PUBLIC-DOMAIN CHRISTIAN BOOK
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible — Genesis
Gill, John, 1697-1771 · 265,871 words · 567 reading sections
Genesis 41:16
Genesis 41:16 Ver. 16. And Joseph answered Pharaoh, saying, [it is] not in me,.... Which expresses his great modesty, that he did not arrogate such skill and wisdom to himself; declaring that he had no such power and abilities in and of himself, to interpret dreams; what he had was a gift of God, and wholly depended u…
193 wordsSECTION 422Genesis 41:17
Genesis 41:17 Ver. 17. And Pharaoh said unto Joseph,.... Relating both his dreams in a more ample manner, though to the same purpose, than before related: in my dream, behold, I stood upon the bank of the river; the river Nile, where he could have a full sight of what were after presented to his view.…
57 wordsSECTION 423Genesis 41:18
Genesis 41:18 Ver. 18. And, behold, there came up out of the river seven kine,.... Cows or heifers, See Gill on "Ge 41:2"; the account of them is the same here as there, and of the place where they fed, only the words are transposed.…
47 wordsSECTION 424Genesis 41:19
Genesis 41:19 Ver. 19. And, behold, seven other kine,.... Here some addition is made: these are said not only to be very ill favoured, and leanfleshed, See Gill on "Ge 41:3", but poor, thin, meagre, exhausted of their flesh and strength through some disease upon them, or want of food: and it follows, what was not be…
6,977 wordsSECTION 425Genesis 42:1
Genesis 42:1 INTRODUCTION TO GENESIS 42 This chapter relates how that Jacob having heard there was corn in Egypt, sent all his sons but Benjamin thither to buy corn, Ge 42:1; and coming before Joseph, they bowed to him, and he knowing them, though they knew not him, spoke roughly to them, and charged them with being …
585 wordsSECTION 426Genesis 42:2
Genesis 42:2 Ver. 2. And he said, behold, I have heard that there is corn in Egypt,.... This explains what is meant by the phrase he saw, one sense being put for another: get ye down thither; as fast as you can without delay; Egypt lay lower than Canaan, and therefore they are bid to go down, as when they went from t…
110 wordsSECTION 427Genesis 42:3
Genesis 42:3 Ver. 3. And Joseph's ten brethren went down to buy corn in Egypt. They obeyed their father's orders, and immediately set out for Egypt; "ten" of them went down in a body together, all but Benjamin, so that it is easily reckoned who they were, and they are called not Jacob's sons, as they were; but Joseph'…
100 wordsSECTION 428Genesis 42:4
Genesis 42:4 Ver. 4. But Benjamin, Joseph's brother, Jacob sent not with his brethren,.... Benjamin is called Joseph's brother, because he was so both by father and mother's side, as the rest were not; him Jacob kept with him, being the youngest and his darling, the only son he had with him of his beloved wife Rachel;…
151 wordsSECTION 429Genesis 42:5
Genesis 42:5 Ver. 5. And the sons of Israel came to buy [corn] among those that came,.... Either among the Egyptians that came to buy, or among those who came from different countries, or rather particularly among the Canaanites, as the Targum of Jonathan; with these they might join upon the road, and go together in a…
161 wordsSECTION 430Genesis 42:6
Genesis 42:6 Ver. 6. And Joseph [was] the governor over the land,.... Not the land of Canaan last mentioned, but the land of Egypt; under Pharaoh, he had the chief and sole authority, and especially in the affair of the corn, and the disposal of that; [and] he [it was] that sold to all the people of the land: of Egyp…
188 wordsSECTION 431Genesis 42:7
Genesis 42:7 Ver. 7. And Joseph saw his brethren,.... Among those that came to buy corn, and when they prostrated themselves before him: and he knew them; some of them being at man's estate, and their beards grown when they sold him, and their habits and dress now being much the same it was then, and by them he knew …
175 wordsSECTION 432Genesis 42:8
