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Genesis 43:34 KJV
Genesis · chapter 43 · verse 34
And he took and sent messes unto them from before him: but Benjamin’s mess was five times so much as any of theirs. And they drank, and were merry with him.Genesis 43:34 · King James Version
Genesis 43:34 in context
32And they set on for him by himself, and for them by themselves, and for the Egyptians, which did eat with him, by themselves: because the Egyptians might not eat bread with the Hebrews; for that is an abomination unto the Egyptians.
33And they sat before him, the firstborn according to his birthright, and the youngest according to his youth: and the men marvelled one at another.
34And he took and sent messes unto them from before him: but Benjamin’s mess was five times so much as any of theirs. And they drank, and were merry with him.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- Benjamin'sBinyâmîynBinjamin, youngest son of JacobH1144 →
- messesmasʼêthproperly, a raising , or risingH4864 →
- timesyâda handH3027 →
- drankshâthâhto imbibeH8354 →
- tooknâsâʼto lift, in a great variety of applications, literal and figurative, absolute and relativeH5375 →
- fivechâmêshfiveH2568 →
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Here is, I. The great respect that Joseph's brethren paid to him. When they brought him the present, they bowed themselves before him (Gen 43:26); and again, when they gave him an account of their father's health, they made obeisance, and called him, Thy servant our father, Gen 43:28.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 26-34