Chapter 42
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when Jacob Gen 41:54, Gen 41:57; Acts 7:12
saw i.e. heard, from the report of others, that there was plenty in Egypt. The operations of one sense are frequently put for those of another in Hebrew (see the parallel passages). Gen 42:2; Exod 5:19, Exod 20:18; 1Kgs 19:3; Hos 5:13; Gal 2:7
Why do ye Josh 7:10; 2Kgs 8:3-4; Ezra 10:4; Jer 8:14
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get you Gen 43:2, Gen 43:4, Gen 45:9
that we Gen 43:8; Ps 118:17; Isa 38:1; Matt 4:4
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Gen 42:5, Gen 42:13
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Benjamin Gen 35:16-19
Lest Gen 42:38, Gen 3:22, Gen 11:4, Gen 33:1-2, Gen 43:14, Gen 43:29, Gen 44:20-22, Gen 44:27-34
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for Gen 12:10, Gen 26:1, Gen 41:57; Acts 7:11, Acts 11:28
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governor Shallit, an intendant, protector, ruler, from shalat, to be over or a protector, to rule. Hence the Arabic salita, to obtain and exercise dominion, rule; and sultân, ruler, lord, prince, and king. Gen 41:40-41, Gen 45:8, Gen 45:26; Ps 105:16-21; Acts 7:10
he it was Gen 41:55-56
bowed Gen 18:2, Gen 19:1, Gen 37:7, Gen 37:9, Gen 44:14; Rev 3:9
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roughly unto them Heb. hard things with them, Gen 42:9-12, Gen 42:14-17, Gen 42:19-20; Matt 15:23-26
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but they knew Luke 24:16; John 20:14, John 21:4
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remembered Gen 37:5-9
Ye are spies Persons who, under the pretence of wishing to buy corn, desire only to find out whether the land be so defenceless that the tribes to which you belong may attack it successfully, drive out the inhabitants, and settle themselves in it; or, having plundered it, retire into their deserts. This is a frequent custom among the Arabs to the present day. Gen 42:9, Gen 42:16, Gen 42:30-31, Gen 42:34; Num 13:2, Num 13:16-20; Josh 2:1, Josh 6:23; Judg 1:24; 1Sam 26:4; Luke 20:20; Heb 11:31
nakedness Exod 32:35
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Gen 27:29, Gen 27:37, Gen 37:8, Gen 44:9; 1Sam 26:17; 1Kgs 18:7
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We are etc. We do not belong to different tribes; and it is not likely that one family would make a hostile attempt upon a whole kingdom; nor, if any serious design had been intended, that one man would have sent his sons on so hazardous an expedition.
true men Gen 42:19, Gen 42:33-34; John 7:18; 2Cor 6:4
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nakedness Gen 42:9
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Thy servants Gen 42:11, Gen 42:32, Gen 29:32-35, Gen 30:6-24, Gen 35:16-26, Gen 43:7, Gen 46:8-27; Exod 1:2-5; Num 1:1-54, Num 10:1-36, Num 26:1-65, Num 34:1-29; 1Chr. 2:1-8:40
one is not Gen 42:36, Gen 42:38, Gen 37:30, Gen 44:20, Gen 44:28, Gen 45:26; Jer 31:15; Lam 5:7; Matt 2:16, Matt 2:18
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Gen 42:9-11; Job 13:24, Job 19:11; Matt 15:21-28
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By the life Gen 42:7, Gen 42:12, Gen 42:16, Gen 42:30; Deut 6:13; 1Sam 1:26, 1Sam 17:55, 1Sam 20:3; Jer 5:2, Jer 5:7; Matt 5:33-37; Matt 23:16-22; Jas 5:12
except Gen 42:20, Gen 42:34, Gen 43:3, Gen 44:20-34
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kept in prison Heb. bound, Gen 42:19
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put Heb. gathered, Isa 24:22; Acts 5:18
ward Gen 40:4, Gen 40:7, Gen 41:10; Lev 24:12; Ps 119:65; Acts 4:3; Heb 12:10
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I fear God Gen 20:11; Lev 25:43; Neh 5:9, Neh 5:15; Luke 18:2, Luke 18:4
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house Gen 40:3; Isa 42:7, Isa 42:22; Jer 37:15
carry corn Gen 42:1-2, Gen 42:26, Gen 41:56, Gen 43:1-2, Gen 45:23
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bring Gen 42:15, Gen 42:34, Gen 43:5, Gen 43:19, Gen 44:23
And they Gen 42:26, Gen 6:22; John 2:5
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they said Gen 41:9; Num 32:23; 2Sam 12:13; 1Kgs 17:18; Job 33:27-28, Job 34:31-32; Job 36:8-9; Hos 5:15; Matt 27:3-4; Mark 9:44, Mark 9:46, Mark 9:48; Luke 16:28; Acts 19:18
we saw Gen 37:23-28; Judg 1:7; Prov 21:13, Prov 24:11-12, Prov 28:17; Jer 2:17, Jer 2:19, Jer 4:18; Jer 34:17; Matt 7:2; 1John 1:9; Jas 2:13
