12And, behold, your eyes see, and the eyes of my brother Benjamin, that it is my mouth that speaketh unto you.
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
And they knew not that Joseph understood them; for he spake unto them by an interpreter.
Then saith he to Thomas, Reach hither thy finger, and behold my hands; and reach hither thy hand, and thrust it into my side: and be not faithless, but believing.
Behold my hands and my feet, that it is I myself: handle me, and see; for a spirit hath not flesh and bones, as ye see me have.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-15)Judah and his brethren were waiting for an answer, and could not but be amazed to discover, instead of the gravity of a judge, the natural affection of a father or brother. I. Joseph ordered all his attendants to withdraw, Gen. 45:1. The private conversations of friends are the most free. When Joseph would put on love he puts off state, and it was not fit his servants should be witnesses of this.…
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