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10 In the land of Goshen.] And Joseph made ready his chariot, and went up to meet Israel his father, to Goshen, and presented himself unto him; and he fell on his neck, and wept on his neck a good while. And Israel said unto Joseph, Now let me die, since I have seen thy face, because thou art yet alive. And Joseph said unto his brethren, and unto his father's house, I will go up, and shew Pharaoh, and say unto him, My brethren, and my father's house, which were in the land of Canaan, are come unto me; and the men are shepherds, for their trade hath been to feed cattle; and they have brought their flocks, and their herds, and all that they have. And it shall come to pass, when Pharaoh shall call you, and shall say, What is your occupation? that ye shall say, Thy servants' trade hath been about cattle from our youth even until now, both we, and also our fathers. That ye may dwell in the land of Goshen; for every shepherd is an abomination unto the Egyptians. Ge. xlvi. 29-34. Then Joseph came and told Pharaoh (that his father and brethren were in the land of Goshen), and he took some of his brethren, even five men, and presented them unto Pharaoh; and Pharaoh said unto them, What is your occupation? And they said unto Pharaoh, Thy servants are shepherds; for to sojourn in the land are we come ; we pray thee let thy servants dwell in the land of Goshen. And Pharaoh spake unto Joseph, saying, The land of Egypt is before thee. In the best of the land make thy father and brethren to dwell. And if thou knowest any men of activity among them, then make them rulers over my cattle. Ge. xlvii. 1-6. And I will sever in that day the land of Goshen, in which my people dwell, that no swarms of flies (as a plague) shall be there (said the Lord), to the end thou mayest know, that I am the Lord in the midst of the earth. Ex. viii. 22. Only in the land of Goshen, where the children of Israel were, was there no hail (as a plague). Ex. ix. 26.

And thou shalt be near unto me.] In my Father's house are many mansions; if it were not so, I would have told you: I go to prepare a place for you. And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and receive you unto myself, that where I am there ye may be also. John xiv. 2, 3. Father, I will (said Jesus) that they also whom thou hast

given me, be with me where I am; that they may behold my glory, which thou hast given me, for thou lovedst me before the foundation of the world. John xvii. 24.

11 There will I nourish thee.] The land of Egypt is before thee, said Pharaoh to Joseph. And Joseph brought in Jacob his father, and set him before Pharaoh. And Jacob blessed Pharaoh. And Pharaoh said unto Jacob, How old art thou? And Jacob said unto Pharaoh, The days of the years of my pilgrimage are an hundred and thirty years. And Joseph placed his father and his brethren in the land of Rameses, as Pharaoh had commanded. And Joseph nourished his father, and his brethren, and all his father's household, with bread, according to their families. Ge. xlvii. 6-8. 11, 12. “Ye” (“Scribes and Pharisees") say, Whosoever shall say to kis father or his mother, It is a gift by whatsoever thou mightest be profited by me; and honour not his father or his mother, he shall be free. Thus have ye made the commandment of God of none effect by your tradition. Mat. xv. 5, 6. Full well (said Jesus to the Pharisees) ye reject the commandment of God, that ye may keep your own tradition. For Moses said, Honour thy father and thy mother; and whoso curseth father or mother, let him die the death. ye say, If a man shall say to his father or mother, It is corban, that is a gift, by whatsoever thou mightest be profited by me, he shall be free, and ye suffer him no more to do ought for his father or his mother. Mar. vii. 9-12. If any widow have children or nephews, let them learn first to shew piety at home, and to requite their parents, for that is good and acceptable before God. 1 Ti. v. 4.

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12 Your eyes see.] And they knew not that Joseph understood them; for he spake unto them by an interpreter. Ge. xlii. 23 Behold my hands and my feet, that it is I myself; handle me and see. Lu. xxiv. 39. Then saith he (Jesus) to Thomas (his unbe lieving disciple), Reach hither thy finger, and behold my hands; and reach hither thy hand and thrust it into my side, and be not faithless, but believing. John xx. 27.

of time, the Spirit of Christ which was in them, did signify, when it testified beforehand the sufferings of Christ, and the glory that should follow. Unto whom it was revealed, that not unto themselves, but unto us, they did minister the things which are now reported unto you by them that have preached the gospel unto you, with the Holy Ghost sent down from heaven. 1 Pe. i. 10-12. And the city (the new Jerusalem) had no need of the sun, neither of the moon, to shine in it; for the glory of God did lighten it, and the kings of the earth do bring their glory and honour into it. Re. xxi. 23.

