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Genesis 42:6 KJV
Genesis · chapter 42 · verse 6
And Joseph was the governor over the land, and he it was that sold to all the people of the land: and Joseph’s brethren came, and bowed down themselves before him with their faces to the earth.Genesis 42:6 · King James Version
Genesis 42:6 in context
4But Benjamin, Joseph’s brother, Jacob sent not with his brethren; for he said, Lest peradventure mischief befall him.
5And the sons of Israel came to buy corn among those that came: for the famine was in the land of Canaan.
6And Joseph was the governor over the land, and he it was that sold to all the people of the land: and Joseph’s brethren came, and bowed down themselves before him with their faces to the earth.
7And Joseph saw his brethren, and he knew them, but made himself strange unto them, and spake roughly unto them; and he said unto them, Whence come ye? And they said, From the land of Canaan to buy food.
8And Joseph knew his brethren, but they knew not him.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- governorshallîyṭpotentH7989 →
- brethrenʼâcha brother )H251 →
- JosephYôwçêphJoseph, the name of seven IsraelitesH3130 →
- peopleʻama peopleH5971 →
- facesʼaphproperly, the nose or nostrilH639 →
- landʼeretsthe earthH776 →
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Though Jacob's sons were all married, and had families of their own, yet, it should seem, they were still incorporated in one society, under the conduct and presidency of their father Jacob. We have here, I. The orders he gave them to go and buy corn in Egypt, Gen 42:1, Gen 42:2. Observe, 1.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-6