Genesis 43:23,Genesis 43:24

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 43:23

‘And he said, “Peace be to you. Don’t be afraid. Your God and the God of your father has given you treasure in your sacks. I had your money.” And he brought Simeon out to them.’ The reply suggests that the steward has been well coached by Joseph. He has been told exactly what to say when the obvious questions come up. “Peace be to you.” ‘Shalom’ - a standard greeting put in Hebrew form, possibly by the interpreter, although it may be that Joseph’s steward was familiar with their language and... read more

Arthur Peake

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 43:1-34

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 J, Simeon seems to have played no special part, and there is not the same urgency for return as in E; the discussion as to Benjamin is postponed till the corn is spent. Genesis 42:38 perhaps originally stood after Genesis 43:2. In the conversation Judah takes the part taken by Reuben in E (as in the... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Genesis 43:23

Peace be to you; no harm shall come to you for that matter. Your God, and the God of your father: thus he speaks, because Joseph had instructed him, as well as others of his family, in the true religion. Hath given you treasure, by his power and providence secretly putting it there. read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Genesis 43:19-25

CRITICAL NOTES.—Genesis 43:23. I had your money.] Heb. “Your money came to me.” He means to tell them, “You cannot be called to account for the money, for I had it. Whatever became of it afterwards, I hereby acknowledge the receipt of it for the corn. You are credited with payment in full; therefore give yourselves no uneasiness on that score.”—(Bush.)—MAIN HOMILETICS OF THE PARAGRAPH.—Genesis 43:19-25JOSEPH’S STEWARDThis incident shows how the spirit of Joseph’s character had been imparted to... read more

Chuck Smith

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - Genesis 43:1-34

Chapter 43So that was it. But time went on. The famine continued and they used up all of the grain that they had purchased in Egypt.And so it came to pass, when they had eaten up the wheat which they had bought, their father said to them, Go on down and get us a little food. And Judah spake unto him, saying, The man did solemnly swear to us, saying, You're not going to even see my face, unless your brother is with you. Now if you will send our brother with us, we'll go down and buy the food:... read more

Joseph Sutcliffe

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - Genesis 43:1-34

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 submission less in commending them to God, and suffering Benjamin to go. Genesis 43:23. Your God, and the God of your father. Joseph’s steward speaks in the character of an Egyptian, and conformably to the best theology of that ancient nation, the Egyptians having had the knowledge of the true... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Genesis 43:19-25

Genesis 43:19-25And they came near to the steward of Joseph’s house, and they communed with himJoseph’s stewardI.HE LISTENS PATIENTLY TO THE EXPLANATION OF THEIR CONDUCT, OFFERED BY JOSEPH’S BRETHREN. II. HE TREATS THEM WITH A WISE KINDNESS AND WITH PIETY. (T. H.Leale.)Lessons1. Just orders are readily entertained by honest servants from their masters (Genesis 43:17). 2. The house of kindness may sometimes terrify souls as the house of dangers. 3. Innocency itself may be suspicious of wrong... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Genesis 43:23

Gen 43:23 And he said, Peace [be] to you, fear not: your God, and the God of your father, hath given you treasure in your sacks: I had your money. And he brought Simeon out unto them. Ver. 23. Peace be to you, fear not. ] "The feeble minded" must be "comforted"; 1Th 5:14 not crushed, or cashiered, as the wounded deer is by the whole herd. David, in the spirit of prophecy, pronounceth a bitter curse upon those that "persecuted him whom God hath smitten, and talked to the grief of those whom he... read more

Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - Genesis 43:23

Peace: Judges 6:23, Judges 19:20, 1 Samuel 25:6, 1 Chronicles 12:18, Ezra 4:17, Luke 10:5, Luke 24:36, John 14:27, John 20:19, John 20:21, John 20:26 I had your money: Heb. Your money came to me, Caspechem ba ailai, "your money comes to me:" as I am the steward, the cash for the corn belongs to me. Ye have no occasion to be apprehensive of any evil; the whole transaction is between myself and you; receive therefore the money as a present from "the God of your father," no matter whose hands he... read more

John Wesley

Wesley's Explanatory Notes - Genesis 43:23

And he said, Peace be to you, fear not: your God, and the God of your father, hath given you treasure in your sacks: I had your money. And he brought Simeon out unto them.Your God, and the God of your father, has given you treasure in your sacks — Hereby he shews that he had no suspicion of dishonesty in them: for what we get by deceit we cannot say God gives it us. He silences their farther enquiry about it: ask not how it came thither, providence brought it you, and let that satisfy you. It... read more