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Genesis 43:15

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So the men took these gifts, along with double the amount of silver, and Benjamin as well. Then they hurried down to Egypt and stood before Joseph.

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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

And the men took that present, and they took double money in their hand, and Benjamin; and rose up, and went down to Egypt, and stood before Joseph.

KJV

And the men took that present, and they took double money in their hand, and Benjamin; and rose up, and went down to Egypt, and stood before Joseph.

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This verse in Genesis 43

Commentary

3 notes on this verse

This site's exposition

So the men took these gifts

on Genesis 43:15-17

They carry down the three things Jacob named, the gift, the double silver, and Benjamin. Joseph's whole demand was the last of them, and the moment he sees Benjamin he tells his steward to slaughter an animal and prepare it. The brothers are to dine with him at noon.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

And the men took the present,.... Their father directed them to: and they took double money in their hand; besides what they found in their sacks mouths, which they also carried with them: and Benjamin; they took him likewise with their father's leave: and rose up, and went down to Egypt, and stood before Joseph; presented themselves to him, and their petitions for more corn, as well as to answer to any questions that should be asked them.

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

proposed

For on this occasion nothing occurs there but what is agreeable and pleasant. Jacob Unwilling to Part with Benjamin. 1 And the famine was sore in the land.

How the passage was read

What the Jewish commentators add

On the verses either side of this one

In line with the literal interpretation of Scripture, it would seem that Simeon was not a favorite of his father because of the Shechem affair. 177 Above,:25-30.
Ramban: Spain, 1194–1270 · Ramban on Genesis 43:14:1, via Sefaria, Commentary on the Torah by Ramban (Nachmanides). Translated and annotated by Charles B. Chavel. New York, Shilo Pub. House, 1971-1976

This section is reception history: how the passage was read and kept in the Jewish tradition. Where a reading parts from an essential of the Christian faith, the section says so at that point.

Texts and citation data: Sefaria; each excerpt follows its version’s licence. 4 further sources are cited on this chapter that carry no English text this site may quote or only restate the verse.

The words behind it

17 Hebrew words

Every Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.

  • וַיִּקְח֤וּand they took

    vaiyikchuH3947 →966 times

  • הָֽאֲנָשִׁים֙the men

    haanashimH582 →566 times

  • אֶת־<obj.>

    ʾet-H853 →10935 times

  • הַמִּנְחָ֣הthe gift

    haminchahH4503 →211 times

  • הַזֹּ֔את<the> this

    hazotH2063 →603 times

  • וּמִשְׁנֶה־and double

    umishneh-H4932 →35 times

  • כֶּ֛סֶףmoney

    kesefH3701 →403 times

  • לָקְח֥וּthey took

    lakechuH3947 →966 times

  • בְיָדָ֖םin hand their

    veyadamH3027 →1618 times

  • וְאֶת־and <obj.>

    veetH853 →10935 times

  • בִּנְיָמִ֑ןBenjamin

    binyaminH1144 →166 times

  • וַיָּקֻ֙מוּ֙and they arose

    vaiyakumuH6965 →628 times

  • וַיֵּרְד֣וּand they went down

    vaiyereduH3381 →381 times

  • מִצְרַ֔יִםEgypt

    mitzrayimH4714 →641 times

  • וַיַּֽעַמְד֖וּand they stood

    vaiyaamduH5975 →521 times

  • לִפְנֵ֥י<to> before

    lifneiH6440 →2123 times

  • יוֹסֵֽף׃Joseph

    yosefH3130 →213 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

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Where this verse is studied

About Genesis

The Tower of Babel, Pieter Brueghel the Elder, 1563. Public domain.
The Tower of Babel, Pieter Brueghel the Elder, 1563. Public domain.
Genesis: the study guide →Read Genesis 43 →

This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.

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