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Piety at Home
Commentators see Joseph's promise to nourish his father as a prime biblical example of a child's duty to provide for their parents. Matthew Henry calls this "showing piety at home," referencing 1 Timothy 5:4. Joseph's provision was a practical and necessary act of love to save his entire family from the poverty threatened by five more years of famine.
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Albert Barnes
On Genesis 45:1–28
18th Century
Theologian
- גשׁן gôshen — Goshen, Gesem (Arabias related perhaps to גשׁם geshem “rain, shower”), a region on the borders o…
Charles Ellicott
On Genesis 45:11
19th Century
Bishop
Your household. —As the famine had lasted only two years, and as Jacob had preserved his flocks and herds, so probably he had lost…
Charles Spurgeon
On Genesis 45:10–11
19th Century
Preacher
And thou shalt dwell in the land of Goshen, and thou shalt be near unto me, thou, and thy children, and thy children's children, and thy flocks…
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John Gill
On Genesis 45:11
17th Century
Pastor
And there will I nourish thee
Provide for him and his family:
for yet [there are] five years of f…
Matthew Henry
On Genesis 45:1–15
17th Century
Minister
Joseph let Judah continue and heard all he had to say. He found his brothers humbled for their sins, mindful of him (for Judah had mentioned him tw…