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John Gill
INTRODUCTION TO Genesis 45 This chapter contains an account of Joseph's making himself known to his brethren, which was done when they were alone, Genesis 45:1; when he encouraged them not to distress themselves on account of their selling him into Egypt, for God in his providence had sent him there for their good, Genesis 45:5; and he ordered them to go forthwith to Canaan, and acquaint his...
John Gill
For these two years [hath] the famine [been], in the land,.... In the land of Egypt and in the countries round about: and yet [there are] five years; still remaining, which he knew by the above dreams and the interpretation of them: in the which [there shall] neither [be] earing nor harvest; that is, no tillage of land, neither ploughing nor sowing, and so no reaping, or gathering in of the...
Matthew Henry
It is a pity that this chapter and the foregoing should be parted, and read asunder. There we had Judah's intercession for Benjamin, with which, we may suppose, the rest of his brethren signified their concurrence; Joseph let him go on without interruption, heard all he had to say, and then answered it all in one word, "I am Joseph." Now he found his brethren humbled for their sins, mindful of...
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.