Chapter 43

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Gen 18:13, Gen 41:54-57, Gen 42:5; Eccl 9:1-2; Lam 5:10; Acts 7:11-13


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Gen 43:4, Gen 43:20, Gen 42:1-2; Prov 15:16, Prov 16:18, Prov 31:16; 1Tim 5:8, 1Tim 6:6-8


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man Gen 42:15-20, Gen 42:33-34, Gen 44:23

did solemnly protest Heb. protesting, protested, Acts 7:34

see my face Gen 43:5; 2Sam 3:13, 2Sam 14:24, 2Sam 14:28, 2Sam 14:32; Acts 20:25, Acts 20:38


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will not Gen 42:38, Gen 44:26; Exod 20:12


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asked us straitly Heb. asking asked us, Gen 43:3 *marg.

tenor Heb. mouth

could we certainly know knowing could we know, Gen 43:3 *marg.


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lad with me Gen 42:38, Gen 44:26; Exod 20:12

that we Gen 42:2; Deut 33:6; 2Kgs 7:4, 2Kgs 7:13; Ps 118:17

also our Gen 45:19, Gen 50:8, Gen 50:21; Num 14:31; Ezra 8:21


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will be Gen 42:37, Gen 44:32-33; 1Kgs 1:21; Job 17:3; Ps 119:122; Phlm 1:18-19; Heb 7:22

of my hand Gen 9:5, Gen 31:39; Ezek 3:18, Ezek 3:20, Ezek 33:6, Ezek 33:8; Luke 11:50


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Gen 19:16

this second time or, twice by this


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If it must be Gen 43:14; Esth 4:16; Acts 21:14

carry down Gen 32:13-21, Gen 33:10, Gen 37:25; Deut 33:14; 1Sam 9:7, 1Sam 25:27; 1Kgs 4:21, 1Kgs 10:25; 1Kgs 15:19; 2Kgs 8:8, 2Kgs 16:8, 2Kgs 20:12; Ps 68:29, Ps 72:10, Ps 76:11; Prov 17:18; Prov 18:16, Prov 19:6, Prov 21:14; Ezek 27:17

a little balm Gen 37:25; Jer 8:22; Ezek 27:15

balm For an explanation of the words tzori, nechoth, and lot, here rendered respectively balm, spices, and myrrh, see note on Gen 37:25. Devash, honey, is supposed by some not to have been that produced by bees, but a syrup produced from ripe dates. The Jewish doctors observe, that the word in 2Chr 31:5 signifies dates; and the Arabians, at this day, call the choicest dates preserved with butter, dabous, and the honey obtained from them, dibs, or dabs. Benanim, nuts signifies pistachio nuts, the finest thing found in Syria; but, according to the others, a small nut, the produce of a species of the turpentine tree. Shekaidim is certainly almonds.

honey Lev 20:24

spices 1Kgs 10:15; Song 4:10, Song 4:14-16, Song 5:1, Song 8:14


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double Rom 12:17, Rom 13:8; 2Cor 8:21; Phil 4:8; 1Thess 4:6, 1Thess 5:21; Heb 13:8

mouth Gen 42:25, Gen 42:35


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Gen 42:38


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Gen 43:11

And God Gen 17:1, Gen 22:14, Gen 32:11-28, Gen 39:21; Ezra 7:27; Neh 1:11; Esth 4:16; Ps 37:5-7; Ps 85:7, Ps 100:5, Ps 119:41; Prov 1:1, Prov 16:7, Prov 21:1; Isa 49:13; Luke 1:50; Acts 7:10, Acts 21:14; 1Tim 1:2, 1Tim 1:16; Titus 1:4; 2John 1:3

If I be etc. or, and I, as I have been, etc. Esth 4:16


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the ruler Gen 43:19, Gen 15:2, Gen 24:2-10, Gen 39:4-5, Gen 44:1

slay Heb. kill a killing, Gen 21:8, Gen 26:30, Gen 31:54; 1Sam 25:11 Tevoch taivach, "slay a slaying," or make a great slaughter: Let preparations be made for a great feast or entertainment. See note on a similar form of speech in Gen 31:54. 1Sam 25:11; Prov 9:2

dine with Heb. eat


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the men Gen 42:21, Gen 42:28, Gen 42:35; Judg 13:22; Job 15:21; Ps 53:5, Ps 73:16; Isa 7:2; Matt 14:26-27; Mark 6:16

seek occasion against us Heb. Roll himself upon us, Deut 22:14, Deut 22:17; Judg 14:4; Job 30:14; Rom 7:8