Genesis 42:8 Ver. 8. And Joseph knew his brethren, but they knew not him. It being about twenty two years since they saw him, and then he was young, and his beard not grown, as now it was; and besides, he was clothed as a prince, and spoke the Egyptian language; and being in such great grandeur and splendour, and in s…
119 wordsSECTION 433Genesis 42:9
Genesis 42:9 Ver. 9. And Joseph remembered the dreams which he dreamed of them,.... Their bowing and prostrating themselves before him brought to his remembrance his dreams of their sheaves making obeisance to his, and of the sun, moon, and eleven stars, doing the same to him, Ge 37:7; and said unto them, ye [are] sp…
251 wordsSECTION 434Genesis 42:10
Genesis 42:10 Ver. 10. And they said unto him, nay, my lord,.... One in the name of the rest, or each in his turn, denying that they were spies, and addressing him with the greatest reverence and submission, calling him their lord, and thus further accomplishing his dreams: but to buy food are thy servants come; that…
67 wordsSECTION 435Genesis 42:11
Genesis 42:11 Ver. 11. We [are] all one man's sons,.... Therefore not likely to be spies; it could hardly be thought that a single family should engage in such an affair; or that one man would, send his sons as spies, and especially all of them, it being a dangerous affair, and they being liable to be taken up and put…
179 wordsSECTION 436Genesis 42:12
Genesis 42:12 Ver. 12. And he said unto them, nay,.... This argument will not do, I am not to be put off with such words as these; if you can produce no better proof of your being honest men than this, or give no better account of yourselves, I must abide by it, that, to see the nakedness of the land ye are come; thi…
91 wordsSECTION 437Genesis 42:13
Genesis 42:13 Ver. 13. And they said, thy servants [are] twelve brethren,.... Or rather, "were twelve", since one afterwards is said not to be: the sons of one man in the land of Canaan; of Jacob, who dwelt there; this is said with the same view as before, to show the improbability of their being spies; and, behold,…
169 wordsSECTION 438Genesis 42:14
Genesis 42:14 Ver. 14. And Joseph said unto them, that [is it] that I spake unto you, saying, ye [are] spies. This proves it, at least gives strong suspicion of it; since at first they seemed to speak of themselves, as if they were the only sons of one man and there were no more, now they speak of twelve, and make men…
91 wordsSECTION 439Genesis 42:15
Genesis 42:15 Ver. 15. Hereby ye shall be proved,.... Whether spies, or not, namely, by producing their youngest brother, said to be at home with his father: by the life of Pharaoh ye shall not go forth hence, except your youngest brother come hither: the phrase, "by the life of Pharaoh", seems to be the form of an o…
201 wordsSECTION 440Genesis 42:16
Genesis 42:16 Ver. 16. Send one of you, and let him fetch your brother,.... He proposes that one of them might be sent by them to their father's house, and bring, Benjamin down to Egypt: and ye shall be kept in prison; the rest of them till he came: that your words may be proved, whether [there be any] truth in you;…
144 wordsSECTION 441Genesis 42:17
Genesis 42:17 Ver. 17. And he put them all together into ward three days. In order to consult together, and agree who should be sent to fetch their brother; and which it seems probable in this length of time they could not agree upon, no one caring to be the bringer of such evil tidings to their father.…
59 wordsSECTION 442Genesis 42:18
Genesis 42:18 Ver. 18. And Joseph said unto them the third day,.... His heart yearning towards them, though he put on such an appearance; finding they could not come to an agreement among themselves who should go on the errand, he thought fit to recede from his former order, and to give them another: this do, and liv…
3,751 wordsSECTION 443Genesis 43:1
Genesis 43:1 INTRODUCTION TO GENESIS 43 This chapter informs us how that the famine continued in the land of Canaan, and the corn that Jacob's family had from Egypt being consumed, Jacob pressed his sons to go down for more, which they refused to do, unless Benjamin was sent with them, for whose safety Judah offered …
410 wordsSECTION 444Genesis 43:2
