Ge 45:1-28. JOSEPH MAKING HIMSELF KNOWN.
1. Then Joseph could not refrain himself--The severity of the
inflexible magistrate here gives way to the natural feelings of the man
and the brother. However well he had disciplined his mind, he felt it
impossible to resist the artless eloquence of Judah. He saw a
satisfactory proof, in the return of all his brethren on such an
occasion, that they were affectionately united to one another; he had
heard enough to convince him that time, reflection, or grace had made a
happy improvement on their characters; and he would probably have
proceeded in a calm and leisurely manner to reveal himself as prudence
might have dictated. But when he heard the heroic self-sacrifice of
Judah
[Ge 44:33]
and realized all the affection of that proposal--a proposal for which
he was totally unprepared--he was completely unmanned; he felt himself
forced to bring this painful trial to an end.
he cried, Cause every man to go out from me--In ordering the
departure of witnesses of this last scene, he acted as a warm-hearted
and real friend to his brothers--his conduct was dictated by motives of
the highest prudence--that of preventing their early iniquities from
becoming known either to the members of his household, or among the
people of Egypt.
JFB.
Outline
1 Joseph makes himself known to his brethren
5 Joseph comforts them in God's providence
9 Joseph sends for his father
16 Pharaoh confirms it
21 Joseph furnishes them for their journey, and exhorts them to
concord
25 Jacob is revived with the news
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