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we came indeed down Heb. coming down we came down, Gen 43:3, Gen 43:7, Gen 42:3, Gen 42:10, Gen 42:27, Gen 42:35


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we came Gen 42:27-35

we have Gen 43:12; Rom 12:17, Rom 13:8; Heb 13:5, Heb 13:18; 1Pet 2:12, 1Pet 3:16


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Peace Judg 6:23, Judg 19:20; 1Sam 25:6; 1Chr 12:18; Ezra 4:17; Luke 10:5, Luke 24:36; John 14:27, John 20:19, John 20:21, John 20:26

I had your money Heb. Your money came to me, Caspechem ba ailai, "your money comes to me:" as I am the steward, the cash for the corn belongs to me. Ye have no occasion to be apprehensive of any evil; the whole transaction is between myself and you; receive therefore the money as a present from "the God of your father," no matter whose hands he employs to convey it.

Simeon Gen 43:14, Gen 42:24, Gen 42:36


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Gen 18:4, Gen 19:2, Gen 24:32; Luke 7:44; John 13:4-17


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Gen 43:11, Gen 43:16


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bowed Gen 43:28, Gen 27:29, Gen 37:7-10, Gen 37:19-20, Gen 42:6; Ps 72:9; Rom 14:11; Phil 2:10-11


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welfare Heb. peace, Gen 37:14, Gen 41:16; Exod 18:7; Judg 18:15; 1Sam 17:22, 1Sam 25:5; 1Chr 18:10

Is your father well Heb. Is there peace to your father, the old. Gen 42:11, Gen 42:13


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bowed Gen 43:26, Gen 37:7, Gen 37:9-10

made obeisance Exod 18:7; 2Sam 1:2, 2Sam 14:4; 1Kgs 1:16; 2Chr 24:17


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mother's son Gen 30:22-24, Gen 35:17-18

of whom Gen 42:11, Gen 42:13

God Gen 45:8; Josh 7:19; 2Chr 29:11; Ps 133:1-2; Matt 9:2, Matt 9:22; Mark 10:24; 1Tim 1:2; Heb 13:1

my son Num 6:25; Ps 111:4, Ps 112:4; Isa 30:19, Isa 33:2; Mal 1:9


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his bowels 1Kgs 3:26; Jer 31:20; Hos 11:8; Phil 1:8, Phil 2:1; Col 3:12; 1John 3:17

wept there Gen 42:24; John 11:33-38; Acts 20:19, Acts 20:31, Acts 20:37; 2Tim 1:4


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refrained Gen 45:1; Isa 42:14; Jer 31:16; 1Pet 3:10

bread Gen 43:25


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eat bread Gen 43:16, Gen 31:54

for that is an abomination The Chaldee Paraphrast renders this clause, "Because the Hebrews eat the cattle which the Egyptians worship." But, as we learn from Gen 43:16, compared with this verse, that the provision for the entertainment of the Egyptians themselves was animal food, this reason cannot be just. The true reason seems to be that assigned by the LXX, Βδελυγμα γαρ εστιν τοις Αιγυπτιοις πας ποιμην προβατων· "For every shepherd is an abomination to the Egyptians." Gen 46:34; Exod 8:26


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Gen 43:1-34; Gen 44:12


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messes 2Sam 11:8

was five times Sir John Chardin observes, that "in Persia, Arabia, and the Indies, there are some houses where they place several plates in large salvers, and set one of these before each person, or before two or three, according to the magnificence of each house. The great men of the state are always served by themselves, in the feasts that are made for them; and with great profusion, their part of each kind of provision being always double, treble, or a larger proportion of each kind of meat." Gen 45:22; 1Sam 1:5, 1Sam 9:22-24

were merry Heb. drank largely, Prov 31:6; Eccl 9:7, Eccl 10:19; Song 5:1; Hab 1:6; Matt 11:19; John 2:10


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