Genesis 45:7

And God sent me before you to preserve you a posterity in the earth, and to save your lives by a great deliverance.

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
God	אֱלֹהִים֙ 'E.lo.Him	H430	gods in the ordinary sense · noun, common masculine plural absolute
sent	וַיִּשְׁלָחֵ֤נִי vai.yish.la.Che.ni	H7971	to send away · conjunction + verb, qal sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular + pronominal suffix
you	לִפְנֵיכֶ֔ם lif.nei.Khem	H6440	the face (as the part that turns) · preposition + noun, common masculine plural construct + pronominal suffix, 2nd person masculine plural
preserve	לָשׂ֥וּם la.Sum	H7760	to put (used in a great variety of applications · preposition + verb, qal infinitive construct
posterity	שְׁאֵרִ֖ית she.'e.Rit	H7611	a remainder or residual (surviving · noun, common feminine singular absolute
earth	בָּאָ֑רֶץ ba.'A.retz	H776	the earth (at large · preposition with the article + noun, common feminine singular absolute
lives	וּלְהַחֲי֣וֹת u.le.ha.cha.Yot	H2421	to live · conjunction + preposition + verb, hiphil infinitive construct
great	גְּדֹלָֽה ge.do.Lah	H1419	great (in any sense) · adjective, feminine singular absolute
deliverance	לִפְלֵיטָ֖ה lif.lei.Tah	H6413	deliverance · preposition + noun, common feminine singular absolute

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Cross-references

Psalms 44:4 Thou art my King, O God: command deliverances for Jacob.
Acts 7:35 This Moses whom they refused, saying, Who made thee a ruler and a judge? the same did God send to be a ruler and a deliverer by the hand of…
Judges 15:18 And he was sore athirst, and called on the LORD, and said, Thou hast given this great deliverance into the hand of thy servant: and now shal…
Psalms 18:50 Great deliverance giveth he to his king; and sheweth mercy to his anointed, to David, and to his seed for evermore.
1 Chronicles 11:14 And they set themselves in the midst of that parcel, and delivered it, and slew the Philistines; and the LORD saved them by a great delivera…

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Genesis 45:1-15

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. Thus Christ graciously manifests himself and his loving-kindness to his people, out of the sight and hearing of the world. II. Tears were the preface or introduction to his discourse, Gen 45:2. He had dammed up this stream a great while, and with much ado: but now it swelled so high that he could no…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Genesis 45:6

and yet there are five years, in the which there shall neither be earing nor harvest--"Ear" is an old English word, meaning "to plough" (compare Sa1 8:12; Isa 30:24). This seems to confirm the view given (Gen 41:57) that the famine was caused by an extraordinary drought, which prevented the annual overflowing of the Nile; and of course made the land unfit to receive the seed of Egypt.

Adam Clarke on Genesis 45:6

There shall neither be earing nor harvest - Earing has been supposed to mean collecting the ears of corn, which would confound it with harvest: the word, however, means ploughing or seed-time, from the Anglo-Saxon erian, probably borrowed from the Latin aro, to plough, and plainly means that there should be no seed-time, and consequently no harvest; and why? Because there should be a total want of rain in other countries, and the Nile should not rise above twelve cubits in Egypt; See Clarke on Gen 41:31 (note). But the expressions here must be qualified a little, as we find from Gen 47:19, that the Egyptians came to Joseph to buy seed; and it is probable that even during this famine they sow…

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John Gill on Genesis 45:7

The Church Fathers

WHAT DOES THE REMNANTS OF THE GREAT RACE OF JACOB MEAN? — What does Joseph mean: For God has sent me before you, so that your remains may remain on the earth and that your survivors may grow greatly . This does not entirely coincide with reality, so that we are forced to think that Jacob and his children were mere survivors or remnants, for they were all safe. Does it mean, perhaps, that which the Apostle says with profound and secret mystery: “By the election of grace a remnant has been saved (Rom. 11:5),” which the prophet had predicted, saying, "If the number of the children of Israel were as the sand of the sea, will only one rest be saved (Is. 10:22)?” Christ was killed by the Jews and given to the Gentiles as Joseph was delivered by his brothers to the Egyptians so that a remnant of Israel would be saved. That is why the Apostle says: “For I am an Israelite (Rom. 11:1),” and “until all the Gentiles come in, and thus all Israel may be saved (Rom. 11:25-26),” then it is the rest of Israel, according to the flesh, and all the nations, who are Israel by faith in Christ, according to the Spirit. Or even of the people of Israel, if they preserve the fullness of faith, from which the rest proceed, in which the apostles were also saved. All this was foreshadowed by that fullness of the deliverance of Israel which they received through Moses, when he brought them out of Egypt. [
— Augustine of Hippo, QUESTIONS ON GENESIS, Q. 147 (tr. J. Litteral, draft)

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Dictionary and topics

Afflictions Made Beneficial · Exemplified: Joseph — Exemplified: Joseph
Egypt · History of Israel in: Joseph makes himself known to his brethren — History of Israel in: Joseph makes himself known to his brethren
Forgiveness · .Joseph forgives his brothers — .Joseph forgives his brothers
Forgiveness Of Injuries · Kindness — Kindness
Judgments · Preservation during - Exemplified: Joseph, & c — Preservation during - Exemplified: Joseph, & c
Providence Of God, The · Is exercised in: Overruling wicked designs for good — Is exercised in: Overruling wicked designs for good
Readings, Select · JOSEPH REVEALING HIS I — JOSEPH REVEALING HIS I

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

Genesis 45:7

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Genesis 45:1-15

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Genesis 45:6

Adam Clarke on Genesis 45:6

John Gill on Genesis 45:7

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Genesis 45:7

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Genesis 45:1-15

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Genesis 45:6

Adam Clarke on Genesis 45:6

John Gill on Genesis 45:7

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

John Calvin on Genesis 45:4-7

Keil & Delitzsch on Genesis 45:1-15

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Genesis 45:5-8

Rashi on Genesis 45:4