The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 43:24
And the man (Joseph's steward) brought the men into Joseph's house, and gave them water, and they washed their feet (of. Genesis 18:4 ; Genesis 24:32 ); and he gave their asses provender. read more
Genesis 43
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The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 43:25
And they made ready the present against Joseph came at noon: for they heard that they should eat bread there . This must have been communicated to them after they had entered Joseph's palace, since they had obviously not learnt it upon the way thither ( vide supra, Genesis 43:18 ). read more
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The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 43:26
And when Joseph came home (after the dispatch of public business), they brought him the present which was m their hand ( vide Genesis 43:11 ) into the house, and bowed themselves to him to the earth. Thus they fulfilled the dream of the sheaves ( Genesis 37:7 ; cf. Genesis 18:2 ; Genesis 19:1 ). read more
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The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 43:27
And he asked them of their welfare (literally, peace), and said, Is your father well (literally, Is there peace to your father ?), the old man of whom ye spake? Is he yet alive? read more
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The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 43:28
And they answered, Thy servant our father is in good health, he is yet alive . And they bowed down their heads, and made obeisance. read more
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The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 43:29
And he ( i.e. Joseph) lifted up his eyes, and saw his brother Benjamin, his mother's son, and said, is this your younger brother, of whom ye spake unto me? And he said (without waiting for an answer), God be gracious unto thee, my son . The tenderness of this language was much fitted to encourage the brethren. read more
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The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 43:30
And Joseph made haste; for his bowels did yearn (literally, were becom ing warm, from intensity of tore) upon his brother: and he sought where to weep;— the second occasion on which Joseph is represented as overcome by the strength of his inward emotion, the first having been when his brethren were speaking about their cruelty towards himself ( Genesis 42:24 )— and he entered into his chamber, and wept there. read more
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The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 43:31
And he washed his face (an indication of the violence of his weeping), and went out (from his chamber), and refrained himself (keeping his tears in check), and said, Set on bread —an expression used at the present day in Egypt for bringing dinner. read more
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The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 43:32
And they set on for him by himself, and for them by themselves, and for the Egyptians, which did eat with him, by themselves. "Joseph eats apart from his brethren, keeping strictly to the Egyptian mode; and the history does not omit to remark that in this point he adhered to the custom of the country" (Havernick, 21). Because the Egyptians might not eat bread with the Hebrews. Herodotus (2.41) affirms that the Egyptians would neither use the knife, spit, or basin of a Grecian, nor taste... read more
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The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 43:23
And he said, Peace be to you, fear not: your God (Elohim), and the God of your father ,—an indication that Joseph's steward had been taught to fear and trust the God of the Hebrews (Wordsworth, Murphy)— hath given you treasure in your sacks: I had your money (literally, your money came to me). And he brought Simeon out unto them. read more