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John Gill
INTRODUCTION TO Genesis 43 This chapter informs us how that the famine continued in the land of Canaan, and the corn that Jacob's family had from Egypt being consumed, Jacob pressed his sons to go down for more, which they refused to do, unless Benjamin was sent with them, for whose safety Judah offered to become a surety, Genesis 43:1; Jacob with reluctance was prevailed upon to let him go, and...
John Gill
And they sat before him,.... At a table, so placed that they were in his sight, and he had a full view of them: the firstborn according to his birthright, and the youngest according to his youth; everyone according to his age, Reuben, the firstborn, first, and so on to Benjamin the youngest: thus they placed themselves as they used to be in their father's family, or they were so placed by Joseph;...
Matthew Henry
Here the story of Joseph's brethren is carried on, and very particularly related. I. Their melancholy parting with their father Jacob in Canaan, ver. 1-14. II. Their pleasant meeting with Joseph in Egypt, ver. 15, &c. For on this occasion nothing occurs there but what is agreeable and pleasant. Jacob Unwilling to Part with Benjamin. (b. c. 1707.) 1 And the famine was sore in the land. 2 And it...