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The famine was severe in the land. See also: Genesis 12:10Genesis 42:5Acts 7:11-13When they had eaten up the grain which they had brought out of Egypt, their father said to them, “Go again, buy us a little more food.” See also: Proverbs 31:16Genesis 43:4Genesis 43:20Judah spoke to him, saying, “The man solemnly warned us, saying, ‘You shall not see my face, unless your brother is with you.’ See also: Genesis 44:23Genesis 43:5Genesis 42:33-34If you’ll send our brother with us, we’ll go down and buy you food; but if you don’t send him, we won’t go down, for the man said to us, ‘You shall not see my face, unless your brother is with you.’” See also: Genesis 44:26Exodus 20:12Genesis 42:38Israel said, “Why did you treat me so badly, telling the man that you had another brother?” They said, “The man asked directly concerning ourselves, and concerning our relatives, saying, ‘Is your father still alive? Have you another brother?’ We just answered his questions. Is there any way we could know that he would say, ‘Bring your brother down’?” See also: Genesis 43:3Genesis 42:13Genesis 43:27Judah said to Israel, his father, “Send the boy with me, and we’ll get up and go, so that we may live, and not die, both we, and you, and also our little ones. See also: Genesis 42:2Deuteronomy 33:6Genesis 44:26I’ll be collateral for him. From my hand will you require him. If I don’t bring him to you, and set him before you, then let me bear the blame forever; See also: Genesis 42:37Philemon 1:18-19Genesis 44:32-33for if we hadn’t delayed, surely we would have returned a second time by now.” See also: Genesis 19:16Their father, Israel, said to them, “If it must be so, then do this: Take from the choice fruits of the land in your bags, and carry down a present for the man, a little balm, a little honey, spices and myrrh, nuts, and almonds; See also: Genesis 37:25Jeremiah 8:22Proverbs 18:16and take double money in your hand, and take back the money that was returned in the mouth of your sacks. Perhaps it was an oversight. See also: Genesis 42:25Genesis 42:351 Thessalonians 5:21Take your brother also, get up, and return to the man. See also: Genesis 42:38May God Almighty give you mercy before the man, that he may release to you your other brother and Benjamin. If I am bereaved of my children, I am bereaved.” See also: Esther 4:16Genesis 17:1Acts 21:14The men took that present, and they took double money in their hand, and Benjamin; and got up, went down to Egypt, and stood before Joseph. When Joseph saw Benjamin with them, he said to the steward of his house, “Bring the men into the house, and butcher an animal, and prepare; for the men will dine with me at noon.” See also: Genesis 44:1Genesis 43:19Genesis 44:4The man did as Joseph commanded, and the man brought the men to Joseph’s house. The men were afraid, because they were brought to Joseph’s house; and they said, “Because of the money that was returned in our sacks the first time, we’re brought in; that he may seek occasion against us, attack us, and seize us as slaves, along with our donkeys.” See also: Genesis 42:35Mark 6:16Psalms 73:16They came near to the steward of Joseph’s house, and they spoke to him at the door of the house, and said, “Oh, my lord, we indeed came down the first time to buy food. See also: Genesis 42:3Genesis 42:10Genesis 42:27When we came to the lodging place, we opened our sacks, and behold, each man’s money was in the mouth of his sack, our money in full weight. We have brought it back in our hand. See also: Genesis 43:121 Peter 2:121 Peter 3:16We have brought down other money in our hand to buy food. We don’t know who put our money in our sacks.” He said, “Peace be to you. Don’t be afraid. Your God, and the God of your father, has given you treasure in your sacks. I received your money.” He brought Simeon out to them. See also: Genesis 42:24John 20:26John 14:27The man brought the men into Joseph’s house, and gave them water, and they washed