Genesis 45:3-11,Genesis 45:15

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Genesis 45:1-15

Judah and his brethren were waiting for an answer, and could not but be amazed to discover, instead of the gravity of a judge, the natural affection of a father or brother. I. Joseph ordered all his attendants to withdraw, Gen. 45:1. The private conversations of friends are the most free. When Joseph would put on love he puts off state, and it was not fit his servants should be witnesses of this. Thus Christ graciously manifests himself and his loving-kindness to his people, out of the sight... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 45:3

And Joseph said unto his brethren, I am Joseph ,.... As soon as he could compose himself a little, and utter his words, the first thing he said was, that he was Joseph; that was his right name, his Hebrew name; though he was called by the Egyptians Zaphnathpaaneah, and by which name Joseph's brethren only knew him, if they knew his name at all; and it must be very startling to them to bear this sound, and to be told by himself that that was his name; and which was not all he meant and they... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 45:4

And Joseph said unto his brethren, come near to me, I pray you ,.... Very probably Joseph sat in a chair of state while they were under examination, and through reverence of him they kept at a proper distance; or being frightened at what he had said, he might observe them drawing back, as Jarchi remarks, and so encourages them in a kind and tender manner to return and come nearer to him, and the rather, that they might more privately converse together without being overheard; as also that... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 45:5

Now therefore be not grieved ,.... To an excess, so as to be swallowed up with overmuch sorrow; otherwise it became them to be grieved for their sin, and to show a godly sorrow and true repentance for it: nor angry with yourselves, that ye sold me hither ; reflect upon themselves, and afflict themselves in an immoderate way; or break forth into anger and wrath with one another, upbraiding and blaming each other for their conduct in that affair, and so foment contentions and quarrels... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 45:6

For these two years hath the famine been , in the land ,.... In the land of Egypt and in the countries round about: and yet there are five years ; still remaining, which he knew by the above dreams and the interpretation of them: in the which there shall neither be earing nor harvest ; that is, no tillage of land, neither ploughing nor sowing, and so no reaping, or gathering in of the fruits of the earth, as used to be in harvest; at least, there would be very little ground... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 45:7

And God sent me before you ,.... This he repeats to impress the minds of his brethren with a sense of the good providence of God in bringing him to Egypt before them, to make provision for their future welfare, and to alleviate their grief, and prevent an excessive sorrow for their selling him into Egypt, when by the overruling hand of God it proved so salutary to them: to preserve you a posterity in the earth ; that they and theirs might not perish, which otherwise, in all human... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 45:8

So now it was not you that sent me hither, but God ,.... Which is to be understood not absolutely, as if they had no concern at all in sending him thither; they sold him to the Ishmaelites, who brought him down to Egypt and sold him to Potiphar, and so were instrumental in his coming to Egypt; but comparatively, it was not they so much as God that sent him; whose providence directed, disposed, and overruled all those events, to bring Joseph to this place, and to such an high station, to... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 45:9

Haste you, and go up to my father ,.... In Canaan, which lay higher than Egypt; being desirous he should know as soon as possible that he was alive, and in what circumstances he was: and say unto him, thus saith thy son Joseph ; without any title, such as the father and counsellor of Pharaoh and governor of Egypt, only Joseph his son, which would be enough to revive the heart of Jacob: God hath made me lord over all Egypt : his exaltation to this dignity he ascribes, not to Pharaoh,... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 45:10

And thou shall dwell in the land of Goshen ,.... Called by Artapanus F20 Apud Euseb. Praepar. Evangel. l. 9. c. 23. p. 27. Kaisan or Kessan; the Septuagint version Gesan of Arabia, as it was that part of Egypt which bordered on Arabia: it seems to be the same with the land of Rameses, see Genesis 47:11 ; and the Heliopolitan home, which, Strabo F21 Geograph. l. 17. p. 555. says, was reckoned to be in Arabia, and in which were both the city of Heliopolis and the city Heroopolis,... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 45:11

And there will I nourish thee ,.... Provide for him and his family: for yet there are five years of famine ; still to come, two of the seven only being past: lest thou, and thy household, and all that thou hast, come to poverty ; his whole posterity be consumed, as it would be in all probability, if he did not procure food for his family during the famine. read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Genesis 45:1-15

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 45:3

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 45:4

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 45:5

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 45:6

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 45:7

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 45:8

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 45:9

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 45:10

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 45:11

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