this distress Prov 1:27-28
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Spake I Gen 37:21-22, Gen 37:29-30; Luke 23:41; Rom 2:15
his blood Gen 4:10, Gen 9:5-6; 1Kgs 2:32; 2Chr 24:22; Ps 9:12; Ezek 3:18; Luke 11:50-51; Acts 28:4; Rev 13:10, Rev 16:9
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he spake unto them by an interpreter Heb. an interpreter was between them, The mailitz does not seem to have been an interpreter in our sense of the term; as we have many evidences in this book that the Egyptians, Hebrews, Canaanites, and Syrians, could understand each other in a general way; and it appears from several passages in this very chapter (particularly Gen 42:24), that Joseph and his brethren understood each others' language, as his brethren and Joseph's steward also did (Gen 43:19, etc; compare Gen 39:1 and Gen 49:1). It seems to denote an officer who is called in Abyssinia, according to Mr. Bruce, Kal Hatze, "the voice or word of the king," who always stands at the side of a lattice window of a balcony, within which the king sits; who is never seen, but who speaks through a hole in the side of it, covered in the inside with a curtain, to this officer, by whom he speaks to the persons present. John 16:13-14; 2Cor 5:20
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wept Gen 43:30; Isa 63:9; Luke 19:41; Rom 12:15; 1Cor 12:26; Heb 4:15
Simeon Gen 34:25, Gen 49:5-7; Jude 1:22-23
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commanded Gen 44:1-2; Isa 55:1
to give them Gen 45:21; Matt 6:33
and thus Matt 5:44; Rom 12:17-21; 1Pet 3:9
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the inn Gen 43:21, Gen 44:11; Exod 4:24; Luke 2:7, Luke 10:34
inn Malon, from loon, to stay, abide, lodge, denotes any place to stay and lodge in, particularly a place where travellers usually stop to lodge, which is generally near a well, where they fill their girbehs, or leathern bottles, with fresh water, and having unladen and clogged their camels, asses, etc., permit them to crop any little verdure there may be in the place, keeping watch over them by turns. Our word inn here gives us a false idea, there were no such places of entertainment in the desert which Joseph's brethren had to pass; nor are there any at the present day. The only accommodation such a place affords is either a well, or a khan, or caravanserai, which is generally no more than four bare walls, perfectly exposed, the place being open at the top, and furnishing a wretched lodging, and even these, it is probable, were not in use at this early period.
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their heart Gen 42:36, Gen 27:33; Lev 26:36; Deut 28:65; 1Kgs 10:5; Ps 61:2; Song 5:6; Luke 21:26
failed them Heb. went forth, This refers to the spasmodic affection which is felt in the breast at any sudden alarm or fright.
What is Isa 45:7; Lam 2:17, Lam 3:37; Amos 3:6
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roughly to us Heb. with us hard things, Gen 42:7-20
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true Gen 42:11
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twelve brethren Gen 42:13
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Gen 42:15, Gen 42:19-20
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traffic Gen 34:10, Gen 34:21; 1Kgs 10:15; Ezek 17:4
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every man's Gen 42:27-28, Gen 43:21
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Me have ye Gen 37:20-35, Gen 43:14
all these things are against me Alay hayoo cullanah, literally, "upon me are all these things:" rendered by the Vulgate, in me hec omnia mala reciderunt, "all these evils fall back upon me;" they lie upon me as heavy loads, hastening my death. They are more than I can bear. Gen 45:28, Gen 47:12; 1Sam 27:1; Job 7:7; Ps 34:19; Eccl 7:8; Isa 27:9, Isa 38:10; Isa 41:10, Isa 41:13-14; Matt 14:31; Rom 8:28, Rom 8:31; 1Cor 10:13; 2Cor 4:17; Jas 5:7-11
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Slay my Gen 43:9, Gen 44:32-34, Gen 46:9; Mic 6:7
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his brother Gen 42:13, Gen 30:22-24, Gen 35:16-18, Gen 37:33, Gen 37:35, Gen 44:20, Gen 44:27-34
if mischief Gen 42:4, Gen 44:29
bring Gen 37:35, Gen 44:29, Gen 44:31; 1Kgs 2:6; Ps 71:18, Ps 90:10; Eccl 1:14, Eccl 2:26; Isa 38:10; Isa 46:4
