Behold, your eyes see, and the eyes of my brother Benjamin, that it is my mouth that speaks to you.
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Behold, your eyes see, and the eyes of my brother Benjamin, that it is my mouth that speaks to you.
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And, behold, your eyes see, and the eyes of my brother Benjamin, that it is my mouth that speaketh unto you.
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And, behold, your eyes see, and the eyes of my brother Benjamin, that it is my mouth that speaketh unto you.
Cross-references (3)
Passages linked to Genesis 45:12 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Genesis 42:23 They didn’t know that Joseph understood them; for there was an interpreter between them.
- Luke 24:39 See my hands and my feet, that it is truly me. Touch me and see, for a spirit doesn’t have flesh and bones, as you see that I have.”
- John 20:27 Then he said to Thomas, “Reach here your finger, and see my hands. Reach here your hand, and put it into my side. Don’t be unbelieving, but believing.”
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Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain That is, that I speak in your own language,…
That is, that I speak in your own language, and have none interpreter.
Geneva Bible (1599) marginal notes — public domain.
John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain Gen 45:12 And, behold, your eyes see, and the…
Gen 45:12 And, behold, your eyes see, and the eyes of my brother Benjamin, that [it is] my mouth that speaketh unto you.
Ver. 12. That it is my mouth.] I speak not now, as before I did, by an interpreter: I speak Hebrew also. God seems to say the same to us concerning the whole word; those "ten words" especially.
John Trapp, A Commentary or Exposition upon All the Books of the Old and New Testament (1647–1656) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain Because I speak to you not by an interpreter,…
Because I speak to you not by an interpreter, as hitherto I have done, but immediately, and in the Hebrew language.
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible (1683–1685) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword/MySword module.
John Gill 1763 · Public Domain And, behold, your eyes see, and the eyes of…
And, behold, your eyes see, and the eyes of my brother Benjamin,.... They were eyewitnesses of his being alive, having themselves seen him, and even Benjamin, who could not be suspected by his father of a fraud in imposing on him; and some of them could doubtless remember his features, and had an ocular proof of his being the very person, which they could with great evidence relate unto Jacob; as also his voice in speaking:
that it is my mouth that speaketh unto you; without an interpreter, as Aben Ezra, and in the Hebrew language, as the Targum and Jarchi; which might confirm them, and likewise their father upon their report, that the governor was not an Egyptian, but an Hebrew; and by that and other concurrent testimonies that he must be Joseph.
John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible (1746–1763) — public domain (CC PDM 1.0). Text via the HelloAO Bible API.
John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain Your eyes see that it is my mouth -…
Your eyes see that it is my mouth - If they could recollect themselves, they might remember something of his features and speech, and be satisfied. See note at "ver. 1" for (2.) He is very earnest that his father and all his family should come to him to Egypt. Come down unto me, tarry not - He allots his dwelling in Goshen, that part of Egypt which lay towards Canaan, that they might be mindful of the country from which they were to come out. He promiseth to provide for him, I will nourish - Our Lord Jesus being, like Joseph, exalted to the highest honours and powers of the upper world, it is his will that all that are his should be with him where he is. This is his commandment, that we be with him now in faith and hope, and a heavenly conversation; and this is his promise, that we shall be forever with him.
John Wesley, Explanatory Notes Upon the Whole Bible (1754–1765) — public domain. Text via the GEBible commentary corpus.
Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain Verse 12. That it is my mouth that speaketh…
Verse 12. That it is my mouth that speaketh unto you.] The Targum of Jonathan ben Uzziel renders the place thus: - "Your eyes see, and the eyes of my brother Benjamin, that it is my own mouth that speaketh with you, in the language of the house of the sanctuary." Undoubtedly Joseph laid considerable stress on his speaking with them in the Hebrew tongue, without the assistance of an interpreter, as in the case mentioned Ge 42:23.
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Joseph Benson 1811 · Public Domain Gen 45:12-13. Your eyes see that it is my…
Gen 45:12-13. Your eyes see that it is my mouth — If they could recollect themselves, they might remember something of his features and speech, and be satisfied: or rather he means, You see, I speak to you not by an interpreter, as hitherto I have done, but immediately, and in the Hebrew language. Ye shall tell my father of all my glory — He enjoins this not out of pride and ostentation, but from love to his aged father, knowing what pleasure it would give him. And ye shall haste, and bring down my father hither — He is very earnest that his father and all his family (Gen 45:18) should come to him without delay, promising to provide for them: I will nourish thee, Gen 45:11. Thus our Lord Jesus being, like Joseph, exalted to the highest honours and powers of the upper world, it is his will that all that are his should be with him where he is. This is his commandment, that we be with him now in faith and hope, and a heavenly conversation; and this is his promise, that we shall be for ever with him.
Joseph Benson's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments (1811–1818) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain My mouth. You now recognize my features and my…
My mouth. You now recognize my features and my speech; particularly you, my dear Benjamin. (Haydock) --- I speak no longer by an interpreter. (Menochius)
George Leo Haydock (1774–1849), Haydock's Catholic Family Bible and Commentary, 1859 edition — public domain. Excludes Psalms (Douay-Rheims chapter numbering differs from Protestant) and Deuterocanonical books (Catholic canon only).
Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain 12. My mouth that speaketh unto you — That…
12. My mouth that speaketh unto you — That is, Ye see that my “mouth is speaking to you in our native language. Before this he had spoken to them in the Egyptian tongue, through an interpreter, but now, when he had ‘caused all men to go out from’ him, that he might open all his heart to his brethren, he cried to them in Hebrew, ‘I am Joseph!’ It was the sound of their native tongue in this land of strangers, from the lips of the grand vizier of Egypt, that rolled back the years in the memory of the brethren more than any thing that he said.” — Newhall.
Daniel D. Whedon (gen. ed.), Commentary on the Old and New Testaments (1874–1909) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
unfoldingWord translationNotes 2017 · CC BY-SA 4.0 your eyes see, and the eyes of my brother…
your eyes see, and the eyes of my brother Benjamin
The word "eyes" stands for the entire person. AT: "All of you and Benjamin can see" (See: Synecdoche)
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that it is my mouth that speaks to you
The word "mouth" stands for the entire person. AT: "that I, Joseph, am speaking to you" (See: Synecdoche)
about all my honor in Egypt
"how the people in Egypt greatly honor me"
my father down here
It was common to use the word "down" when speaking of traveling from Canaan to Egypt. AT: "my father here to me"
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Benjamin
Egypt
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