Genesis 45:2-5

The Biblical Illustrator - Genesis 45:1-3

Genesis 45:1-3Joseph made himself known unto his brethrenJoseph and his brethrenI.JUDAH’S PATHETIC APPEAL FOR THE RELEASE OF BENJAMIN (Genesis 44:30-34). In this appeal the following points are made: 1. Jacob’s strong attachment to Benjamin. 2. That Benjamin was the mainstay of Jacob in his advanced age. 3. A strong sense of personal honour. II. JOSEPH’S DEEP EMOTION. 1. Manifested in the tears he shed. 2. Manifested in his eager inquiry concerning his dear father. 3. Manifested also in the... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Genesis 45:4

Genesis 45:4Joseph said unto his brethren, Come near to me, I pray youSeparation ending in unionIt 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... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Genesis 45:5

Genesis 45:5Be not grieved, nor angry with yourselvesThe duty of self-forgivenessIs it allowable, in any case, to forgive ourselves?Some of those who have a proper sense of man’s responsibility to his Maker would be inclined at first to say, No. Most of those whose views of man’s responsibility are inadequate would at once reply, Yes. It is only too evident, in fact, that they do forgive themselves where they ought not. But does it follow that their reply can never, in any case, be correct? The... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Genesis 45:2

Gen 45:2 And he wept aloud: and the Egyptians and the house of Pharaoh heard. Ver. 2. He wept aloud. ] And so gave vent to his passion, which else would have burst him. As hinds by calving, so men by weeping, "cast out their sorrows." Job 39:3 read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Genesis 45:3

Gen 45:3 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 presence. Ver. 3. I am Joseph. ] What a word was that! At the hearing thereof, what a strange conflict of contrary passions fell out in the hearts of the patriarchs! Wonder, doubt, reverence, fear, hope, guiltiness, joy, grief, struck them at once. Shall it not be so with the Jews at their glorious conversion, when they shall hear, "I am Jesus... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Genesis 45:4

Gen 45:4 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. Ver. 4. I am Joseph your brother. ] Therefore you are to expect no hard sentence from a brother’s mouth. Christ "is not ashamed," nor will be at the last day, "to call us brethren," He that was willingly judged for me, said that good woman, a will surely give no hard sentence against me. We may say boldly to him, as Ruth did to Boaz,... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Genesis 45:5

Gen 45:5 Now therefore be not grieved, nor angry with yourselves, that ye sold me hither: for God did send me before you to preserve life. Ver. 5. Now therefore be not grieved, &c. ] See here a lively image of Christ’s love toward his enemies, for whom he prayed and died, "to give them repentance and remission." Act 5:31 This Angel of the Covenant first troubles the waters, and then cures those cripples that step in. This Sun of Righteousness first draws up vapours of godly grief, and... read more

Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - Genesis 45:2

wept aloud: Heb. gave forth his voice in weeping, "This," says Sir J. Chardin, "is exactly the genius of the people of Asia; their sentiments of joy or grief are properly transports, and their transports are ungoverned, excessive, and truly outrageous. When anyone returns from a long journey or dies, his family burst into cries that may be heard twenty doors off; and this is renewed at different times, and continues many days, according to the vigour of the passion. Sometimes they cease all at... read more

Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - Genesis 45:3

I am Joseph: Matthew 14:27, Acts 7:13, Acts 9:5 for they: Job 4:5, Job 23:15, Zechariah 12:10, Matthew 14:26, Mark 6:50, Luke 5:8, Luke 24:37, Luke 24:38, Revelation 1:7 troubled: or, terrified Reciprocal: Genesis 50:18 - fell Exodus 4:18 - and see Exodus 34:31 - and Moses talked read more

Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - Genesis 45:4

I am Joseph: Genesis 37:28, Genesis 50:18, Matthew 14:27, Acts 9:5 Reciprocal: Genesis 39:1 - Joseph Genesis 50:17 - wept Judges 11:7 - Did not ye hate Esther 4:14 - whether Psalms 105:17 - Joseph Proverbs 19:21 - nevertheless Acts 7:9 - sold Acts 9:17 - Brother read more

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