21. And thou faidft unto thy fervants, Bring him down unto me, that I may fet mine eyes upon

him.

21. That I may fet mine eyes upon him: Or, Take care of him,

as the Greek hath it. Thus much this

Phrafe imports, Jer. 39. 12. and 40. 4.

22. And we faid unto my lord, The lad cannot leave his father; for if he should leave his father, his father would die.

23. And thou faidft unto thy fervants, Except your youngest brother come down with you, you shall fee my face

no more,

24. And it came to pass, when we came up unto thy. fervant, my father, we told him the words of my lord. 25. And our father faid, Go again, and buy us a little food.

26. And we faid, We cannot go down: if our youngest = brother be with us, then will we go down for we may not E fee the man's face, except our youngest, brother be with

us.

27. And thy fervant, my father, faid unto us, Ye know that my wife bare me two fons,

28. And the one went out from me, and 1 faid, Surely he is torn in pieces: and I faw him not fince.

29. And if ye take this alfo from me, and mischief befall him, ye fall bring down my gray hairs with forrow to the grave.

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30. Now therefore, when I come to thy fervant, my father, and the lad be not with us (feeing that bis life is bound up in the lad's life)

30. Seeing that his life is bound up in the Lad's life: i. e. The lofs of his life

will inferr the loss of his Father's, 1 Sam.

18. 1. The detaining him will kill his Father.This is Juddah's Argument here and v. 31.

31. It shall come to pass, when he feeth that the lad is not with us, that he will die, and thy fervants fhall bring down the gray hairs of thy fervant our father with forrow to the grave.

32. For

32. For thy fervant became furety for the lad unto my father, faying, If I bring him not unto thee, then I fhall bear the blame to my father for ever.

33. Now therefore, I pray thee, let thy fervant abide inftead of the lad, a bondman to my lord, and let the lad go up with his brethren.

33. Instead of the Lad: He had become Surety for him, v.32. become a Bondman and now he offers to

not being able to be

in his ftead to fave his Father; he hold his Father's Mifery in cafe of Benjamin's being left behind, (v. 34.)

34. For how fhall I go up to my father, and the lad be not with me, left peradventure I fee the evil that fhall come on my father.

CHA P. XLV.

The ARGUMENT.

Jofeph makes himself known to his Brethren. They are thereupon terrified. He fupports them with the con fideration of God's wife Providence. He fends for his Father into Egypt, not without the confent of Pharaoh and his Approbation. The Sons of Jacob return to their Father with large provifions for his Journey, and tell him the news that Jofeph was alive, and Governour of Egypt. Jacob's rejoicing at it.

I.

1. THEN Jofeph could not re

frain himself before all them that stood by him: and he cried, Caufe every man to go out from me and there ftood no man with him, while Foseph made himfelf known unto his brethren.

1. Could not refrain, bimfelf: i. e. He could no longer for bear being moved by the words of Judah. Go out: Jofeph was not willing that any fhould be Witnesses of his own Palfion, or his Brethren's former Faults.

2. And he wept aloud, and the Egyptians, and the boufe of Pha raoh beard.

2. The Egyptians and the house of Pha kaoh: i. e. The Egyptians who went

out hearing it, foon told it to the Houfe of Pharaoh. Compare v. 16...

3. And Jofeph faid unto his brethren, I am Joseph: Doth my father yet live? And his brethren could not anfwer him: for they were troubled at his presence...

4. And Fofeph Said unto his brethren, Come near to me, I pray you and they came near: and he faid, I am Jofeph your brother, whom ye fold into Egypt.

5. Now therefore be not grieved, nor angry with your felves, that ye fold me hither: for God did fend me before you to preferve life.

14 Whom ye fold:
He tells them this to
gain belief rather
than to upbraid

them.

5. God did fend, &c. i. e. I was fent hither not without the fpecial Providence of God.

6. For these two years hath the famine been in the land: and get there are five years, in the which there fhall neither be earing nor harvest.

7. And God fent me before you, to preferve you a pofterity in the earth, and to fave your lives by a great deliverance.

8. So now, it was not you, that fent me hither, but God: and he bath made me a father to Pharaoh, and lord of all his house, and a ruler throughout all the land of E

gypt.

8. Not you that sent me hither, but God: The good event of the thing was ted to God, though intirely to be imputhe fault were theirs. father, and fay unto God hath made me lord tarry not.

10. And thou shalt dwell in the land of Goshen, and thou shalt be near unto me, thou, and thy children, and thy children's children, and thy flocks, and thy herds, and all that thou haft.

part

10. Land of Goi fhen: Afruitfull of the Land of Eypt lying towards Canaan, ch.46,28,29. 47. 1, 6, 27.

11. And there will I nourish thee (for yet there are five years of famine) left thou, and thy houshold, and all that thou haft come to poverty.

12. And behold, your eyes fee, and the eyes of my brother Benjamin, that it is my mouth that Speaketh unto you.

12. That it is my mouth: They might not onely difcern fome resemblance from his Counte

nance by which they might call him to mind; but his fpeaking to them in their own Language without an Interpreter. (Compâre v. 1. with ch.42. 23.) might farther confirm them.

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13. And you fhall tell my father of all my glory in Egypt, and of all that you have feen, and ye shall haft, and bring down my father hither.

14. And he fell upon his brother Benjamin's neck, and wept and Benjamin wept upon his neck.

15. Moreover, he kiffed all his brethren, and wept upon them: and after that his brethren talked with him.

16. And the fame thereof was. beard in Pharaoh's house, faying, Jofeph's brethren are come: and it pleafed Pharaoh well, and his fer

vants.

15. Talked with him: Having now overcome their fears.

of

ly

16.The fame there&c. Being quickcarried from one to another. See the Note on v. 2.

17. And Pharaoh faid unto Jofeph, Say unto thy brethren, This do ye, lade your beafts, and go, get you unto the land of Canaan :

18. And

18 And take your father, and your housholds, and come unto me: and I will give you the good of the land of Egypt, and ye shall eat the fat of the land.

18. Fat of the land: i. e. The beft of it. Compare Pf. 63. 5. Numb. 18. 12.

19. Now thou art commanded; this do ye; Take you wagons out of the land of Egypt for your little ones, and for your wives, and bring your father, and come.

20. Also regard not your stuff: for the good of all the land of Egypt. is yours.

20. Regard not: Let not your Eye fparė. Compare

Deut. 7. 16.

21. And the children of Ifrael did fo: and Jofeph gave them wagons, according to the commandment of Pharaoh, and gave them provifion for the way.

22. To all of them he gave each man changes of raiment: but to Benjamin he gave three hundred pieces of filver, and five changes of raiment.

22. Three hundred pieces of filver: i. e. Three hundred SheSee the Note

kels.

on ch. 20. 16.

23. And to his father he fent after this manner: ten affes laden with the good things of Egypt, and ten fheaffes laden with corn, and bread, and meat for his father by the way.

24. So he fent his brethren away, and they departed: and he faid unto them, See that ye fall not out by the way.

24. See that ye fall not out by the way: Be not angry, as the Latin and Greek have it. They would

be apt to reproach each other now for their former cruelty to Jofeph.

25. And they went up out of Egypt, and came into the land of Canaan, unto Jacob their father;