their feet. He gave their donkeys fodder. See also: Genesis 18:4Genesis 24:32Genesis 19:2They prepared the present for Joseph’s coming at noon, for they heard that they should eat bread there. See also: Genesis 43:11Genesis 43:16When Joseph came home, they brought him the present which was in their hand into the house, and bowed themselves down to the earth before him. See also: Philippians 2:10-11Genesis 42:6Genesis 37:19-20He asked them of their welfare, and said, “Is your father well, the old man of whom you spoke? Is he yet alive?” See also: Genesis 42:13Genesis 42:11Judges 18:15They said, “Your servant, our father, is well. He is still alive.” They bowed down humbly. See also: Genesis 37:7Genesis 43:262 Chronicles 24:17He lifted up his eyes, and saw Benjamin, his brother, his mother’s son, and said, “Is this your youngest brother, of whom you spoke to me?” He said, “God be gracious to you, my son.” See also: Genesis 42:13Numbers 6:25Genesis 30:22-24Joseph hurried, for his heart yearned over his brother; and he sought a place to weep. He entered into his room, and wept there. See also: Genesis 42:24Jeremiah 31:20John 11:33-38He washed his face, and came out. He controlled himself, and said, “Serve the meal.” See also: Genesis 45:11 Peter 3:10Isaiah 42:14They served him by himself, and them by themselves, and the Egyptians who ate with him by themselves, because the Egyptians don’t eat with the Hebrews, for that is an abomination to the Egyptians. See also: Exodus 8:26Genesis 46:34Genesis 43:16They sat before him, the firstborn according to his birthright, and the youngest according to his youth, and the men marveled with one another. He sent portions to them from before him, but Benjamin’s portion was five times as much as any of theirs. They drank, and were merry with him. See also: Genesis 45:221 Samuel 1:52 Samuel 11:8
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Notes · Haydock (1859, public domain)13 notes
Notes in English 19th-century Catholic commentary by Fr. George Leo Haydock, shown as published.
These notes keep the polemics of their time: some speak harshly of the Jewish people or of other Christians. The Church teaches otherwise today. The Jewish people may not be blamed for the death of Christ (Nostra Aetate 4; Catechism 597–598), and Christians of other communities are our brothers and sisters in the Lord (Unitatis Redintegratio 3). Christian unity
Genesis 43:5
Ver. 5. My face, in peace. Joseph had told them they should be considered as spies, if they did not produce their youngest brother. M.
↑ 5Genesis 43:7
Ver. 7. Asked us. This is perfectly consonant with what they say. C. xlii. 13. and C. xliv. 19. They mentioned their having a brother at home, without the smallest suspicion of doing wrong.
↑ 7Genesis 43:8
Ver. 8. The boy; now 24 years old, (C.) and the father of a family. C. xlvi. 21. H.
↑ 8Genesis 43:9
Ver. 9. For ever. Always lay the blame on me, and punish me as you think fit. M.
↑ 9Genesis 43:11
Ver. 11. Best fruits: Heb. lit. "of the praise, or song of the earth;" or of those things for which the country is most renowned, and which are not found in Egypt. Origen. --- Balm.
Literally, rosin, resinæ; but here by that name is meant balm.
Ch. See C. xxxvi . 25. --- Honey, or all sorts of sweet fruit. ---
Storax: Sept. "incense," or perfumes. It is like balm; thick, odoriferous, and medicinal. --- Myrrh, (stactes); Heb. Lot. A liquor stamped from fresh myrrh pilled, with a little water. C. ---
Sometimes it is translated Gutta, a drop. Ps. xliv. 9. M. ---
Turpentine. S. Jer. and the Sept. seem to have read Bothmin instead of the present Heb. Batenim, which some translate,
"nuts of the pistacium," (Bochart); which hand in clusters, and are of an oblong shape. Vitellius first brought them out of Syria.
Plin. xv. 22. --- Almonds; Sept. nuts, of which almonds are one species. M.
↑ 11Genesis 43:14
Ver. 14. Desolate. Heb. and Sept. "Since I am deprived of my children, I am deprived of my children:" I must submit.
