4 But Jacob did not send Joseph’s brother Benjamin with his brothers, for he said, a“Lest some calamity befall him.”
5 And the sons of Israel went to buy grain among those who journeyed, for the famine was ain the land of Canaan.
6 Now Joseph was governor aover the land; and it was he who sold to all the people of the land. And Joseph’s brothers came and bbowed down before him with their faces to the earth.
7 Joseph saw his brothers and recognized them, but he acted as aa stranger to them and spoke roughly to them. Then he said to them, “Where do you come from?” And they said, “From the land of Canaan to buy food.”
8 So Joseph recognized his brothers, but they did not recognize him.
9 Then Joseph aremembered the dreams which he had dreamed about them, and said to them, “You are spies! You have come to see the1 nakedness of the land!”
10 And they said to him, “No, my lord, but your servants have come to buy food.
New King James Version®, Copyright© 1982, Thomas Nelson. All rights reserved.
Commentaries:
No entry exists in Forerunner Commentary for Genesis 42:6.
Genesis 42:6-8
I want us to turn to a series of scriptures that gives us a preview of what is going to occur in the next judgment. We are going to go back to Genesis 42 in the story of the reconciliation of Joseph and his brothers. Every last detail of this story does not fit perfectly, but the overall principle does. In verses 6-8 we just get a picture of Joseph's regal position.
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