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when Jacob Gen 41:54, Gen 41:57; Acts 7:12
saw i.e. heard, from the report of others, that there was plenty in Egypt. The operations of one sense are frequently put for those of another in Hebrew (see the parallel passages). Gen 42:2; Exod 5:19, Exod 20:18; 1Kgs 19:3; Hos 5:13; Gal 2:7
Why do ye Josh 7:10; 2Kgs 8:3-4; Ezra 10:4; Jer 8:14
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get you Gen 43:2, Gen 43:4, Gen 45:9
that we Gen 43:8; Ps 118:17; Isa 38:1; Matt 4:4
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Gen 42:5, Gen 42:13
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Benjamin Gen 35:16-19
Lest Gen 42:38, Gen 3:22, Gen 11:4, Gen 33:1-2, Gen 43:14, Gen 43:29, Gen 44:20-22, Gen 44:27-34
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for Gen 12:10, Gen 26:1, Gen 41:57; Acts 7:11, Acts 11:28
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governor Shallit, an intendant, protector, ruler, from shalat, to be over or a protector, to rule. Hence the Arabic salita, to obtain and exercise dominion, rule; and sultân, ruler, lord, prince, and king. Gen 41:40-41, Gen 45:8, Gen 45:26; Ps 105:16-21; Acts 7:10
he it was Gen 41:55-56
bowed Gen 18:2, Gen 19:1, Gen 37:7, Gen 37:9, Gen 44:14; Rev 3:9
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roughly unto them Heb. hard things with them, Gen 42:9-12, Gen 42:14-17, Gen 42:19-20; Matt 15:23-26
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but they knew Luke 24:16; John 20:14, John 21:4
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remembered Gen 37:5-9
Ye are spies Persons who, under the pretence of wishing to buy corn, desire only to find out whether the land be so defenceless that the tribes to which you belong may attack it successfully, drive out the inhabitants, and settle themselves in it; or, having plundered it, retire into their deserts. This is a frequent custom among the Arabs to the present day. Gen 42:9, Gen 42:16, Gen 42:30-31, Gen 42:34; Num 13:2, Num 13:16-20; Josh 2:1, Josh 6:23; Judg 1:24; 1Sam 26:4; Luke 20:20; Heb 11:31
nakedness Exod 32:35
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Gen 27:29, Gen 27:37, Gen 37:8, Gen 44:9; 1Sam 26:17; 1Kgs 18:7
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We are etc. We do not belong to different tribes; and it is not likely that one family would make a hostile attempt upon a whole kingdom; nor, if any serious design had been intended, that one man would have sent his sons on so hazardous an expedition.
true men Gen 42:19, Gen 42:33-34; John 7:18; 2Cor 6:4
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nakedness Gen 42:9
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Thy servants Gen 42:11, Gen 42:32, Gen 29:32-35, Gen 30:6-24, Gen 35:16-26, Gen 43:7, Gen 46:8-27; Exod 1:2-5; Num 1:1-54, Num 10:1-36, Num 26:1-65, Num 34:1-29; 1Chr. 2:1-8:40
one is not Gen 42:36, Gen 42:38, Gen 37:30, Gen 44:20, Gen 44:28, Gen 45:26; Jer 31:15; Lam 5:7; Matt 2:16, Matt 2:18
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Gen 42:9-11; Job 13:24, Job 19:11; Matt 15:21-28
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By the life Gen 42:7, Gen 42:12, Gen 42:16, Gen 42:30; Deut 6:13; 1Sam 1:26, 1Sam 17:55, 1Sam 20:3; Jer 5:2, Jer 5:7; Matt 5:33-37; Matt 23:16-22; Jas 5:12
except Gen 42:20, Gen 42:34, Gen 43:3, Gen 44:20-34
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kept in prison Heb. bound, Gen 42:19
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put Heb. gathered, Isa 24:22; Acts 5:18
ward Gen 40:4, Gen 40:7, Gen 41:10; Lev 24:12; Ps 119:65; Acts 4:3; Heb 12:10
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I fear God Gen 20:11; Lev 25:43; Neh 5:9, Neh 5:15; Luke 18:2, Luke 18:4
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house Gen 40:3; Isa 42:7, Isa 42:22; Jer 37:15
carry corn Gen 42:1-2, Gen 42:26, Gen 41:56, Gen 43:1-2, Gen 45:23
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bring Gen 42:15, Gen 42:34, Gen 43:5, Gen 43:19, Gen 44:23
And they Gen 42:26, Gen 6:22; John 2:5
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they said Gen 41:9; Num 32:23; 2Sam 12:13; 1Kgs 17:18; Job 33:27-28, Job 34:31-32; Job 36:8-9; Hos 5:15; Matt 27:3-4; Mark 9:44, Mark 9:46, Mark 9:48; Luke 16:28; Acts 19:18
we saw Gen 37:23-28; Judg 1:7; Prov 21:13, Prov 24:11-12, Prov 28:17; Jer 2:17, Jer 2:19, Jer 4:18; Jer 34:17; Matt 7:2; 1John 1:9; Jas 2:13
