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Genesis 43:25 KJV
Genesis · chapter 43 · verse 25
And they made ready the present against Joseph came at noon: for they heard that they should eat bread there.Genesis 43:25 · King James Version
Genesis 43:25 in context
23And he said, Peace be to you, fear not: your God, and the God of your father, hath given you treasure in your sacks: I had your money. And he brought Simeon out unto them.
24And the man brought the men into Joseph’s house, and gave them water, and they washed their feet; and he gave their asses provender.
25And they made ready the present against Joseph came at noon: for they heard that they should eat bread there.
26And when Joseph came home, they brought him the present which was in their hand into the house, and bowed themselves to him to the earth.
27And he asked them of their welfare, and said, Is your father well, the old man of whom ye spake? Is he yet alive?
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- presentminchâha donationH4503 →
- againstʻadas far as, whether of space or time or degreeH5704 →
- JosephYôwçêphJoseph, the name of seven IsraelitesH3130 →
- readykûwnproperly, to be erectH3559 →
- heardshâmaʻto hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etcH8085 →
- camebôwʼto go or comeH935 →
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Jacob's sons, having got leave to take Benjamin with them, were observant of the orders their father had given them, and went down the second time into Egypt to buy corn. If we should ever know what a famine of the word means, let us not think it much to travel as far for spiritual food as they did for corporal food.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 15-25