Genesis 43:2 Ver. 2. And it came to pass, when they had eaten up the corn which they had brought out of Egypt,.... Which, in so numerous a family as Jacob's was, having so many children, grandchildren, and servants, what nine men on so many asses could bring with them must be consumed in a short time, how long cannot …
284 wordsSECTION 445Genesis 43:3
Genesis 43:3 Ver. 3. And Judah spake unto him,.... Reuben the eldest son had met with a repulse already, Ge 42:36; Simeon the next was now in Egypt, Ge 42:24, and Levi, perhaps on account of the affair of Shechem, Ge 34:25, did not yet stand well in his father's favour and affection; wherefore Judah being next, with t…
214 wordsSECTION 446Genesis 43:4
Genesis 43:4 Ver. 4. If thou wilt send our brother with us,.... Give orders for his going with us, and put him under our care: we will go down and buy thee food; signifying, on the above condition, that they were ready and willing to take a journey into Egypt, and buy provisions for him and his family, otherwise not.…
61 wordsSECTION 447Genesis 43:5
Genesis 43:5 Ver. 5. But if thou wilt not send [him], we will not go down,.... This they said not as undutiful, and from a spirit of rebellion and disobedience to their father, or of stubbornness and obstinacy, but because they durst not go down, nor could they with any safety; they might expect to be taken up as spie…
133 wordsSECTION 448Genesis 43:6
Genesis 43:6 Ver. 6. And Israel said,.... In answer to the speech of Judah: wherefore dealt ye [so] ill with me; had done that which brought so much evil upon him, gave him so much grief and trouble, and threw him into such perplexity and distress, that he knew not what to do, or course to take: [as] to tell the man…
109 wordsSECTION 449Genesis 43:7
Genesis 43:7 Ver. 7. And they said,.... Not Judah only, in the name of the rest, but each of them in turn, being all charged with doing an ill thing: the man asked us straitly of our state, and of our kindred; or "in asking asked" {h}; very particularly and closely, putting many questions to us, who we were? to whom …
241 wordsSECTION 450Genesis 43:8
Genesis 43:8 Ver. 8. And Judah said unto Israel his father, send the lad with me, and we will arise and go,.... Directly to Egypt for corn; Judah calls Benjamin a lad, because the youngest brother, and tenderly brought up by his father, who had an affectionate fondness for him as if he had been a child; otherwise he m…
257 wordsSECTION 451Genesis 43:9
Genesis 43:9 Ver. 9. I will be surety for him,.... Engage for his safe return: of my hand shall thou require him; I will be answerable for him: if I bring him not to thee, and set him before thee: do not return him from Egypt, and bring him to Canaan, into his father's house and presence safe, and sound: then let m…
195 wordsSECTION 452Genesis 43:10
Genesis 43:10 Ver. 10. For except we had lingered,.... Delayed going down to Egypt, through the demur Jacob made of tending Benjamin with them: surely now we had returned this second time; they would have made their journey to Egypt, and returned again with their corn, and their brother Benjamin too, as Judah suppose…
78 wordsSECTION 453Genesis 43:11
Genesis 43:11 Ver. 11. And their father said unto them,.... Being in some measure convinced by their reasonings, and in part at least reconciled to let Benjamin go with them, there being nothing to be done, he perceived, unless he consented to it: if [it must be] so now, do this; if nothing else will do but Benjamin …
719 wordsSECTION 454Genesis 43:12
Genesis 43:12 Ver. 12. And take double money in your hand,.... Than what they carried before, either to buy as much more as they then did; or rather because of the greater scarcity of corn, as Jarchi observes, which made it doubly dearer; for this seems to be different from the money they are also bid to take in retur…
165 wordsSECTION 455Genesis 43:13
Genesis 43:13 Ver. 13. Take also your brother,.... Their brother Benjamin, committing him into their hands and to their care, hereby declaring his consent and willingness that he should go with them: and arise, go again to the man; the governor of Egypt, to buy corn of him.…
