Genesis 30:22-24
remembered.8:1; 21:1; 29:31; 1Sa 1:19,20; Ps 105:42opened.2; 21:1,2; 25:21; 29:31; Ps 113:9; 127:3 "Be fruitful and multiply," was the blessing of God: barrenness therefore was reckoned a reproach. The intense desire of having children, observable among the Jewish women, arose not only from this reproach of barrenness, but from the hope of being the mother of the promised seed, and Him in whom all the nations of the earth were to be blessed. 29:31; 1Sa 1:5,6; Isa 4:1; Lu 1:21,25,27 And she.35:24; 37:2,4; 39:1-23; 42:6; 48:1-22; 49:22-26; De 33:13-17Eze 37:16; Ac 7:9-15; Heb 11:21,22; Re 7:8Joseph. that is, Adding.35:17,18Genesis 35:16-18
a little way to come. Heb. a little piece of ground.2Ki 5:19Ephrath.48:7; Ru 1:2; 1Ch 2:19; Ps 132:6; Mic 5:2; Mt 2:1,16,18hard labour.3:16; 1Ti 2:15 Fear not.30:24; 1Sa 4:19-21 A.M. cir. 2275. B.C. cir. 1729. her soul.30:1; 1Sa 4:20,21; Ps 16:10; Ex 12:7; La 2:12; Lu 12:20; 23:46Ac 7:59Ben-oni. i.e., the son of my sorrow.1Ch 4:9Benjamin. i.e., the son of my right hand.42:4,38; 43:14; 44:27-31; Ps 80:17The Samaritan has {ben yamim,} "the son of days," i.e., of his old age, (ch. 44:20,) which Jerome renders Benjamin, {id est, filius dextrae, Benjamin,} that is, "the son of the right hand."Genesis 37:33
evil beast.20; 44:28; 1Ki 13:24; 2Ki 2:24; Pr 14:15; Joh 13:7Genesis 37:35
his daughters.31:43; 35:22-26rose up.2Sa 12:17; Job 2:11; Ps 77:2; Jer 31:15For I.42:31; 44:29-31; 45:28Genesis 42:13
Thy servants.11,32; 29:32-35; 30:6-24; 35:16-26; 43:7; 46:8-27; Ex 1:2-5Nu 1:1-54; 10:1-36; 26:1-65; 34:1-29; 1Ch 2:1-8:40one is not.36,38; 37:30; 44:20,28; 45:26; Jer 31:15; La 5:7; Mt 2:16,18Genesis 44:20
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." 49:8a child.35:18; 37:3,19; 43:7,8; 46:21and his brother.37:33-35; 42:36,38he alone.27-29; Lu 7:12Genesis 44:27-34
29:18-21,28; 30:22-25; 35:16-18; 46:19 the one.37:13,14Surely.37:33; 42:36,38 And if.42:36,38; 43:14; Ps 88:3,4sorrow.31; 42:38; De 31:17; Ps 88:4 When I.17,31,34his life1Sa 18:1; 25:29; 2Sa 18:33 when he.1Sa 4:17,18; 2Co 7:10; 1Th 4:13servants shall.29; 37:26,27,35; 1Sa 22:22grave.29; 37:35 43:8,9,16 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.Ex 32:32; Ro 5:7-10; 9:3instead.Heb 7:22; 1Jo 3:16 lest.1Sa 2:33,34; 2Ch 34:28; Es 8:6; Jer 52:10,11come on. Heb. find.Ex 18:8; Job 31:29; Ps 116:3; 119:143; *marg:
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