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From the Blue Letter Bible
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
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he spake unto them by an interpreter
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"Heb. an interpreter was between them. The mailitz does not seem to have been an interpreter in our sense of the term; as we have many evidences in this book that the Egyptians, Hebrews, Canaanites, and Syrians, could understand each other in a general way; and it appears from several passages in this very chapter, (particularly Gen 42:24,) that Joseph and his brethren understood each others' language, as his brethren and Joseph's steward also did (Gen 43:19, etc; compare Gen 39; 49.) It seems to denote an officer who is called in Abyssinia, according to Mr. Bruce, Kal Hatzé, ""the voice or word of the king,"" who always stands at the side of a lattice window of a balcony, within which the king sits; who is never seen, but who speaks through a hole in the side of it, covered in the inside with a curtain, to this officer, by whom he speaks to the persons present. Jhn 16:13,14; 2Cr 5:20" |
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Gen 42:24 |
And he turned himself about from them, and wept; and returned to them again, and communed with them, and took from them Simeon, and bound him before their eyes. |
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Gen 43:19 |
And they came near to the steward of Joseph's house, and they communed with him at the door of the house, |
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Gen 39:1 |
And Joseph was brought down to Egypt; and Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh, captain of the guard, an Egyptian, bought him of the hands of the Ishmeelites, which had brought him down thither. |
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Gen 39:2 |
And the LORD was with Joseph, and he was a prosperous man; and he was in the house of his master the Egyptian. |
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Gen 39:3 |
And his master saw that the LORD [was] with him, and that the LORD made all that he did to prosper in his hand. |
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Gen 39:4 |
And Joseph found grace in his sight, and he served him: and he made him overseer over his house, and all [that] he had he put into his hand. |
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Gen 39:5 |
And it came to pass from the time [that] he had made him overseer in his house, and over all that he had, that the LORD blessed the Egyptian's house for Joseph's sake; and the blessing of the LORD was upon all that he had in the house, and in the field. |
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Gen 49:1 |
And Jacob called unto his sons, and said, Gather yourselves together, that I may tell you [that] which shall befall you in the last days. |
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Gen 49:2 |
Gather yourselves together, and hear, ye sons of Jacob; and hearken unto Israel your father. |
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Gen 49:3 |
Reuben, thou [art] my firstborn, my might, and the beginning of my strength, the excellency of dignity, and the excellency of power: |
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Gen 49:4 |
Unstable as water, thou shalt not excel; because thou wentest up to thy father's bed; then defiledst thou [it]: he went up to my couch. |
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Gen 49:5 |
Simeon and Levi [are] brethren; instruments of cruelty [are in] their habitations. |
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Jhn 16:13 |
Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth: for he shall not speak of himself; but whatsoever he shall hear, [that] shall he speak: and he will shew you things to come. |
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Jhn 16:14 |
He shall glorify me: for he shall receive of mine, and shall shew [it] unto you. |
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2Cr 5:20 |
Now then we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God did beseech [you] by us: we pray [you] in Christ's stead, be ye reconciled to God. |
Cite This Page: (explanation of citations)
Scott, Thomas. "Genesis 42:23," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
<http://www.blueletterbible.org/tsk_b/Gen/42/23.html>.
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