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שׁבר sheber — “fragment, crumb, hence, grain.” בר bar — “pure,” “winnowed,” hence, “corn” (grain).
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Joseph ... spake roughly unto them. —Joseph has been accused of harshness in his treatment of his brothers, and still mor…

He made himself strange unto them. It may be asked for what purpose Joseph thus tormented his brothers with threats and terror. For if he …

And Joseph saw his brethren among those that came to buy corn, and when they prostrated themselves before him:

Joseph was hard on his brothers, not from a spirit of revenge, but to bring them to repentance. Not seeing his brother Benjamin, he suspected that …
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Albert Barnes
AlbertBarnes