Genesis 43:26-34 NLT,NIV,ESV

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Genesis 43:34

took and sent, &c. Hebrew "lifted liftings". Figure of speech Polyptoton , for emphasis = sent choice portions. five times. The number of grace. See App-10 , and Compare Genesis 41:34 ; Genesis 45:22 ; Genesis 47:2 , Genesis 47:24 . were merry. Hebrew drank abundantly. Compare Haggai 1:6 . John 2:10 . read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Genesis 43:26-30

THE MEETING WITH JOSEPH"And when Joseph came home, they brought him the present which was in their hand into the house, and bowed down themselves unto him to the earth. And he asked them of their welfare, and he said, Is your father well, the old man of whom ye spake? Is he yet alive? And they said, Thy servant our father is well, he is yet alive. And they bowed the head, and made obeisance. And he lifted up his eyes and saw Benjamin his brother, his mother's son, and said, Is this your... read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Genesis 43:31-34

THE DINNER WITH JOSEPH"And he washed his face, and came out; and he refrained himself, and said, Set on bread. And they set on for him by himself, and for them by themselves, and for the Egyptians, that did not eat with him, by themselves: because the Egyptians might not eat bread with the Hebrews; for that is an abomination to the Egyptians. And they sat before him, the firstborn according to his birthright, and the youngest according to his youth; and the men marveled one with another. And he... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Genesis 43:27

Genesis 43:27. Is your father well, &c.— Houbigant renders it, Is your father well, who, ye told me, was yet alive? They answered, Our father is well; for he is yet alive. Nothing can be more tender and affecting than this scene. He calls Benjamin, my son, Gen 43:29 which was a courteous appellation, wherewith superiors usually saluted those beneath them. read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Genesis 43:32

Genesis 43:32. And they set on for him by himself— There seems to have been three tables; one where Joseph sat alone in state, a second for the Egyptian courtiers, and the third for the eleven brethren. Because the Egyptians— The LXX translate these words, because every shepherd is an abomination to the Egyptians: and the paraphrases of Onkelos and Jonathan, because the Hebrews eat the animals which the Egyptians hold sacred. See ch. Genesis 46:34. and Exodus 8:26. The latter is the most... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Genesis 43:34

Genesis 43:34. And he took, and sent messes— In ancient times it was the custom, when all the meat was set upon the table, for the master of the feast to distribute their portion to every one. Joseph not only ranged his brothers in proper rank according to their age, which must have greatly astonished them, but, in the same order, sent each of them a mess, and to Benjamin, in token of his particular favour and nearer alliance, he sent five times as much as to any of the rest. Whether this was... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Genesis 43:31

31. Joseph said, Set on bread—equivalent to having dinner served, "bread" being a term inclusive of all victuals. The table was a small stool, most probably the usual round form, "since persons might even then be seated according to their rank or seniority, and the modern Egyptian table is not without its post of honor and a fixed gradation of place" [WILKINSON]. Two or at most three persons were seated at one table. But the host being the highest in rank of the company had a table to himself;... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Genesis 43:32

32. Egyptians might not eat bread with the Hebrews; for that is an abomination—The prejudice probably arose from the detestation in which, from the oppressions of the shepherd-kings, the nation held all of that occupation. read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Genesis 43:34

34. took and sent messes . . . Benjamin's mess was five times—In Egypt, as in other Oriental countries, there were, and are, two modes of paying attention to a guest whom the host wishes to honor—either by giving a choice piece from his own hand, or ordering it to be taken to the stranger. The degree of respect shown consists in the quantity, and while the ordinary rule of distinction is a double mess, it must have appeared a very distinguished mark of favor bestowed on Benjamin to have no less... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Genesis 43:26-34

Again the brothers fulfilled God’s prophecy in Joseph’s dreams by bowing before Joseph (Genesis 43:26-28; cf. Genesis 37:5-9). Benjamin was 16 years younger than Joseph, so he would have been 23 at this time (Genesis 43:29). Joseph was 39 (Genesis 41:46; Genesis 45:6).". . . according to the prevailing custom of the East, the very fact that they had been invited to Joseph’s table was in itself an encouraging circumstance. Though the Orientals are for the most part a revengeful people, yet if... read more

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Genesis 43:34

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Genesis 43:26-30

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Genesis 43:31-34

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Genesis 43:27

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Genesis 43:32

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Genesis 43:34

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Genesis 43:31

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Genesis 43:32

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Genesis 43:34

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Genesis 43:26-34

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