Bring down my father, &c.] Then sent Joseph, and called his father Jacob to him, and all his kindred, threescore and fifteen souls. Ac. vii. 14.

14 Fell upon his brother Benjamin's neck.] And Jacob kissed Rachel, and lifted up his voice and wept. Ge. xxix. 11, and com. And he (Joseph, upon meeting his father,) fell on his neck, and wept on his neck a good while. Ge. xlvi. 29. God gave them (the Gentiles) over to a reprobate mind, being without understanding, covenant-breakers, without natural affection, implacable, unmerciful. Ro. i. 31. 15 Kissed all his brethren.] See verse 2, and com. and xxix. 11-13, and com. The Lord grant you (said Naomi to Orpah and Ruth) that ye may find rest each of you in the house of her husband. Then she kissed them, and they lifted up their voice and wept. And they lifted up their voice and wept again, and Orpah kissed her mother-in-law; but Ruth clave unto her. Ru. i. 9. 14. Then Samuel took a vial of oil, and poured it upon his (Saul's) head, and kissed him. 1 Sa. x. 1. And as soon as the lad was gone (through whom David was apprised of his danger from Saul, by the artifice of Jonathan,) David arose out of a place towards the south, and fell on his face to the ground, and bowed himself three times, and they kissed one another, and wept one with another, until David exceeded. 1 Sa. xx. 41. Joab came to the king, and told him (how Absalom sought his father's presence). And when he had called for Absalom, he came to the king, and bowed himself on his face to the ground. And the king kissed Absalom. 2 Sa. xiv. 33. And he (the prodigal in the parable) arose, and came to his father. But when he was yet a great way off his father saw him, and had compassion, and ran and

fell on his neck and kissed him. Lu. xv. 20. And "they all" ("the elders of Ephesus") wept sore, and fell on Paul's neck, and kissed him. Ac. xx. 37.

Talked with him.] Thou holdest mine eyes waking; I am so troubled that I cannot speak. Ps. lxxvii. 4.

16 It pleased Pharaoh well.] Abram said unto Sarai, Behold thy maid (Hagar) is in thy hand; do to her as it pleaseth thee. Ge. xvi. 6. And Abimelech said (to Abraham), Behold, my land is before thee; dwell where it pleaseth thee. Ge. xx. 15. And "their" ("the sons of Jacob") words pleased Hamor, and Shechem Hamor's son (requiring them to be circumcised). Ge. xxxiv. 18. And now therefore let Pharaoh (said Joseph) look out a man discreet and wise, to set him over the land of Egypt. Ge. xli. 33. In this ye did not believe the Lord your God (said Moses to the children of Israel), who went in the way before you, to search you out a place to pitch your tents in; in fire by night, to shew you by what way ye should go, and in a cloud by day. De. i. 33. And all the people took notice of it (of David's fasting for Abner's death by Joab), and it pleased them. 2 Sa. iii. 36. And the thing (the keeping a solemn passover) pleased "the king" (" Hezekiah"), and all the congregation. 2 Chr. xxx. 4. And the saying (respecting the decree against Vashti the queen) pleased the king (Ahasuerus), and the princes. Es. i. 21. Let the maiden (said the king's servants) which pleaseth the king be queen instead of Vashti. ii. 4. Then said Zeresh his (Haman's) wife, and all his friends to him, Let a gallows be made of fifty cubits high, and tomorrow speak thou to the king, that Mordecai may be hanged thereon: then go thou in merrily with the king to the banquet. And the thing pleased Haman, and he caused the gallows to be made. Es. v. 14. And the saying (of the twelve, recommending the appointment of deacons) pleased the multitude (of the disciples); and they chose Stephen, a man full of faith, and of the Holy Ghost, and Philip, and Prochorus, and Nicanor, and Timon, and Parmenas, and Nicolas, a proselyte of Antioch. Ac. vi. 5.