49 wordsSECTION 456Genesis 43:14
Genesis 43:14 Ver. 14. And God Almighty give you mercy before the man,.... Who has the hearts of all men in his hands, kings, princes, governors, even those who are the most cruel and hardhearted, rough and severe in their tempers and dispositions, and such an one they had represented this man to be; one that had spok…
181 wordsSECTION 457Genesis 43:15
Genesis 43:15 Ver. 15. And the men took the present,.... Their father directed them to: and they took double money in their hand; besides what they found in their sacks mouths, which they also carried with them: and Benjamin; they took him likewise with their father's leave:and rose up, and went down to Egypt, and s…
3,369 wordsSECTION 458Genesis 44:1
Genesis 44:1 INTRODUCTION TO GENESIS 44 This chapter relates the policy of Joseph in making an experiment of his brethren's regard and affection for Benjamin; he ordered his steward to put every man's money into his sack, and his silver cup in Benjamin's, and when they were got out of the city, to follow after them, …
327 wordsSECTION 459Genesis 44:2
Genesis 44:2 Ver. 2. And put my cup, the silver cup, in the sack's mouth of the youngest,.... Benjamin; this he ordered to be done, partly to put him in apparent danger, and try how his brethren would behave towards him in such circumstances, and thereby know how they stood affected to him; and partly that he might ha…
237 wordsSECTION 460Genesis 44:3
Genesis 44:3 Ver. 3. As soon as the morning was light,.... When it was break of day, before the sun rose: the men were sent away, they and their asses; the men being refreshed with food, and their asses having provender given them, and saddled and loaded, they were handsomely and honourably dismissed.…
54 wordsSECTION 461Genesis 44:4
Genesis 44:4 Ver. 4. [And] when they were gone out of the city, [and] not [yet] far off,.... Which perhaps was Tanis, the Zoan of the Scriptures; see Eze 30:14, margin; Joseph said unto his steward, up, follow after the men; who no doubt was ready provided with men and horses, to go out and pursue when Joseph should …
250 wordsSECTION 462Genesis 44:5
Genesis 44:5 Ver. 5. [Is] not this [it], in which my lord drinketh,.... Which was for his own particular use, and so the more ungrateful in them to take it, and whereby indeed he divineth? according to our version and others, Joseph is here represented by his steward as a diviner or soothsayer, and so he might be tho…
818 wordsSECTION 463Genesis 44:6
Genesis 44:6 Ver. 6. And he overtook them,.... Their asses being laden with corn could not travel very fast, and he and his attendants being mounted on swift horses: and he spake unto them these same words; that Joseph had ordered him to say, and so what follows particularly, Ge 44:10.…
53 wordsSECTION 464Genesis 44:7
Genesis 44:7 Ver. 7. And they said unto him, wherefore saith my lord these words?.... One of them, in the name of the rest, perhaps Judah, made answer, as astonished at the charge laid against them, suggesting that there was not the least foundation for it, and were quite surprised to hear anything of this kind allege…
88 wordsSECTION 465Genesis 44:8
Genesis 44:8 Ver. 8. Behold, the money which we found in our sacks mouths;.... Upon their return from Egypt, the first time they went thither for corn: we brought again unto thee out of the land of Canaan; which was a full proof of their honesty: they might have kept it until it was called for and demanded of them, b…
246 wordsSECTION 466Genesis 44:9
Genesis 44:9 Ver. 9. With whomsoever of thy servants it be found,.... The silver cup: both let him die; which was rashly said, since they might have thought the cup might be put in one of their sacks unknown to them, as their money had been before; and besides, death was a punishment too severe for such a crime, and …
116 wordsSECTION 467Genesis 44:10
Genesis 44:10 Ver. 10. And he said, now also [let] it [be] according unto your words,.... Not according to the full extent of their words, but according to a part of them; that be only should be a servant that was found guilty; so moderating the punishment which they had fixed, and were willing to submit to, and there…
