and of mosaic work fail here. 1. We have, first, disclosure. The point at which the... read more
Joseph Makes Himself Known to His Brothers Genesis 45:1-15 It may be that we have here an exact representation of a scene which shall be transacted some day, when our Lord makes Himself known to His brethren, the Jews. The Apostle Paul tells us that ultimately all Israel shall be saved; and may not this be brought about, when He says to them, “I am Jesus, your brother, whom ye delivered up and denied in the presence of Pilate”? Was not Joseph’s wife rejoiced by his joy, and will not the... read more
In the account of Joseph's revelation of himself to his brethren, the chief value is in his recognition of the fact that his destiny had been in the hand of God: "It was not you that sent me hither, but God." This capacity for ignoring secondary causes is one of the surest signs of greatness. So it was that Joseph was able to forget and to forgive his brethren for selling him into slavery. It is a consciousness possible only to the life of habitual communion with God. The important position... read more
Joseph Making Himself Known Genesis 45:1-28 INTRODUCTORY WORDS Chapter 44 of Genesis is introductory to 45. 1. Doing evil for good. This is discussed in Genesis 44:1-5 . Of course the sons of Jacob had not actually stolen Joseph's cup, as Joseph's steward charged. The whole idea was an effort to arouse their consciences concerning their former cruelty toward the one they now sought to honor. Charged with doing evil for good, they recoiled. Yet, when they had sold Joseph into slavery to the... read more
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