Genesis 45:2-5

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann - Genesis 45:1-15

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

Johann Peter Lange

Lange's Commentary on the Holy Scriptures: Critical, Doctrinal and Homiletical - Genesis 45:1-28

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

Alexander MacLaren

Alexander MacLaren's Expositions of Holy Scripture - Genesis 45:1-15

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

Frederick Brotherton Meyer

F.B. Meyer's 'Through the Bible' Commentary - Genesis 45:1-15

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

G. Campbell Morgan

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible - Genesis 45:1-28

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

Robert Neighbour

Wells of Living Water Commentary - Genesis 45:1-28

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

James Nisbet

James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 45:5

‘GOD IS HIS OWN INTERPRETER AND HE WILL MAKE IT PLAIN’‘God did send me before you to preserve life.’ Genesis 45:5 Joseph recognised his brethren at once, though they failed, as they bowed before the mighty vicegerent of Egypt, to recognise in him the child by them so pitilessly sold into bondage; and Joseph, we are told, ‘remembered the dreams which he had dreamed of them’: how their sheaves should stand round about and make obeisance to his sheaf; how sun and moon and eleven stars should all... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 45:1-8

Joseph Reveals His Identity To His Brothers and Sends for Jacob (Genesis 45:1-28 ) Genesis 45:1 ‘Then Joseph could not restrain himself in front of all those who stood by him and he cried, “Cause every man to leave me.” And no man stood with him while he made himself known to his brothers.’ Joseph is overcome with emotion. The double mention of his own ‘decease’, clearly something that Judah now ever carries on his conscience, the thought of how his father suffered at his loss and would... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Genesis 45:2

His tears and voice which had been hitherto kept in by main force, now breaking forth with greater violence. The Egyptians, and the house of Pharaoh; some who were near, with their own ears, and others by report. read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Genesis 45:3

He repeats his former question, Genesis 43:27, either because he questioned the truth of their former relation, or would be further satisfied in it, it being usual with men to ask over and over again what they long to know; or because he now desired a more particular relation of his father’s condition, and how he did bear up under all his calamities. They were troubled at his presence, from a sudden and deep sense of their horrid guilt, and their just fear of some dreadful punishment. read more

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