p A part of Egypt bordering upon Canaan, well watered and fit for cattel, and therefore moſt proper for the 1/-a2/;tes nor only for preſent uſe, and to keep them at ſome diſtance from the inward parts of Ezypr, and from the Court, but alſo that they might have Canaanalways in their eye, and mind, and in God's time might with leaſt diſadvantage march thither. Joſeph promiſeth this place, cither becauſe it was leaſt inhabited, being in the borders of the Land, or becauſe he juſtly preſumed upon the King's favour, and knew that the growing Famine would give him opportunity to diſpoſe of the people as he pleaſed. |
11 And there will I nouriſh thee ( for yet there are five years of famine ) leit thou, and thy houthold, and
all that thou haſt, come to poverty.
12 And behold, your eyes ſee, and the eyes of my brother Benjamin, that ic 7s my mouth that ſpeaketh unto you 9.
9 BecauſeI ſpeak to you not by an Interpreter, as hitherto I have done, but immediatly, and in the Hebrew Language. :
13 And you ſhall cell my father of all my glory in
2ypt, and of all that you have feen,and ye ſhall halte, and * bring down my father hither. _
14 And he fell upon his brother Benjaminsneck,and wept: and Benjamin wept upon his neck.
15 Moreover,he kiſſed all his brethren,and wept upon them : and after that his brethren talked with him r.
r To wit, freely and familiarly, being encouraged by his kind-
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16 © Ard the fame thereof was heard in Pharaoks +Heb.was houſe, ſaying, Joſephs brethren are come : and it | good in the pleaſed Pharaoh well, and his ſervants s. eyes of Ps 5 Becauſe they all owed their lives unto Joſeph, and his Favour 740. was now freſh and preſent, and therefore he had more intiuence up- on them, and they more kindneſs for him.
17 And Pharaoh ſaid unto Joſeph,Say unto thy bre- thren, "This do ye, Jade your beaſts, and go, ger you unto the land of Canaan,
18 And take your father, and your houſholds, and come unto m2, and I will give you the good of the land of Egypt, and ye ſhall eat* rhe far of the land -.
The choiceft Fruits of the Land. Fat oft 1s put for the beſt of any ſorr, as Numb: 18: 12, 29: Deut: 32: 14: Þſal: 63: Fe and I47: 14.
[9 Now thou art cemmanded «, this CO ye; lake you Wagons our of the land of Egypt for your little ones, and for your wives, and bring your farther and come.
# Beſides that abſoh:re power which I have given thee to diſpoſe of all things as tou pleateſt, I do particularly and eſpecially com- mand thee to co thi” thing.
20 Allo } regard nor your ſtuff x: for the good of all the land of Egypt 1s yours, ;
x Heb. Let not your eye pity or ſpare any part of your fiuff, as loath to leave it behind you, or afraid to loſe it» Sparing or pitying 1s an att of the Mind, bur it is aſcribed to the Eye here, as alſo Exzek: 7: "4, 9. and 16: 5. partly becauſe there it diſcovers it ſelf by tears;or otherwiſe ; and partly becauſe the fight of the Eye doth ofr affe&t the Hearr, and move Pity.
2L And the children of Ifrael did ſo: and Joſeph gave them wagons, according to the F commandment of Pharaoh, and gave them proviſion for the way.
22 To all of them he gave each man changes of raiment y : but to Benjamin he gave three hundred pie- ces of ſilver. and five changes of raiment.
y New and hindſome Garments, which upon their coming into Pharaoh's preſence, and on other occafions they might wearin ſtead of thoſe more o!d and homely ones, which they brought with them from Canaan. Compare Judges 14: 12, 19: 2 Kings 5: 5.
23 And to his father he ſent after this manner = : ten aſles 4 laden with the good things of Egypt, and een ſhe atles laden with corn, and bread, and meat for his father by the way:
z Heb. Accor4nz to this, What ? Either what went before, chan- ges of raiment, or what follows, ten aſſes, &C.
24 So he ſent his brethren away, and they departed, and hc faig unto them, See that ye fall not out # by the
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a Or, contend, one with atiother, each vindicating himſelf, and laying the blame upon his Brother.
25 9 And they went up out of Egypt, and came in- to the land of Canaan unto Jacob their father.
26 And told him, ſaying, Foleph is- yet alive, 2::d he is governour over all rhe land of Egypt. And + 7a- cobs heart fainted b, for he believes them nor c.
6 Or, was weakned, or failed, he fell intoa ſwoon, as it is ordina- ry, becauſe of the grearnels and ſuddenneſs of rhe nev.s, and the
T Hcb. his.
conflict of contrary and violent paſſions, raiſed hereby, griefat the
remembrance of his former loſs, and exceflive joy for /o/ph's reco-
very and felicity ; hope that this might be true,and fear left it ſhould be bur a ſictionof theirs : Any one oftheſe pafi.ons are able to cauſe
a fainting of the ſpirits, but much more when ail mecr together,
efpecially in an aged perſon. c Partly becauſe of the grearnefs,
and ſtrangeneſs, and celireableneſs of the thing. Compare Pa.
126. 1. and partly becauſe they were by this very relation convyi-
cted of one lye about Joſeph, in ſaying that he was dead, and the: e-
fore might eaſily be thought guilty of ancther.
27 And they rold him all the words of Joſeph which he had {iid unto them; and when he ſaw the wagons which Joſeph had ſent to carry him, the ſpirit of Jacub their father revived.
28 And Iſrael ſaid, It is enough 4 ; Joſeph my ſon is yetalive : I willgo and ſee him before I dies
@ I deſire no more, no greater happineſs in this World, than to ſee him. Which when I havedone, I am willing to die. GAP. XLYL,
Jacob ſetF out towards Egypt with his family and ſubſtance ; offers ſacrifices at Beerſheba ; God appears to him in a viſion ; renewing h:s promiſes and bl:fling, 1---4. He goes to Egypt, 5. The names of the children of Iſrael, 8---27. Jacob ſends Judah before him ; Joſeph goes to meet his father ; their joy, 28---30. Joſeph infirufs his brethren what to ſay to Pharaoh, fo dcclare themſelves ſhepherds, and deſire to dwell in Goſhen ; the reaſon, 3 1===34-
A N D Ifrael took his journey with all that he had,
and came to Beerſheba, and ofiered ſacrifices 'o
unto the God of his father Iſaac 5.
2 Poth in thankfulneſs to God for former favours, and eſpecial- ly for Joſeph's preſervation and happineſs; :nd by way of ſupplica- -:vN to God for his diieQion in this great coſe, whether he might
1 :1our to Abraham in gifts and graces, yet God was no leſs 1/azc's than