↑ 14Genesis 43:16
Ver. 16. Victims: the blood of which was first offered to God, as he had appointed, (C. xvii . 1. Lev. xvii. 5.) and the flesh brought upon the table. If idolatry was then common in Egypt, as Calmet supposes, in opposition to Grotius, Joseph did not participate at least in that impiety. --- At noon. This was the time for the chief meal in Egypt. The Hebrews generally took something at this time, and again in the evening. To eat before noon was esteemed a mark of intemperance. Eccles. x. 16.
Acts ii. 15. Plato thought the people of Italy, who eat two full meals in the day, would never be eminent for wisdom or for prudence. Athen. iv. 10. C.
↑ 16Genesis 43:21
Ver. 21. We opened. C. xlii. 35. They seem to have discovered the whole of their money only when they were in the presence of Jacob; though they had already, perhaps, seen part of it at the inn, and left it in their sacks for the satisfaction of their father. H.
↑ 21Genesis 43:23
Ver. 23. Your God. To Him we must always refer what advantage we derive from men. He inspired Joseph to give such orders to his steward. --- I have for good. I received it, and was satisfied that it was good: you need not be uneasy; you are not suspected of any fraud. H. --- Heb. "Your money came into my hands." M.
↑ 23Genesis 43:28
Ver. 28. Living. The Sam. and Sept. add, "Joseph replied, Blessed be he of God: and bowing themselves," &c. Thus all Joseph's brethren adore him. C. xxxvii. 7. H.
↑ 28Genesis 43:32
Ver. 32. Hebrews. "They had the same aversion for all who did not adopt their superstition." Porphyr. Abstin. iv. Herod. i . 41.
says, that would not use a knife which had been in the hands of a Greek, nor kiss him. This aversion arose, from their custom of abstaining from various meats which other nations eat. Chald. &c. They disliked the Hebrews, because they were also shepherds, C. xlvi. 34 (C.); and because they knew they were accustomed to eat goats, oxen, and sheep, the objects of adoration in Egypt, (Exod. vii . 26.): though they were not, probably, served upon Joseph's table. T. --- They who dwelt in the towns could not bear even the Egyptian shepherds, because they were of a more stirring and warlike temper. C.
Cunæus.
↑ 32Genesis 43:33
Ver. 33. They sat. This posture is more ancient than that of lying down at table. The Hebrews adopted the latter, from the Persians, during the captivity. Est. i. 6. and vii. 8. --- We have at least no earlier vestige of this custom in Scripture. C. ---
Very much: as they were placed in that order by the steward.
They knew not how he could so exactly discover who was born first, as there was so short an interval between the births of many of them. H.
↑ 33Genesis 43:34
Ver. 34. Of him. Joseph, the master of the feast, sends a portion to each of his guests, according to the ancient custom.
Plut. Sympos. ii. --- Five parts: in order to distinguish Benjamin the more. So Hector reproaches Diomed for fleeing before him, though he was placed in the highest place at table among the Greeks, and had the largest portion both of meat and drink. ---
Merry. Inebriati sunt, sometimes means intoxicated: but it is not at all probably that Joseph's brethren would indulge in any such excess, while they knew him not, (C.) and were under the impressions of fear and wonder. They took what was sufficient, and even decently abundant, with thankfulness for so unexpected an honour. H. --- The word is often taken in this sense, as at the feast of Cana, where Jesus would never have furnished such an abundance of wine for people already drunk.
Jo. ii. 10. Prov. xi. 24. Homer's feasts consist in every man taking what he pleased. C.
↑ 34License: Notes by Fr. George Leo Haydock (1774–1849), from the Douay-Rheims Bible with Haydock's commentary (first ed. Thomas Haydock, Manchester/Dublin, 1811–1814; New York: Edward Dunigan & Brother, 1859); New Testament notes compiled with Fr. Benedict Rayment. Public domain. Digital text: "The Haydock Bible", Internet Archive (archive.org/details/TheHaydockBible), uploaded 2011 under the Public Domain Mark. · Credits and licenses