Gen 43:33-34 - Commentary

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Text -- Genesis 43:33-34 (NET)

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43:33 They sat before him, arranged by order of birth, beginning with the firstborn and ending with the youngest. The men looked at each other in astonishment. 43:34 He gave them portions of the food set before him, but the portion for Benjamin was five times greater than the portions for any of the others. They drank with Joseph until they all became drunk.

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· Benjamin the tribe of Benjamin of Israel

· Joseph the husband of Mary and foster-father of Jesus,a Jewish man from Arimathea in whose grave the body of Jesus was laid,two different men listed as ancestors of Jesus,a man nominated with Matthias to take the place of Judas Iscariot as apostle,a son of Jacob and Rachel; the father of Ephraim and Manasseh and ruler of Egypt,a brother of Jesus; a son of Mary,a man who was a companion of Paul,son of Jacob and Rachel; patriarch of the tribes of Ephraim and Manasseh,a tribe, actually two tribes named after Joseph's sons, Ephraim and Manasseh,father of Igal, of Issachar, who helped spy out Canaan,son of Asaph the Levite; worship leader under Asaph and King David,a man who put away his heathen wife; an Israelite descended from Binnui,priest and head of the house of Shebaniah under High Priest Joiakim in the time of Nehemiah

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NET Notes: Gen 43:33 The brothers’ astonishment indicates that Joseph arranged them in this way. They were astonished because there was no way, as far as they were c...

NET Notes: Gen 43:34 Heb “and they drank and were intoxicated with him” (cf. NIV “drank freely with him”; NEB “grew merry”; NRSV “...

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Text -- Genesis 43:33-34 (NET)

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NET Notes -> Gen 43:33; Gen 43:33; Gen 43:34; Gen 43:34

NET Notes: Gen 43:33 The brothers’ astonishment indicates that Joseph arranged them in this way. They were astonished because there was no way, as far as they were c...

NET Notes: Gen 43:34 Heb “and they drank and were intoxicated with him” (cf. NIV “drank freely with him”; NEB “grew merry”; NRSV “...

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