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Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Then the handmaidens came near, they and their children, and they bowed themselves. And Leah also with her children came near, and bowed themselves: and after came Joseph near and Rachel, and they bowed themselves. And he said, What meanest thou by all this drove which I met? And he said, What meanest thou by all this drove which I met? And he...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
For therefore I have seen thy face, as though I had seen the face of God, and thou wast pleased with me. Take, I pray thee, my blessing that is brought to thee; because God hath dealt graciously with me, and because I have enough. And he urged him, and he took it. And he said, Let us take our journey, and let us go, and I will go before thee. This...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Then Joseph could not refrain himself before all them that stood by him: and he cried, Cause every man to go out from me. And there stood no man with him, while Joseph made himself known unto his brethren. And he wept aloud: Emotion long pent up grows violent; and when at last it does burst forth, it cannot be restrained: “He wept aloud.”
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And the Egyptians and the house of Pharaoh heard. And Joseph said unto his brethren, I am Joseph; doth my father yet live? And his brethren could not answer him; for they were troubled at his presence. What a rush of thoughts must have passed through their minds when they remembered all their unkind behavior toward him! There is no wonder that...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And Joseph said unto his brethren, Come near to me, I pray you. He pleads with them, he who was far greater than they—a prince among peasants,—now prays to them; and is it not wonderful that the Lord Jesus, our infinitely-greater Brother, at times pleads with us, even as he said to the woman at the well, “Give me to drink”? Joseph said unto his...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
, And they came near. And he said, I am Joseph your brother, whom ye sold into Egypt. Now therefore be not grieved, not angry with yourselves, that ye sold me hither: for God did send me before you to preserve life. “You did very wrong, but I say nothing about that, for I want you to notice how God has over-ruled your action, how your sin has been...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
For these two years hath the famine been in the land: and yet there are five years, in the which there shall neither be eating nor harvest. There were to be five more dreary years of utter desolation and want.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And God sent me before you to preserve you a posterity in the earth, and to save your lives by a great deliverance. How wonderfully those two things meet in practical harmony,—the free will of man and the predestination of God! Man acts just as freely and just as guiltily as if there were no predestination whatever; and God ordains, arranges,...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
So now it was not you that sent me hither, but God: and he hath made me a father to Pharaoh, and lord of all his house, and a ruler throughout all the land of Egypt. See how Joseph traces God’s hand in his whole career.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Haste ye, and go up to my father, and say unto him, Thus saith thy son Joseph, God hath made me lord of all Egypt: come down unto me, tarry not: See how love attracts; Joseph must have his brothers near him, now he wants to have his father also near. “Go up to my father, and say unto him, ‘Come down unto me.’ “See how great love turns pleader...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Haste ye, and go up to my father, and say unto him, Thus saith thy son Joseph, God hath made me lord of all Egypt; come down unto me, tarry not: Joseph, having made himself known to his brethren, bids them return to their father, and bring him down to Egypt to see his long-lost son.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And thou shalt dwell in the land of Goshen, and thou shalt be near unto me, thou, and thy children, and thy children’s children, and thy flocks, and thy herds, and all that thou hast: Our common saying, “Love me, love my dog,” is very true. Love me, love even my flocks and my herds. So the blessing of God extends to all that his chosen people...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And thou shalt dwell in the land of Goshen, and thou shalt be near unto me, thou, and thy children, and thy children’s children, and thy flocks, and thy herds, and all that thou hast: and there will I nourish thee; for yet there are five years of famine; lest thou, and thy household, and all that thou hast, come to poverty. It is just like Joseph...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And there will I nourish thee; for yet there are five years of famine; lest thou, and thy household, and all that thou hast, come to poverty. And, behold, your eyes see, and the eyes of my brother Benjamin, that it is my mouth that speaketh unto you. And ye shall tell my father of all my glory in Egypt, and of all that ye have seen; and ye shall...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And, behold, your eyes see, and the eyes of my brother Benjamin, that it is my mouth that speaketh unto you. And ye shall tell my father of all my glory in Egypt, and of all that ye have seen; and ye shall haste and bring down my father hither. And he fell upon his brother Benjamin’s neck, and wept, and Benjamin wept upon his neck. Moreover he...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And to his father he sent after this manner; ten asses laden with the good things of Egypt, and ten she asses laden with corn and bread and meat for his father by the way. So he sent his brethren away, and they departed: and he said unto them, See that ye fall not out by the way. This was a sure sign that Joseph knew his brethren, and they might...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And they went up out of Egypt, and came into the land of Canaan unto Jacob their father, and told him, saying, Joseph is yet alive, and he is governor over all the land of Egypt. And Jacob’s heart fainted, for he believed them not. And they told him all the words of Joseph, which he had said unto them: and when he saw the wagons which Joseph had...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
It is enough; Joseph my son is yet alive: I will go and see him before I die. Now we are going to read in the Gospel according to John, the fifth chapter, beginning at the twenty-fourth verse. This exposition consisted of readings from Gen_45:9-28; and Joh_5:24-44.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And Jacob called unto his sons, and said, Gather yourselves together, that I may tell you that which shall befall you in the last days. Gather yourselves together, and hear, ye sons of Jacob; and hearken unto Israel your father. Reuben, thou art my firstborn, my might, and the beginning of my strength, the excellency of dignity, and the excellency...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Reuben, thou art my firstborn, my might, and the beginning of my strength, the excellency of dignity, and the excellency of power: The patriarch fixes his eyes on his firstborn; he must say something sharp that would dishonour him, but he does not deny him the rights of birthright. He clothes him with the robes and the jewels of primogeniture, and...