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17And the man did as Joseph bade; and the man brought the men into Joseph's house.

Genesis 43:17

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Matthew Henry

(vv. 15-25)

Jacob’s sons, having got leave to take Benjamin with them, were observant of the orders their father had given them, and went down the second time into Egypt to buy corn. If we should ever know what a famine of the word means, let us not think it much to travel as far for spiritual food as they did for corporal food. Now here we have an account of what passed between them and Joseph’s steward, who...

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