111 wordsSECTION 468Genesis 44:11
Genesis 44:11 Ver. 11. Then they speedily took down every man his sack to the ground,.... To be opened and examined, and this they did in all haste, as having a clear conscience, and being confident that nothing could be found upon them, and desirous of having the affair issued as soon as possible, that the steward mi…
85 wordsSECTION 469Genesis 44:12
Genesis 44:12 Ver. 12. And he searched,.... To the bottom of them, not content to look into the mouth of them being opened, but rummaged them, and searched deeply into them to find the cup, which was the thing charged upon them he was solicitous to find; as for the money in the sack's mouth he took no notice of that, …
183 wordsSECTION 470Genesis 44:13
Genesis 44:13 Ver. 13. Then they rent their clothes,.... In token of sorrow and distress, being at their wits' end, like distracted persons, not knowing what to do: this was usually done in the eastern countries when any evil befell, as did Jacob, Ge 37:34; and as the Egyptians themselves did when mourning for their d…
168 wordsSECTION 471Genesis 44:14
Genesis 44:14 Ver. 14. And Judah and his brethren came to Joseph's house,.... Judah is particularly mentioned because he was the principal spokesman, and was chiefly concerned for the safety of Benjamin, being his surety: for he [was] yet there; Joseph was yet at his own house, was not as yet gone to the granaries, t…
119 wordsSECTION 472Genesis 44:15
Genesis 44:15 Ver. 15. And Joseph said unto them, what deed is this ye have done?.... An action so wicked, base, and ungrateful, attended with such aggravated circumstances, that it can scarcely be said how bad a one it is, and may be well wondered at, that men who had received such favours could ever be guilty of; th…
232 wordsSECTION 473Genesis 44:16
Genesis 44:16 Ver. 16. And Judah said, what shall we say unto my lord? what shall we speak?.... Signifying that they were nonplussed, confounded, knew not what to say; they could not acknowledge guilt, for they were not conscious of any, and yet could not deny the fact, the cup being found on one of them; and though t…
285 wordsSECTION 474Genesis 44:17
Genesis 44:17 Ver. 17. And he said, God forbid that I should do so,.... This would be doing an unjust thing, Joseph suggests, should he take them all for bondmen, for the offence of one: [but] the man in whose hand the cup is found, he shall be my servant; not die, as they had supposed, but become his servant: and a…
147 wordsSECTION 475Genesis 44:18
Genesis 44:18 Ver. 18. Then Judah came near unto him,.... Being the spokesman of his brethren, and the surety of Benjamin: he plucked up a spirit, put on courage, and drew nearer to the governor, and with much freedom and boldness, and in a very polite manner, addressed him: and said, O my lord, let thy servant, I pr…
1,959 wordsSECTION 476Genesis 45:1
Genesis 45:1 INTRODUCTION TO GENESIS 45 This chapter contains an account of Joseph's making himself known to his brethren, which was done when they were alone, Ge 45:1; when he encouraged them not to distress themselves on account of their selling him into Egypt, for God in his providence had sent him there for their…
556 wordsSECTION 477Genesis 45:2
Genesis 45:2 Ver. 2. And he wept aloud,....; Or "gave forth his voice in weeping" {r}; as he wept he cried aloud; for having put such a violent restraint on himself, as the flood of tears was the greater, so his voice was the stronger and louder for it: and the Egyptians and the house of Pharaoh heard; the Egyptians,…
123 wordsSECTION 478Genesis 45:3
Genesis 45:3 Ver. 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 bret…
225 wordsSECTION 479Genesis 45:4
Genesis 45:4 Ver. 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 re…
230 wordsSECTION 480Genesis 45:5
Genesis 45:5 Ver. 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 thems…
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Historical Christian writing; not Scripture.