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17 Lade your beasts.] Then Joseph commanded to fill their sacks with corn, and to restore every man's money into his sack, and to give them provision for the way; and thus

did he unto them. And they laded their asses with corn, and departed thence. Ge. xlii. 25, 26. And he commanded the steward of his house, saying, Fill the men's sacks with food, as much as they can carry, and put every man's money in his sack's mouth, and put my cup, the silver cup, in the sack's mouth of the youngest, and his corn-money. Ge. xliv. 1, 2.

18 The fat of the land.] God give thee of the dew of heaven (said Isaac in blessing Jacob), and the fatness of the earth, and plenty of corn and wine. Ge. xxvii. 28. The land of Egypt is before thee (said Pharaoh to Joseph); in the best of the land make thy father and brethren to dwell; in the land of Goshen let them dwell. Ge. xlvii. 6. All the best of the oil, and all the best of the wine, and of the wheat, &c. them have I given "thee" ("Aaron"). Out of all your gifts ye (the Levites) shall offer every heave-offering of the Lord, of all the best thereof, even the hallowed part thereof, out of it. Nu. xviii. 12. 29. He (the Lord) made him (Jacob) to suck honey out of the rock, and oil out of the flinty rock; butter of kine and milk of sheep with fat of lambs, &c. with the fat of kidneys of wheat. De. xxxii. 13, 14. He should have fed them also with the finest of the wheat, and with honey out of the rock should I have satisfied thee. Ps. lxxxi. 16. He maketh peace in thy borders, and filleth thee with the finest of the wheat. Ps. cxlvii. 14. Woe to the crown of pride, to the drunkards of Ephraim, whose glorious beauty is a fading flower, which are on the head of the fat valleys of them that are overcome with wine. And the glorious beauty which is on the head of the fat valley shall be a fading flower, and as the hasty fruit before the summer. Is. xxviii. 1. 4.

19 Commanded, &c.] Listen, O isles unto me, and hearken ye people from far. The Lord hath called me (the Church of Christ) from the womb; from the bowels of my mother hath he made mention of my name. Kings shall be thy nursing-fathers, and their queens thy nursing-mothers; they shall bow down to thee with their faces toward the earth, and lick up the dust of thy feet, and thou shalt know that I am the Lord, for they shall not be ashamed that wait for me. Is. xlix. 1. 23.

Wagons, &c.] And when he saw the wagons which Joseph had sent to carry him, the spirit of Jacob their father revived. Ge. xlv. 27. I will go down with thee into Egypt (said God to Jacob), and I will also surely

bring thee up again; and Joseph shall put his hand upon thine eyes. Ge. xlvi. 4.

For your little ones.] Jacob rose up, and set his sons and his wives upon camels, and he carried away all his cattle and all his goods which he had gotten in Padan-aram, for to go to Isaac his father in the land of Canaan. Ge. xxxi. 17, 18.

20 Regard not.] Thou shalt consume all the people which the Lord thy God shall deliver thee; thine eye shall have no pity upon them; neither shalt thou serve their gods, for that will be a snare unto thee. De. vii. 16. Thine eye shall not pity "him" (“ the murderer"), but thou shalt put away the guilt of innocent blood from Israel, that it may go well with thee. Thine eye shall not pity, but life shall go for life; eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot. De. xix. 13. 21. Their bows shall dash the young men (of Babylon) to pieces, and they shall have no pity on the fruit of the womb; their eye shall not spare children. Is. xiii. 18. Mine eye shall not spare thee (said God to Israel), neither will I have pity; but I will recompense thy ways upon thee, and thine abominations shall be in the midst of thee. And mine eye shall not spare, &c. Ez. vii. 4. 9. And to the others he (the Lord) said in my hearing, Go ye after him (the man clothed with white lines, having the writer's inkhorn by his side, and ordered to mark the foreheads of the men that sigh and cry for the abominations of Jerusalem) through the city, and smite; let not your eye spare, neither have ye pity. Ez. ix. 5. Nevertheless (notwithstanding their abominations and rebellions) mine eye spared them from destroying them, neither did I make an end of them in the wilderness. Ez. xx. 17.

