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They made ready the present for Joseph`s coming at noon, for they heard that they should eat bread there.
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An Invitation of Peace
Commentators explain that being told they would "eat bread" with the governor was a powerful cultural signal. Scholar Charles Ellicott notes that the rights of hospitality were sacred in the ancient world. This invitation was a promise of safety, meant to calm the brothers' fears of being entrapped, as sharing a meal signified peace and protection.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
דבשׁ debash — “honey,” from the bee, or syrup from the juice of the grape. בטנים boṭen — “pistachio nuts.” שׁקד shâqêd —…
19th Century
Anglican
For they heard ... — As Joseph in Genesis 43:16 gives his orders in the Egyptian language, his brothers would not understand why t…
16th Century
Protestant
Against Joseph came at noon-day. It is doubtful whether this was the ordinary hour of dining among the Egyptians, or whether Joseph, on th…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And they made ready the present against Joseph came at noon , &c.] They took it out of their vessels or bags in which the…
Jacob's sons went down the second time into Egypt to buy grain. If we should ever experience what a famine of the word means, we should not conside…
