Chapter 44

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the steward Heb. him that was over his house, Gen 24:2, Gen 43:16, Gen 43:19

Fill the Gen 42:25, Gen 43:2; Isa 3:1


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Gen 42:15-16, Gen 42:20, Gen 43:32; Deut 8:2, Deut 8:16, Deut 13:3; Matt 10:16; 2Cor 8:8


4
Up Deut 2:16

Wherefore 1Sam 24:17; 2Chr 20:11; Ps 35:12, Ps 109:5; Prov 17:13; John 10:32


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divineth or, maketh trial, Gen 44:15 *marg. Gen 30:27; Lev 19:26; 1Kgs 20:33; 2Kgs 21:6; In the East, there is an ancient tradition, that there was a Cup which possessed the strange property of representing in it the whole world, and all the things which were then doing. The cup is called Jami Jemsheed, "the cup of Jemsheed," a very ancient king of Persia; and they say that it was discovered, filled with the elixir of immortality, when digging to lay the foundations of Persepolis. The Persian poets are full of allusions to this cup, which they style Jem jehan nima, the cup shewing the universe; and to it they ascribe all the prosperity of their ancient monarchs. Many of the Mahometan princes and governors affect still to have information by means of a cup. Now, though it cannot be admitted that Joseph practised divination, yet, according to the superstition of those times, supernatural influence might be attributed to HIS CUP.


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Gen 34:25-31, Gen 35:22, Gen 37:18-32, Gen 38:16-18; Josh 22:22-29; 2Sam 20:20; 2Kgs 8:13; Prov 22:1; Eccl 7:1; Heb 13:18


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the money Gen 42:21, Gen 42:27, Gen 42:35, Gen 43:12, Gen 43:21-22

how then Gen 44:7; Exod 20:15; Deut 5:19; Matt 19:18; Rom 13:9; Jas 2:10-11


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both Gen 31:32; Job 31:38-40; Ps 7:3-5; Acts 25:11

and we Gen 43:18


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he with whom Gen 44:17, Gen 44:33; Exod 22:3; Matt 18:24-25


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began Gen 43:33

and the cup Gen 44:26-32, Gen 42:36-38, Gen 43:14


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Gen 37:29-34; Num 14:6; 2Sam 1:2, 2Sam 1:11, 2Sam 13:19


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he was yet Gen 43:16, Gen 43:25

fell Gen 37:7-9, Gen 50:18; Phil 2:10-11


15
What Gen 44:4-5, Gen 3:13, Gen 4:10

wot ye not Gen 21:26, Gen 39:8; Exod 32:1

divine or, make trial, Gen 44:5


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Judah Gen 44:32, Gen 43:8-9

What shall we say Deut 25:1; Ezra 9:10, Ezra 9:15; Job 40:4; Prov 17:15; Isa 5:3; Dan 9:7; Acts 2:37

God hath Gen 37:18-28, Gen 42:21-22; Num 32:23; Josh 7:1, Josh 7:18; Judg 1:7; Prov 28:17; Matt 7:2; Luke 12:2

iniquity Gen 43:9; Isa 27:9; Dan 9:7

behold Gen 44:9, Gen 37:7, Gen 37:9


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God forbid Gen 18:25, Gen 42:18; 2Sam 23:3; Ps 75:2; Prov 17:15

he shall Gen 44:10

in peace Gen 26:29, Gen 37:32-33


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Oh my Lord "No paraphrase," says Dr. A. Clarke, "can heighten the effect of Judah's address to Joseph. To add, would be to diminish its excellence; to attempt to explain, would be to obscure its beauties; to clothe the ideas in other language than that of Judah, and his translators in our Bible, would ruin its energy, and destroy its influence. It is perhaps one of the most tender, affecting pieces of natural oratory ever spoken or penned, and we need not wonder to find that, when Joseph heard it, he could not refrain himself, but wept aloud. His soul must have been insensible beyond what is common to human nature, had he not immediately yielded to a speech so delicately tender, and so powerfully impressive."

let thy Gen 18:30, Gen 18:32; 2Sam 14:12; Job 33:31; Acts 2:29

anger Exod 32:22; Esth 1:12; Ps 79:5

as Pharaoh Gen 41:40, Gen 41:44; Prov 19:12; Dan 3:15, Dan 3:19-23, Dan 5:19; John 5:22


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Gen 42:7-10, Gen 43:7, Gen 43:29


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we said Every word in this verse is simplicity and pathos itself. No man of the least sensibility can read it without great emotion. Indeed the whole speech is exquisitely beautiful, and perhaps the most complete pattern of genuine natural eloquence extant in any language. When we read this generous speech, we forgive Judah all the past, and cannot refuse to say, "Thou art he whom thy brethren shall praise." Gen 49:8

a child Gen 35:18, Gen 37:3, Gen 37:19, Gen 43:7-8, Gen 46:21

and his brother Gen 37:33-35, Gen 42:36, Gen 42:38

he alone Gen 44:27-29; Luke 7:12


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Bring Gen 42:15, Gen 42:20, Gen 43:29

that I may Jer 24:6, Jer 40:4; Amos 9:4


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his father would die Gen 44:30, Gen 42:38


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Gen 42:15-20, Gen 43:3, Gen 43:5


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we told him Gen 42:29-34


25
Gen 43:2, Gen 43:5


26
Gen 43:4-5; Luke 11:7


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Gen 29:18-21, Gen 29:28, Gen 30:22-25, Gen 35:16-18, Gen 46:19


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the one Gen 37:13-14

Surely Gen 37:33, Gen 42:36, Gen 42:38


29
And if Gen 42:36, Gen 42:38, Gen 43:14; Ps 88:3-4

sorrow Gen 44:31, Gen 42:38; Deut 31:17; Ps 88:4


30
When I Gen 44:17, Gen 44:31, Gen 44:34

his life 1Sam 18:1, 1Sam 25:29; 2Sam 18:33


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when he 1Sam 4:17-18; 2Cor 7:10; 1Thess 4:13

servants shall Gen 44:29, Gen 37:26-27, Gen 37:35; 1Sam 22:22

grave Gen 44:29, Gen 37:35


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Gen 43:8-9, Gen 43:16


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therefore What must Benjamin have felt when he heard his brother conclude his speech by a proposal which could never have been thought of if it had not been actually made! Perhaps the annals of the whole world do not produce an instance of so heroic and disinterested affection in any mere man.

I pray thee Exod 32:32; Rom 5:7-10, Rom 9:3

instead Heb 7:22; 1John 3:16


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lest 1Sam 2:33-34; 2Chr 34:28; Esth 8:6; Jer 52:10-11

come on Heb. find, Exod 18:8; Job 31:29; Ps 116:3, Ps 119:143 *marg.


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