Your stuff.] If a man shall deliver unto his neighbour money or stuff to keep, and it be stolen out of the man's house; if the thief be found let him pay double. Ex. xxii. 7. Israel hath sinned, and they have also transgressed my covenant which I commanded them for they have even taken of the accursed thing, and have also stolen, and dissembled also, and they have put it even among their own stuff. Jos. vii. 11. they sought him (Saul, to make him king,) he could not be found; therefore they enquired of the Lord further, if the man should yet come thither? and the Lord answered, Behold, he hath hid himself among the stuff. I Sa. x. 21, 22. And David (provoked by Nabal answer) said unto his men, Gird ye on every

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man his sword; and they girded on every man his sword; and David also girded on his sword; and there went up after David about four hundred men, and two hundred abode by the stuff. 1 Sa. xxv. 13. Who will hearken unto you in this matter (said David to those wicked men who said, Because they, who tarried by the stuff, we will not give them ought of the spoil)? But as his part is that goeth down to the battle, so shall his part be that tarrieth by the stuff; they shall part alike. 1 Sa. xxx. 24. Thou son of man prepare the stuff for removing (shewing the captivity of Zedekiah): and remove by day in their sight. Thou shalt bring forth thy stuff by day in their sight, as stuff for removing; and thou shalt go forth at even in their sight, as they that go forth into captivity. Ez. xii. 3, 4. When ye shall see the abomination of desolation stand in the holy place, let him which is on the housetop not come down to take any thing out of his house. Mat. xxiv. 15. 17. In that day (when the Son of man is revealed) he which shall be on the housetop and his stuff in the house, let him not come down to take it away. Lu. xvii. 31. The good of all the land of Egypt.] See verse 18, and com. And Abimelech said (to Abraham), Behold my land is before thee, dwell where it pleaseth thee. Ge. xx. 15. Now (said Ezra) give not your daughters unto their sons, neither take their daughters unto your sons, &c. that ye may be strong, and eat the good of the land, and leave it for an inheritance to your children for ever. Ezra ix. 12. If ye be willing and obedient ye shall eat the good of the land. Is. i. 19.

21 Wagons.] See verse 19, and com. and verse 27. And they (the princes of Israel) brought their offering before the Lord (for the tabernacle and altar), six covered wagons and twelve oxen, a wagon for two of the princes, and for each one an ox. And Moses took the wagons and the oxen and gave them unto the Levites; two wagons and four oxen he gave unto the sons of Gershon; four wagons and eight oxen he gave unto the sons of Merari. But unto the sons of Kohath he gave none; because the service of the sanctuary belonging unto them was, that they should bear upon their shoulders. Nu. vii. 3-9. And they (the Babylonians and all the Chaldeans, &c.) shall come against thee ("Aholibah" or Jerusalem') with chariots, wagons, and wheels, and with an assembly of people, 7

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which shall set against thee buckler, and shield, and helmet, round about. Ez. xxiii. 24.

Commandment of Pharaoh.] See verse 19. And all the congregation of the children of Israel journeyed from the Wilderness of Sin, after their journeys, according to the commandment of the Lord. Ex. xvii. 1. And Moses numbered them (the children of Levi) according to the word of the Lord, as he was commanded. Nu. iii. 16. Then Solomon offered burnt-offerings unto the Lord, even after a certain rate every day, offering according to the commandment of Moses. 2 Ch. viii. 12, 13. Nevertheless (though Necho king of Egypt said, I come not against thee) Josiah would not turn his face from him, but disguised himself that he might fight with him, and hearkened not unto the words of Necho from the mouth of God, and came to fight in the valley of Megiddo (where he was slain). 2 Ch. xxxv. 22. I counsel thee to keep the king's commandment, and that in regard of the oath of God. Ec. viii. 2. The Lord is righteous, for I (Jerusalem) have rebelled against his commandment. La. i. 18.

22 Each man changes of raiment.] And Samson said to them (the thirty companions who were with him at the feast given to his wife, &c.), I will now put forth a riddle unto you: if ye can certainly declare it me within the seven days of the feast, and find it out, then I will give you thirty sheets, and thirty change of garments. Ju. xiv. 12. And the king of Syria said, Go to, go, and I will send a letter unto the king of Israel. And he departed, and took with him ten talents of silver, and six thousand pieces of gold, and ten changes of raiment (as a present for Naaman's cure of leprosy). And Naaman said (to Gehazi, who, by a lie, obtained a present from Naaman), Be content; take two talents. And he urged him, and bound two talents of silver in two bags, with two changes of garments, and laid them upon two of his servants, and they bare them before him (Gehazi); and when they came to the tower he took them from their hand and bestowed them in the house. 2 Ki. v. 5. 23, 24. And white robes were given to every one of them (the souls of them that were slain for the word of God, and for the testimony which they held). Re. vi. 11.