this distress Prov 1:27-28
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Spake I Gen 37:21-22, Gen 37:29-30; Luke 23:41; Rom 2:15
his blood Gen 4:10, Gen 9:5-6; 1Kgs 2:32; 2Chr 24:22; Ps 9:12; Ezek 3:18; Luke 11:50-51; Acts 28:4; Rev 13:10, Rev 16:9
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he spake unto them by an interpreter Heb. an interpreter was between them, The mailitz does not seem to have been an interpreter in our sense of the term; as we have many evidences in this book that the Egyptians, Hebrews, Canaanites, and Syrians, could understand each other in a general way; and it appears from several passages in this very chapter (particularly Gen 42:24), that Joseph and his brethren understood each others' language, as his brethren and Joseph's steward also did (Gen 43:19, etc; compare Gen 39:1 and Gen 49:1). It seems to denote an officer who is called in Abyssinia, according to Mr. Bruce, Kal Hatze, "the voice or word of the king," who always stands at the side of a lattice window of a balcony, within which the king sits; who is never seen, but who speaks through a hole in the side of it, covered in the inside with a curtain, to this officer, by whom he speaks to the persons present. John 16:13-14; 2Cor 5:20
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wept Gen 43:30; Isa 63:9; Luke 19:41; Rom 12:15; 1Cor 12:26; Heb 4:15
Simeon Gen 34:25, Gen 49:5-7; Jude 1:22-23
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commanded Gen 44:1-2; Isa 55:1
to give them Gen 45:21; Matt 6:33
and thus Matt 5:44; Rom 12:17-21; 1Pet 3:9
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the inn Gen 43:21, Gen 44:11; Exod 4:24; Luke 2:7, Luke 10:34
inn Malon, from loon, to stay, abide, lodge, denotes any place to stay and lodge in, particularly a place where travellers usually stop to lodge, which is generally near a well, where they fill their girbehs, or leathern bottles, with fresh water, and having unladen and clogged their camels, asses, etc., permit them to crop any little verdure there may be in the place, keeping watch over them by turns. Our word inn here gives us a false idea, there were no such places of entertainment in the desert which Joseph's brethren had to pass; nor are there any at the present day. The only accommodation such a place affords is either a well, or a khan, or caravanserai, which is generally no more than four bare walls, perfectly exposed, the place being open at the top, and furnishing a wretched lodging, and even these, it is probable, were not in use at this early period.
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their heart Gen 42:36, Gen 27:33; Lev 26:36; Deut 28:65; 1Kgs 10:5; Ps 61:2; Song 5:6; Luke 21:26
failed them Heb. went forth, This refers to the spasmodic affection which is felt in the breast at any sudden alarm or fright.
What is Isa 45:7; Lam 2:17, Lam 3:37; Amos 3:6
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roughly to us Heb. with us hard things, Gen 42:7-20
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true Gen 42:11
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twelve brethren Gen 42:13
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Gen 42:15, Gen 42:19-20
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traffic Gen 34:10, Gen 34:21; 1Kgs 10:15; Ezek 17:4
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every man's Gen 42:27-28, Gen 43:21
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Me have ye Gen 37:20-35, Gen 43:14
all these things are against me Alay hayoo cullanah, literally, "upon me are all these things:" rendered by the Vulgate, in me hec omnia mala reciderunt, "all these evils fall back upon me;" they lie upon me as heavy loads, hastening my death. They are more than I can bear. Gen 45:28, Gen 47:12; 1Sam 27:1; Job 7:7; Ps 34:19; Eccl 7:8; Isa 27:9, Isa 38:10; Isa 41:10, Isa 41:13-14; Matt 14:31; Rom 8:28, Rom 8:31; 1Cor 10:13; 2Cor 4:17; Jas 5:7-11
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Slay my Gen 43:9, Gen 44:32-34, Gen 46:9; Mic 6:7
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his brother Gen 42:13, Gen 30:22-24, Gen 35:16-18, Gen 37:33, Gen 37:35, Gen 44:20, Gen 44:27-34
if mischief Gen 42:4, Gen 44:29
bring Gen 37:35, Gen 44:29, Gen 44:31; 1Kgs 2:6; Ps 71:18, Ps 90:10; Eccl 1:14, Eccl 2:26; Isa 38:10; Isa 46:4