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!”

10 And they said to him, “No, my lord, but your servants have come to buy food.

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Adam Clarke

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Genesis 42:6

Joseph was the governor - shallit , an intendant, a protector, from skalat , to be over as a protector; hence shelatim , shields, or arms for protection and defense, II Samuel 8:7; and shilton , power and authority, Ecclesiastes 8:4, Ecclesiastes 8:8; and hence the Arabic sultan , a lord, prince, or king, from salata , he obtained and exercised dominion, he ruled. Was it not from this very circumstance, Joseph being shallit , that all the Mohammedan governors of Egypt, etc., took the title of sultan? Bowed down themselves before him - Thus fulfilling the prophetic dream, Genesis 37:7, Genesis 37:8, which they had taken every precaution to render null and void. But there is neither might nor counsel against the Lord.

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