Genesis 45:23 BSB — MannaFest

Genesis 45:23

And he sent to his father the following: ten donkeys loaded with the best of Egypt, and ten female donkeys loaded with grain and bread and provisions for his father’s journey.

BSB

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ASV

And to his father he sent after this manner: ten asses laden with the good things of Egypt, and ten she-asses laden with grain and bread and provision for his father by the way.

KJV

And to his father he sent after this manner; ten asses laden with the good things of Egypt, and ten she asses laden with corn and bread and meat for his father by the way.

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Commentary

2 voices

Ambrose of Milan

ON JOSEPH 13.77 (397)

And presents are also sent on ahead to the father. The son does honor to the father; so Christ invites his people with promises and invites them with presents. The presents are carried on asses that before were profitless and fit only for toil but now are profitable. They carry in a figurative way the presents of Christ, and in the gospel the donkeys are going to carry the giver of the presents.

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The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

Meat for his father by the way - מזון mazon, from זן zan, to prepare, provide, etc. Hence prepared meat, some made-up dish, delicacies, confectionaries, etc. As the word is used, 2Ch 16:14, for aromatic preparations, it may be restrained in its meaning to something of that kind here. In Asiatic countries they have several curious methods of preserving flesh by potting, by which it may be kept for any reasonable length of time sweet and wholesome.

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Original language & word study

16 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וּלְאָבִ֞יו	u.le.'a.Viv	and to father his	H1 →
שָׁלַ֤ח	sha.Lach	he sent	H7971 →
כְּזֹאת֙	ke.zoT	according to this	H2063 →
עֲשָׂרָ֣ה	'a.sa.Rah	ten	H6235 →
חֲמֹרִ֔ים	cha.mo.Rim	donkeys	H2543 →
נֹשְׂאִ֖ים	no.se.'Im	carrying	H5375 →
מִטּ֣וּב	mi.Tuv	some of [the] good thing[s] of	H2898 →
מִצְרָ֑יִם	mitz.Ra.yim	Egypt	H4714 →
וְעֶ֣שֶׂר	ve.'E.ser	and ten	H6235 →
אֲתֹנֹ֡ת	'a.to.Not	female donkeys	H860 →
נֹֽ֠שְׂאֹת	No.se.'ot	carrying	H5375 →
בָּ֣ר	bar	grain	H1250 →
וָלֶ֧חֶם	va.Le.chem	and food	H3899 →
וּמָז֛וֹן	u.ma.Zon	and food	H4202 →
לְאָבִ֖יו	le.'a.Viv	for father his	H1 →
לַדָּֽרֶךְ׃	la.Da.rekh	for the journey	H1870 →

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Exodus 16:3
“If only we had died by the LORD’s hand in the land of Egypt!” they said. “There we sat by pots of meat and ate our fill of bread, but you have brought us…
leads to
- Numbers 11:4–5
  Meanwhile, the rabble among them had a strong craving for other food, and again the Israelites wept and said, “Who will feed us meat?
- Exodus 17:3
  But the people thirsted for water there, and they grumbled against Moses: “Why have you brought us out of Egypt—to make us and our children and livestock die of thirst?”
- Numbers 20:3–5
  The people quarreled with Moses and said, “If only we had perished with our brothers before the LORD!
- Deuteronomy 28:67
  In the morning you will say, ‘If only it were evening!’ and in the evening you will say, ‘If only it were morning!’—because of the dread in your hearts of the terrifying sights you…
- Lamentations 4:9
  Those slain by the sword are better off than those who die of hunger, who waste away, pierced with pain because the fields lack produce.
Through
Genesis 43:11
Then their father Israel said to them, “If it must be so, then do this: Put some of the best products of the land in your packs and carry them down as a gift…
leads to
- Genesis 37:25
  And as they sat down to eat a meal, they looked up and saw a caravan of Ishmaelites coming from Gilead. Their camels were carrying spices, balm, and myrrh on their way down to…
- Jeremiah 8:22
  Is there no balm in Gilead? Is no physician there? Why then has the health of the daughter of my people not been restored?
Through
Genesis 24:10
Then the servant took ten of his master’s camels and departed with all manner of good things from his master in hand. And he set out for Nahor’s hometown in Aram-naharaim.
leads to
- Genesis 11:31
  And Terah took his son Abram, his grandson Lot son of Haran, and his daughter-in-law Sarai the wife of Abram, and they set out from Ur of the Chaldeans for the land of Canaan.…

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