29And he lifted up his eyes, and saw his brother Benjamin, his mother's son, and said, Is this your younger brother, of whom ye spake unto me? And he said, God be gracious unto thee, my son.
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And they said, Thy servants are twelve brethren, the sons of one man in the land of Canaan; and, behold, the youngest is this day with our father, and one is not.
The LORD make his face shine upon thee, and be gracious unto thee:
And God remembered Rachel, and God hearkened to her, and opened her womb. …
And, behold, they brought to him a man sick of the palsy, lying on a bed: and Jesus seeing their faith said unto the sick of the palsy; Son, be of good cheer; thy sins be forgiven thee.
But Jesus turned him about, and when he saw her, he said, Daughter, be of good comfort; thy faith hath made thee whole. And the woman was made whole from that hour.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 26-34)Here is, I. The great respect that Joseph’s brethren paid to him. When they brought him the present, they bowed themselves before him (Gen. 43:26); and again, when they gave him an account of their father’s health, they made obeisance , and called him, Thy servant our father , Gen. 43:28. Thus were Joseph’s dreams fulfilled more and more: and even the father, by the sons, bowed before him , accord…
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