Genesis 45:2-5

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Genesis 45:4

Come near to me; be not afraid of me, but come nearer to me with cheerfulness and confidence, that you may be assured that I am he, and that we may more freely and privately discourse together, so as none others may hear. It is probable that Joseph sat in state, and that they hitherto kept a due distance from him. Sold into Egypt, i.e. sold unto them that brought me into Egypt, and sold me there: see Genesis 37:28; Genesis 39:1. So they sold him into Egypt occasionally and eventually. read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Genesis 45:5

1706 Be not grieved, to wit, immoderately, and for the injury which you did to me, or for the danger which you have brought upon yourselves. Otherwise he doth not dissuade them from a godly sorrow for their offence against God, for the procurement of which he dcsigned and used that strange and rough carriage towards them. Nor angry with yourselves; neither excessively torment yourselves with the remembrance of the fact, neither break forth into contentions and wrath, and upbraidings of one... read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Genesis 45:1-15

CRITICAL NOTES.—Genesis 45:6. Earring.] To ear in the Anglo-Saxon means to plough. The word is used in this sense in Exodus 34:12; Deuteronomy 21:4.—Genesis 45:8. A father to Pharaoh.] “Second author of life to him.” (Murphy.) “Most confidential counsellor and friend.” (Keil.) So Haman is styled a second father to Artaxerxes. (Esther 13:6.) Also in 1Ma. 11:32, King Demetrius writes to his father Lasthenes.—Genesis 45:10. The land of Goshen.] Otherwise called (Genesis 47:11) “the land of... read more

William Nicoll

Sermon Bible Commentary - Genesis 45:3

Genesis 45:3 The difficulties of Joseph's history begin with his elevation. At the time of the famine there is much to wonder at in Joseph's conduct to his brethren. Why did he so long and by such strange artifices delay the disclosure which an affectionate heart must have been yearning to make? Why had he never made inquiries about his family, though there was free communication between Egypt and Canaan? I. We can only believe that Joseph acted thus strangely in obedience to a direct... read more

William Nicoll

Sermon Bible Commentary - Genesis 45:4

Genesis 45:4 It was by a strange and seemingly circuitous route that these brethren of Joseph were brought near to him. Between Joseph and his brethren there was an immeasurable distance all the difference between a nature given over to God and one abandoned to the force of evil passion. We may see in this narrative a type of the ways and means God still employs for bringing the wandering brothers of Joseph's great Antitype near to Him. I. In order that the brothers may be really drawn near to... read more

William Nicoll

Sermon Bible Commentary - Genesis 45:5

Genesis 45:5 , Genesis 45:8 The words of Joseph in the text contrast somewhat strangely with the words spoken by his brethren of themselves. It is clear that the view he took of their conduct was the one most likely to give them ease. He assured them that after all they were but instruments in God's hands, that God had sent him, that God's providence was at work for good when they sold him as a slave. Both views are true, and both important. The brethren had done what they did as wickedly and... read more

Charles Haddon Spurgeon

Spurgeon's Verse Expositions of the Bible - Genesis 45:1-5

Jesus and His Brethren October 4th, 1885 by C. H. SPURGEON (1834-1892) "Then Joseph could not refrain himself before all them that stood by him; and he cried, Cause every man to go out from me. And there stood no man with him, while Joseph made himself known unto his brethren. And he wept aloud: and the Egyptians and the house of Pharaoh heard. And Joseph said unto his brethren, I am Joseph; doth my father yet live? And his brethren could not answer him; for they were troubled at his... read more

Charles Haddon Spurgeon

Spurgeon's Verse Expositions of the Bible - Genesis 45:3-5

Joseph and His Brethren by C. H. SPURGEON May 11 th 1862 (1834-1892) “And Joseph said unto his brethren, I am Joseph; doth my father yet live? And his brethren could not answer him; for they were trembled at his presence. And Joseph said unto his brethren, Come near to me, I pray you. And they came near. And he said, I am Joseph your brother, whom ye sold into Egypt. Now therefore be not grieved, nor angry with yourselves, that ye sold me hither: for God did send me before you to... read more

Chuck Smith

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - Genesis 45:1-28

Chapter 45Then Joseph could not refrain himself before them that stood by him; and he cried and he said, Cause every man to go out from me. And there stood no man with him, while Joseph made himself known to his brothers. And he wept aloud: and the Egyptians and the house of Pharaoh heard him ( Genesis 45:1-2 ).Actually he said, "Get out of here all you Egyptians". And then he let his brothers know who he was and he was crying just aloud, saying, "I'm Joseph, I'm Joseph". And they were standing... read more

Joseph Sutcliffe

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - Genesis 45:1-28

Genesis 45:5. Be not grieved; that is, not with any farther grief and trouble; for ye have wept and suffered enough. It was God, who taking advantage of your fault, sent me before you to preserve life. Genesis 45:8. It was not you that sent me hither, but God. The Lord takes occasion from the errors and crimes of men to unfold his counsel, and his righteousness. Let it then be noted that Joseph says here, “God sent me to save your lives,” but not the least extenuation of their guilt by... read more

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