To Benjamin, &c.] Benjamin's mess was five times so much as any of theirs. Ge. xliii. 34.

24 See that ye fall not out, &c.] And Reuben said unto them, Shed no blood, but cast him into this pit, that is in the wilderness, and lay no hand upon him, &c. Ge. xxxvii. 22. And they said one to another, We are verily guilty concerning our brother, in that we saw the anguish of his soul, when he besought us, and we would not hear. Therefore is this distress come upon us. And Reuben answered them saying, Spake I not unto you, saying, Do not sin against the child, and ye would not hear: therefore behold also his blood is required. Ge. xlii. 21, 22.

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Behold how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity. It is like the precious ointment upon the head, that ran down upon the beard, even Aaron's beard, and went down to the skirts of his garments. As the dew of Hermon, and as the dew that descended upon the mountains of Zion. cxxxiii. A new commandment I give unto you, that ye love one another; as I have loved you that ye also love one another. By this shall all men know that ye are my disciples, if ye have love one to another. John xiii. 34, 35. Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil-speaking, be put away from you, with all malice. And be ye kind one to another, tender-hearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ's sake hath forgiven you. Ep. iv. 31, 32. Fulfil ye my joy, that ye be like minded, having the same love, being of one accord, of one mind. Let nothing be done through strife or vain glory; but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than themselves. Look not every man on his own things, but every man also on the things of others. Let this mind be in you which was also in Christ Jesus. Phi. ii. 2—5. Put on therefore as the elect of God, holy and beloved, bowels of mercies, kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness, long-suffering; forbearing one another, and forgiving one another. If any man have a quarrel against any, even as Christ forgave you, so also do ye. Col. iii. 12, 13. And we beseech you brethren to know them which labour among you. And to esteem them very highly in love for their work's sake. And be at peace among yourselves. 1 Th. v. 13.

26 Joseph is yet alive.] The Lord is risen

indeed (said the two disciples who journeyed to Emmaus), and hath appeared to Simon. Lu. xxiv. 34.

And he is governor, &c.] See verse 8, 9. He (Pharaoh) made him lord of his house, and ruler of all his substance. Ps. cv. 21.

And Jacob's heart fainted.] All his sons and all his daughters rose up to comfort him (Jacob), but he refused to be comforted; and he said, For I will go down into the grave unto my son mourning. Thus his father wept for him (Joseph). Ge. xxxvii. 35. And Jacob their father said unto them, Me have ye bereaved of my children; Joseph is not, and Simeon is not, and ye will take Benjamin away: all these things are against me. And he said, My son shall not go down with thee; for his brother is dead, and he is left alone. If mischief befall him by the way in the which ye go, then shall ye bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to the grave. Ge. xlii. 36, 38. And the one (of my sons, said Jacob) went out from me, and I said, Surely he is torn in pieces; and I saw him not since. Ge. xliv. 28. When my soul fainted within me, I remembered the Lord, and my prayer came in unto thee into thy holy temple. Jon. ii, 7.

He believed them not.] If I had called, and he (God) had answered me, yet would I not believe that he had hearkened unto my voice. Job ix. 16. If I laughed on them, they believed it not; and the light of my countenance they cast not down. Job xxix. 24. When the Lord turned again the captivity of Zion, we were like them that dream. Ps. cxxvi. 1. And their words (of Mary Magdalene, and Joanna, and Mary the mother of James, respecting Christ's resurrection) seemed to them (the apostles) as idle tales, and they believed them not. And while they yet believed not for joy (when Jesus himself afterwards appeared in the midst of them), and wondered, he said unto them, Have ye here any meat! &c. Lu. xxiv. 11. 41.

27 The spirit of Jacob their father revived.] And he (Samson) was sore athirst; but God clave an hollow place that was in the jas (of the ass), and there came water thereout. and when he had drunk his spirit came again, and he revived. Ju. xv. 19. And they (David and his four hundred men pursuing,