שׁבר sheber — “fragment, crumb, hence, grain.” בר bar — “pure,” “winnowed,” hence, “corn” (grain).

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Joseph knew. — As this is twice repeated, some suppose that Joseph (Genesis 42:7) had only a suspicion, from their dre…

And Joseph knew his brethren, but they knew not him . It being about twenty two years since they saw him, and then he was…

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 …