Genesis 42:6 - Forerunner Commentary

Genesis 42:6

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!”

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Definitions of words in Genesis 42:6:

All {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Before {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Earth {Easton's Bible Dictionary}
Earth {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Governor {Easton's Bible Dictionary}
Governor {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

He {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Land {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

People {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Joseph {Easton's Bible Dictionary}
Joseph {Hitchcock's Bible Names}

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